
New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday that he signed the bill, which is expected to draw a legal challenge from critics who consider it an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state. A similar law in Louisiana was blocked when a federal appeals court ruled Friday that it a...
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- New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom
- Mahmoud Khalil vows to continue protesting Israel and the war in Gaza after release from detention
- The US commemorates 250th anniversary of the 'great American battle,' the Battle of Bunker Hill
- Man arrested after Utah 'No Kings' rally shooting is released as investigation continues
- A tornado that swept through a rural town in North Dakota left at least 3 people dead
Trump's big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of 'stupid wars'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed certainty his big gamble to directly assist the Israelis delivered a knockout blow to Iran's nuclear program — even as many supporters and detractors alike were warning that U. S. military action could draw the United States into an expansive regional conflict. Trump, in brief remarks to the nation on Saturday evening from the White House, said the U. S. strikes “obliterated” three critical Iranian enrichment facilities and “the of a...
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- Trump's big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of 'stupid wars'
- US inserts itself into Israel's war with Iran, striking 3 Iranian nuclear sites
- Trump ignites debate on presidential authority with Iran strikes and wins praise from Republicans
- White House photos show rare look inside the Situation Room as Trump authorizes strikes in Iran
- Democrats are at odds over response as Trump announces the US has entered Israel-Iran war
NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace’s lander slammed into the moon. The images show a dark smudge where the lander, named Resilience, and its mini rover crashed into Mare Frigoris or Sea of Cold, a volcanic region in the moon’s far north. A faint halo around the area was formed by the lunar dirt kicked up by the impact. NASA’s Lunar...
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- NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander
- Health officials issue warnings as UK and Northern Europe bake in the first heat wave of 2025
- How to stay cool in the heat wave hitting parts of the US even without air conditioning
- UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives
- The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year