If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there. Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia. The Louisiana legislature is halfway toward passing a law — like the ones enacted in Missis...

20,000 sign pledge to not give kids smartphones until 8th grade Parents in all 50 states have signed the 'Wait Until 8th' pledge that a Texas mother started two years ago. An online initiative to get parents from giving smartphones to their kids until they reach 8th grade has reached a...

At the 7am Sunday update, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has upgraded the intensity of Hurricane Dorian to a Category 5. The maximum sustained winds are 160 mph. This surpasses a Category 4 hurricane by 4 mph. The track of Dorian has it impacting the Bahamas on Sunday, before it grazes the s...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on storm damage in the Southern Plains and Midwest (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Residents of two more Oklahoma towns are being encouraged to leave their homes ahead of expected flooding that has also prompted flooding concerns in Missouri and Kansas. Res...

When authorities arrived Friday to arrest a 15-year-old in Florida after threats to commit a school shooting showed up on a video game platform, he told them he was joking, they said. “I Dalton Barnhart vow to bring my fathers m15 to school and kill 7 people at a minimum,” the boy wrote using...