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Traffic backed up for miles on Interstate 5 Monday as law enforcement worked to make contact with people in a car. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office stopped a car near milepost 163 northbound after a pursuit. That's north of the Drain-Curtin exit and south of Cottage Grove. Traffic came to a standstill for a time as officers approached the vehicle behind an armored shield. (SBG) CURTIN, Ore...

Traffic backed up for miles on Interstate 5 Monday as law enforcement worked to make contact with people in a car. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office stopped a car near milepost 163 northbound after a pursuit. That's north of the Drain-Curtin exit and south of Cottage Grove. Traffic came to a standstill for a time as officers approached the vehicle behind an armored shield. (SBG) CURTIN, Ore...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Home insurance companies will no longer be able to deny or cancel coverage in New York based on the breed of the homeowner’s dog. On Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that prohibits insurers from canceling or refusing to issue or renew insurance because they deem the type of dog a higher liability risk. The bill also prevents insurance companies from imposing high...

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington, Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. The justices are hearing arguments Monday, Nov. 1, in two cases over whether abortion providers or the Justice Department can mount federal court challenges to the la...

Pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images By JOSH GERSTEIN and ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN 11/01/2021 11:04 AM EDT Updated: 11/01/2021 02:16 PM EDT The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the most significant abortion cases it has heard in nearly three decades, mulling the fate of a Texas law that has sharply restricted ab...

Dear Prudence Read what Prudie had to say in Part 1 of this week’s live chat. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers.Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Jenée Desmond-Harris: It’s the day after Halloween, and I hope your sugar hangover isn’t too bad. If it is, this is the place to complain about ...

A majority of justices signaled Monday they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. Caroline McDonald, left, a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join a pro-choice rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The leader of Louisiana's largest university system has a new hobby in his off hours, pursuing a law degree. University of Louisiana System President Jim Henderson is taking law classes at night through the Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, and has reached his second year in the program. He’s taking 11 credit hours this semester — all on Zoom — from his ki...

A bouquet of flowers is left to honor cinematographer Halyna Hutchins outside the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M. While Santa Fe Sheriff’s investigators continue to determine what happened on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie Rust, a California lawmaker is moving forward with plans to introduce legislation that would restrict the use of live ammunition on film sets, along with and wea...

h/t Wyoming Highway Patrol (Statewide) – Saturday, November 6th, 2021, will mark the 113th meeting in the “Border War” between the University of Wyoming Cowboys and the Colorado State University Rams, one of the oldest rivalries in college football history. The kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium. Gameday Saturday will be busy with fans traveling from Colorado and all...