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Asian stocks tumbled Tuesday, after a dramatically volatile day on Wall Street fueled by concerns over the US Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates and tensions in Ukraine.

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The approaching legal and political showdown over abortion will reprise the key dynamics that shaped last week's bitter Senate struggle over voting rights -- and further inflame disputes between the parties over the filibuster and the role of "states' rights" in limiting federal guarantees of civil rights and liberties.

A federal court blocked Alabama's newly drawn congressional map on Monday, ruling that it likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it only includes one district where Black voters have the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.

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This week, another winter storm is streaking across the northern Plains and the Midwest, dropping a few inches of snow. And it's so cold outside, iguanas are falling out of trees.

Three firefighters died and one was in serious condition after responding to a two-alarm fire at a vacant row home in Baltimore on Monday, Fire Chief Niles Ford said at a news conference.

For a brief moment in early 2021, not everyone hated Congress, with more than 1 in 3 Americans in Gallup polling saying they actually approved of the job the House and Senate were doing.

Houston authorities have identified the suspect who they say "brutally murdered" a Harris County deputy constable Sunday morning during a traffic stop for no apparent reason.

By age 22, Jason Rivera had already made profound contributions to New York -- and on Friday night, he gave his life trying to protect it.