Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. How and when their impacts are felt remains unclear. Existing abortion-related lawsuits are moving again through the courts now that voters have decided the issue, raising questions about …

With two of the top three college football teams in the country playing at The Big House Saturday, the game of the year was expected. No. 3 Michigan and No. 2 Ohio State delivered on that expectation in a battle for the Big Ten East Division between two of the …

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was entrenched in a battle against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday and fans watching the game thought an official missed a blatant penalty during the game. Allen dropped back to pass on 2nd-and-goal from the Eagles’ three-yard line. Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick was in pursuit …

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an initiative to “combat online hate” ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday last week after alarming surges in hate against Jews, Muslims and Arabs coincided with the Israel-Hamas war, and a “media literacy toolkit” for students was among them. “The rising tide of hate …

JERUSALEM — For most of the past two decades, Hamas, a terrorist group with an extreme jihadist ideology, has governed the Gaza Strip and posed a serious security threat to Israel next door and a broader dilemma for moderate Arab states in the region that might be willing to normalize …

Notorious South Carolina inmate Susan Smith reportedly told one of several suitors that she would make a “good stepmom” as her first parole hearing approaches in her life sentence for drowning her two boys. Smith, 52, also told her admirer on the recorded jailhouse phone call from Leath Correctional Institution …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to give a major address on Wednesday addressing soaring antisemitism in the U.S. amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. In a Tuesday afternoon post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Democratic leader said “antisemitism is a crisis in the country.” …

The Russian government is floating the idea of demanding a “loyalty agreement” from foreigners. A proposed law would restrict non-Russian residents from openly opposing the government, criticizing Russia’s communist history or subverting traditional values. Foreign nationals would be required to sign an agreement prohibiting “hindering the activities of public authorities …

A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he shot and killed a handcuffed man in 2020. A trial began Tuesday for Michael Owen Jr., who had served on the police force for 10 years when he became …

A couple from Chicago “forced” four children to help them steal nearly $1,000 in merchandise from a suburban Macy’s store that has been an ongoing target of retail theft this holiday season, authorities said Wednesday. Angelo Almaraz, 26, of Chicago, and his 32-year-old domestic partner Thalia Morales, of Hammond, Indiana, …