An advocacy group has filed suit against the Trump administration over its decision to reinstate a near-ban on abortions for veterans and their family members who depend on the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare. The federal lawsuit filed Thursday says the rule finalized by the VA on Dec. 31 takes away limited abortion access that was “crucial for the health, autonomy, and equality of veterans and their family members. ”Attorneys for the group Minority Veterans of America...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day arrived when the Senate just said, No. President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry, upset Republican senators, pushed to a breaking point by his seemingly insatiable and outlandish demands — particularly a $1. 776 billion fund for Jan. 6 rioters and others he believes were wrongly prosecuted — did the unthinkable. They simply refused, closed up shop, and went home. The moment was as rare as it was daring, a sudden...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A dying star has never looked so lovely. The Gemini North Telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest peak, Mauna Kea, captured the star in its last gasps. The image was released Thursday by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, which operates the telescope. It’s actually a binary star system 1,500 light-years away, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula because of the milky white, spherical cloud around it. A light-year is almost 6 trillion miles. This cloud of gas a...