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Another defamation suit filed against Fox News — this one over Jan. 6 allegations

Ray Epps is suing Fox for portraying him as an instigator of violence on Jan 6. 2021. He says he believed Fox that former President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory in the 2020 race.

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Iowa abortion providers are asking a judge to block enforcement of a 6-week abortion ban that’s set to become law on Friday. The youngest son of University of Iowa Basketball coach Fran McCaffery has been cited in a fatal accident. Plus, repeated Mississippi River flooding is threatening prehistoric burial mounds that comprise Iowa's only national monument.

abortion rights supporters fill the state capitol rotunda

Iowa abortion providers sue to block enforcement of 6-week ban

Iowa abortion providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block enforcement of a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the ban into law Friday.

A devastating attack claims 6 lives in Mexico's Jalisco state

Mexican authorities say an organized crime group targeted police with at least seven improvised explosive devices. The governor called it an act of terror, and the military is now investigating.

Researchers found that plastic debris sits atop almost 92% of the reefs they studied, including some of the most remote and uninhabited ones. Here in Oman, plastic floats past an otherwise healthy reef.

Plastic is suffocating coral reefs — and it's not just bottles and bags

A new study takes a comprehensive look at the plastic debris smothering reefs, where in the ocean it's more prevalent — and how to deal with the problem.

A man who was at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has sued Fox News for defamation. Here, a woman walks by the Fox News headquarters in New York in April.

Fox News hit with another defamation lawsuit — this one over Jan. 6 allegations

Trump supporter and Jan. 6 protester Ray Epps sued Fox News over statements by former star Tucker Carlson that placed Epps at the center of the violent siege on the U.S. Capitol.

In a special legislative session that lasted around 15 hours, Republican lawmakers passed a "fetal heartbeat" bill that would effectively ban abortion after six weeks. Hundreds of Iowans rallied at the Capitol Tuesday in protest and support of the legislation.

Listen: New abortion ban set to become law in Iowa

Republican lawmakers in Iowa passed a new “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban during a special legislative session on Tuesday. The bill would effectively ban abortion after about six weeks into the pregnancy.

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing on Wednesday.

FBI Director Wray grilled as House GOP members allege 'politicization' of the agency

Wray faced a wide range of questions by House Judiciary Committee members, most framed as accusations that the FBI pursues a political agenda targeting conservatives.

Are smartphones safe for tweens? Parents should be aware of the risks, a screen consultant advises.

So your tween wants a smartphone? Read this first

When's the right time to start your child with a phone? Is 12 too young? Here's what a professional screen time consultant tells parents about the risks kids face online.

A lost world comes alive in 'Through the Groves,' a memoir of pre-Disney Florida

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Hull grew up in the rural interior of Central Florida during the 1960s and '70s. Her memoir evokes a land of perfect citrus, and the cruel costs of its harvest.

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