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3:42 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles

2:50 PM on Thursday, February 12

VA Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan orphan will stand, likely ending high-profile custody battle

2:07 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Trump administration has made it more difficult to curb planet-warming pollution by dumping a scientific finding that's the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases from power plants, vehicles and other sources

2:00 PM on Thursday, February 12

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests

1:42 PM on Thursday, February 12

Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed

1:40 PM on Thursday, February 12

EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, removing key basis for climate change fight

12:57 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former U.S. Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

12:54 PM on Thursday, February 12

Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for calling on US troops to resist unlawful orders

12:36 PM on Thursday, February 12

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back

12:20 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds

12:03 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump has invited Latin American leaders to take part in a summit in Florida next month, gathering the officials at a moment when the administration is spotlighting what it sees as concerning Chinese influence in the region

10:41 AM on Thursday, February 12

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search history of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation

10:03 AM on Thursday, February 12

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust

8:50 AM on Thursday, February 12

Mexico has sent two navy ships with humanitarian aid to Cuba as tighter U.S. pressure worsens the island’s energy crisis

8:05 AM on Thursday, February 12

Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson leaves the women’s super-G without a medal but with an engagement ring

7:05 AM on Thursday, February 12

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities

4:46 AM on Thursday, February 12

Thursday, February 12

Oklahoma has carried out its first execution of the year on a man convicted of killing two men in a drive-by shooting

9:36 PM on Wednesday, February 11

The city of Seattle has reached a $29 million settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police officer as she crossed a street in 2023

3:58 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refused to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet