By BILL BARROW and NADIA LATHAN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin another standoff with Democrats in the GOP’s efforts to redraw congressional maps … Continued
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts over the last year. Related Articles Groups … Continued
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs Tuesday in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva, where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place, asking nations to show courage … Continued
SAND WASH BASIN, Colorado — Robin Wadhams reviews the list of wild horses that still need to be darted this summer before she sets up for target practice. Each mare has a name: Angel, Bisbee, Calamity, Dust Devil, Eeyore, Kamchatka. … Continued
By Jess Mador, WABE, KFF Health News Now that the Republicans’ big tax-and-spending bill has become law, new bureaucratic hurdles have emerged for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for health coverage. A provision in the new law dictates … Continued