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Confirming the effectiveness of pro-life Crisis Pregnancy Centers, a new study has found that abortion-minded women who visit such a center are 30% more likely to decide on keeping their babies, Life News reports. The study was carried out by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and published in the journal “Plos One” in July.

In a major blow to Florida’s law banning “vaccine passports,” a US federal judge issued a preliminary ruling Sunday that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. is entitled to demand passengers show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they board a ship, Voice of America (VOA) reports.

Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures began to clear Sunday from the scenic forestlands of Northern California as firefighters battling the largest single wildfire in state history braced for a return of fire-friendly weather.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser, predicted Americans will increasingly be subjected to vaccine mandates as soon as any COVID-19 shot receives full approval from federal regulators.

A new coronavirus mutation known as the lambda variant that is thought to have increased resistance to vaccines has appeared in the United States.

The Senate on Saturday convincingly advanced the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill in a key test vote to break the filibuster, putting the upper chamber one step closer to passing one of President Biden’s marquee spending priorities.

The Labor Department reported Friday the U.S. economy in July added 943,000 new non-farm jobs, another indication the country continued to make an economic recovery from what has so far been the worst of the pandemic.

The Cable News Network (CNN) has fired three employees after they entered its New York headquarters without being vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a leaked memo.

The White House’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package includes a pilot program for a national mile-driven tax, contradicting President Biden’s previous dismissal of the policy.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shared its monthly report on earthquake activity Monday. It says seismologists reported more than 1,000 minor quakes around the Yellowstone National Park last month.

Three-quarters of U.S. adults who say they will “definitely not” get a COVID-19 vaccine believe getting the shots is a bigger risk to their health than becoming infected with the coronavirus, according to a poll released Wednesday that underscores the challenges of getting the most resistant to come forward.

A nonprofit organization has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court featuring ultrasound imagery over time to demonstrate how scientific advancements justify overturning the long-standing precedent in American abortion jurisprudence.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period before a woman can receive an abortion is lawful and doesn’t violate her constitutional rights.

The United States trade deficit has increased by a record amount, as data released by the Department of Commerce on Thursday showed.

Oregon’s vicious Bootleg Fire was 84% contained as of Tuesday but is not expected to be fully extinguished until October.

The battles over the 2020 presidential election and subsequent fight between Democrats and Republicans on reforming the system have pushed the issue to the top of those Americans are now worried about.

The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar much of the world from entering the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday.

U.S. President Joe Biden has urged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after the attorney general found that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women.

New York state’s attorney general said Tuesday that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and violated federal and state laws.

The One Million Moms (OMM) activism group has launched a public petition calling on the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company to remove an ad in which it is asserted that gender is “randomly assigned at birth.”