Advocates press Biden to update Affordable Care Act essential benefits; Nikki Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: 'Embryos, to me, are babies'; and a new report cites major mental-health issue: Getting access to care.

FirstEnergy first to abandon interim clean-energy goals for addressing climate change; the body of an 11-year-old Texas girl who disappeared on her way to school has been found in a river; and Indiana youth reported to be making progress despite challenges.

Minnesota public safety agencies reeling from weekend tragedy; Speaker Johnson faces critical decision on Ukraine aid; Public comment sought on proposal to limit growth in health-care costs; MS postal union workers voice concerns about understaffing, mail delays.

North Dakota task force zeroes in on teacher recruitment; Trump met with boos and chants while selling sneakers in Philadelphia; Tennessee voting-rights restoration process 'overly complicated.'

New poll: Strong majority in AZ values postsecondary education; Trump's New York hush-money case will start March 25. It s the first of his criminal trials; ACLU says immigrants in Omaha's Immigration Court are often denied their due-process rights.

Deadly Kansas City shooting following the Chief's victory parade; stagnant state funding leaves Texas public schools reeling; Children's Dental Health Month: Experts encourage good habits early; New data illustrates decline of thriving farm communities.

Calls for increased rural Postal Service staffing grow louder; Schumer rejects Speaker Johnson's call to add border reform to Ukraine bill; former church buildings find new purpose in NC communities.

Hearing on CA retail theft draws diverse views; Trump asks Supreme Court to extend delay in election case, claiming presidential immunity; NJ's medical "aid-in-dying" law upheld by state's Supreme Court.

Special election held for New York s 3rd Congressional District; Trump says he'd let Russia attack NATO countries that don t pay enough; 'Operation Good' works to curb violent crime in Jackson; the U.S. Senate takes a step closer to passing foreign Aid to Ukraine and Israel.

SCOTUS appears skeptical about barring Trump from Presidential ballot; US Senate advances a $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package; PSEA applauds Gov. Shapiro's record budget proposal for public schools; Postal workers speak out about short staffing, mail delays.