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California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

Lawyer Joseph Tacopina irritated Carroll by using the word "supposedly" to cast doubt on her rape claim, drawing an immediate and stern rebuke from the writer. "Not supposedly. I was raped," she said.

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows.

San Francisco repealed a boycott that prohibits staff from visiting and city departments from contracting with companies headquartered in states including Texas, Florida and Ohio.

Wearing a track suit on NFL draft night like Deion Sanders did would be scoffed at today with top players gathering for a televised event that has become as much runway show as sporting event.

Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred remains of the home in Mississippi hours after a body was recovered. Dylan Arrington, 22, perished inside the home, authorities said.

Brian Kolfage previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations a campaign that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border.

Catholic women's groups that have long criticized the Vatican for treating women as second-class citizens immediately praised the move as historic in the 2,000-year life of the church.

"I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn't happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life back," she testified.

British regulators blocked Microsoft's purchase, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.

Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

Shell casings from four types of handguns were recovered at the dance studio just off the town square in Dadeville, about an hour's drive northeast of Montgomery, a lead police investigator said.

British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, agreed to settle allegations that it did illegal business with Pyongyang in violation of U.S. sanctions.

The parents living at the home where they and their children died last October were experiencing financial difficulties, family members previously told a local newspaper.

A Japanese company lost contact with its unmanned Hakuto spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed.

The state has now adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country, with slim exceptions up to six weeks' gestation in cases of rape, incest or medical emergency.

ESPN was not part of the first phase of Disney reductions. Besides this week's layoffs, another round of job cuts will take place by the start of summer. Both phases impact off-air employees.

As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality.

LGBTQ+-themed books remain the most likely targets of bans at public schools and libraries, the American Library Association says. Maia Kobabe's memoir topped the list for the second year in a row.

As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens from Sudan, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos amid fears fighting will only escalate.