Supreme Court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007

Supreme Court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007
U.S. forces target 'Jihadi John' in airstrike
Kurdish forces recapture militant-held towns in Iraq, Syria
Trump questions Carson's 'pathological temper', faith
Supreme Court to decide Virginia redistricting case
Trump vs Carson takes center stage at Orlando Republican summit
Hillary Clinton’s story about Marines rejection scrutinized after retelling
Racial divide over tech’s impact on politics
Ben Carson reacts to 'kill baby Hitler' rhetoric
Senator wants a ‘more responsive’ veterans admin. Just don’t ask them for pot

Posted: 13 Nov 2015 11:30 AM PST

The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by abortion providers to parts of a restrictive, Republican-backed Texas law that they contend are aimed at shutting clinics that offer the procedure. A separate section of the 2013 law that requires abortion clinic physicians to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (50 km) is also at issue but has gone into effect in most parts of Texas. The last time the nine justices of the Supreme Court decided a major abortion-related issue was in 2007 when they ruled 5-4 to uphold a federal law banning a late-term abortion procedure.

U.S. forces target 'Jihadi John' in airstrike

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The IS militant seen in beheading videos is believed to have been killed, officials say.

Kurdish forces recapture militant-held towns in Iraq, Syria

Posted: 13 Nov 2015 11:06 AM PST

Dealing a double blow Friday to the Islamic State group, Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed into the strategic town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, and a coalition of Arab, Christian and Kurdish rebel factions recaptured ...

Trump questions Carson's 'pathological temper', faith

Posted: 13 Nov 2015 09:52 AM PST

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn't let up his blistering critique of rival Ben Carson, issuing a new online video ad that calls him a "violent criminal" or "pathological liar."

Supreme Court to decide Virginia redistricting case

Posted: 13 Nov 2015 11:25 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear arguments over whether Virginia's Republican-led legislature unlawfully considered race when drawing congressional districts by packing black voters into one Democratic-held district, diluting their clout elsewhere.

Trump vs Carson takes center stage at Orlando Republican summit

Posted: 13 Nov 2015 10:50 AM PST

By Steve Holland ORLANDO (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson shrugged off an angry rant from rival Donald Trump on Friday after the bombastic billionaire tested the patience of the party's base by saying Carson had pathological tendencies similar to a child molester. The fallout from Trump's nasty broadside reverberated in Orlando where Trump and Carson, the two front-runners, were among a host of candidates speaking at the Florida Republican Party's Sunshine Summit.