Automakers look to the South to build electric vehicle batteries
Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — You won’t find many electric vehicles on the back roads in Alabama and Tennessee yet thousands of residents in these states are building them to meet growing demand.
Automakers su…
Biden is weighing a public health emergency over abortion, but experts are skeptical
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has said he is looking into declaring a public health emergency over abortion, nearly a month after the Supreme Court majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade — landmark legislation that es…
Case of 10-year-old rape victim challenges anti-abortion rights movement
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In a House hearing on Capitol Hill this week, an anti-abortion rights advocate said ending a pregnancy isn’t an abortion when it involves a 10-year-old rape victim.
The comment stunned the Democratic lawmake…
Indiana AG told to ‘cease and desist’ over doctor
ilbusca/Getty Images/Stock(INDIANAPOLIS) — The attorney for an Indiana physician who performed an abortion for a 10-year-old girl from Ohio has sent a cease and desist letter to the Indiana attorney general over “false” and “defamatory” statements mad…
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service over deleted texts
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced on Friday that it had issued a subpoena for records from the United States Secret Service over deleted text messages.
Chair…
Food deserts impact New Jersey
Aaron Ferrer, ABC News(NEWARK, N.J.) — If you travel more than a mile to a supermarket, supercenter, or large grocery store with affordable and healthy food options in an urban area, and more than 20 miles in a rural area, you live in what’s considere…
DHS inspector general meets with Jan. 6 committee about deleted Secret Service texts
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security inspector general met with members of the Jan. 6 committee behind closed doors on Friday amid revelations about deleted Secret Service texts from the day before and the da…
988 mental health crisis line ready to launch Saturday
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Mexican drug kingpin wanted in killing of DEA agent captured: Sources
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/Stock(NEW YORK) — Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro-Quintero, wanted in the 1985 killing of a U.S. anti-narcotics agent, has been detained in Mexico, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News Friday evening.
Caro-Quinte…
Elon Musk responds to Twitter’s $44 billion lawsuit
Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Elon Musk asked a Delaware court on Friday to reject Twitter’s attempt to put the $44 billion merger case on trial in September, arguing it’s an “unjustifiable” timeframe.
Twitter sued Musk …