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In Georgia, students are showing up to public redistricting meetings and voicing their concerns about how politicians and mapmakers draw political lines in the future.

President Biden's pick to lead the ATF, David Chipman, will get a confirmation hearing Wednesday. The agency helps enforce U.S. gun laws but hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director in six years.

The federal agency that examined the twin towers' collapse on 9/11 is one of many that are probing what went wrong at Champlain Towers South.

The settlement follows years of accusations that the electronic cigarette giant had fueled a surge in teen vaping. As part of the agreement, Juul will not advertise to anyone under 21 in the state.

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez runs one of the nation's biggest jails in Houston. If confirmed by the Senate, he'll be tasked with overhauling ICE, an agency he's criticized for its aggressive tactics.

Officials had vowed to continue the search for people among roughly 11 tons of rubble that remained until all missing persons had been recovered. Now firefighters have finished their search.

Wipe the dust off your binoculars and extract the family telescope from the back of the closet: Saturn is about to put on its best and brightest show of the year — an act Jupiter will soon follow.

The law bans abortions after cardiac activity is detected, usually about six weeks into pregnancy and well before many people even know they are pregnant. The ruling is at odds with court precedents.

Trumka, the leader of the AFL-CIO and a close ally of Democratic Party officials, has died. He was 72.

In many states, there are racial disparities in who has received a COVID-19 vaccine. A public health advocate says lack of health care access is a bigger impediment than a hesitancy to get vaccinated.