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Judge ends Oregon ban on real estate ‘love letters’

A federal judge concluded that Oregon’s law banning real estate “love letters” is unconstitutional.

Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian band favored to win Eurovision, performing during the semifinals.

A fight to the glitter end: Your guide to Eurovision 2022

Peacock will stream the 66th Eurovision Song Contest live on Saturday, May 14th. Here's a highly opinionated guide to keep handy as you watch 25 countries vying for gleefully over-the-top glory.

Solar and wind power projects have been booming in California, like the Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains, but that doesn't mean fossil fuels are fading away quickly.

California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren't fading away yet

California broke its record for renewable energy when solar and wind provided enough to meet all consumer demand. At the time, natural gas power plants were still on, a necessity for the grid.

Elon Musk says he wants to see more details about the number of fake accounts on Twitter before his deal to buy the social media platform goes through. He's seen here last week, arriving for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Elon Musk says he's put the blockbuster Twitter deal on pause over fake accounts

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

Abortion-rights demonstrators march to the house of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Va. The governors of Virginia and Maryland are calling on the Justice Department to tighten security at the homes of the Supreme Court justices who live in their states, as abortion-rights supporters continue to protest.

Maryland and Virginia governors urge DOJ to tighten security outside justices' homes

The Republican governors are asking for federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue.

Matthew Decker discovered this ax with a root for a handle in his front yard.

Kansas man finds a mythical-looking ax with a root for a handle in his front yard

Kansas man discovers a peculiar ax with a root for a handle in his front yard.

Sanitation workers moving a tent at a homeless encampment to a garbage truck in New York last month. The effort is part of a plan by Mayor Eric Adams to rid the city of people living in the streets.

NYC homeless advocates say Mayor Eric Adams' street sweeps aren't working

Homeless advocates say the NYC mayor's approach fails to consider the needs of at-risk populations.

Containers of mifepristone and misoprostol — medications used to end a pregnancy — sit on a table inside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill.

Access to a key abortion drug is in legal limbo. Here's how medication abortion works

More people seeking abortions are turning to abortion pills rather than surgical abortion. Here's what to know about the pills, which have been at the center of legal battles since Roe was overturned.

A stretch of border wall near Yuma, Ariz., in 2019.

On immigration, advocates say a 'shadow Trump administration' is tying Biden's hands

A federal judge in Louisiana holds a hearing today about the future of Title 42. Immigrant advocates say it's the latest attempt by Republican-led states to block Biden's immigration agenda in court.

Smoke billows from the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fire, outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 11.

Fire crews battling the massive New Mexico wildfire want a break from relentless wind

The giant, wind-whipped blaze burning in New Mexico has displaced tens of thousands and is on track to become the largest wildfire in the state's history

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