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Protesters line the street June 4 around the front of the Nebraska State Capitol during an Abortion Rights Rally in Lincoln, Neb.

A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion

Police say that in Facebook messages they've obtained, Jessica Burgess tells her 17-year-old daughter that she has abortion pills to end her 24-week pregnancy. They're both charged with felonies.

These canines are some of the nearly 500 beagles that Homeward Trails Animal Rescue collected earlier this year from an Envigo research facility in Virginia. Now Homeward Trails is taking in additional beagles from Envigo, which bred the dogs for pharmaceutical research, after a federal judge ordered thousands of remaining dogs to be released.

Animal rescue groups across the U.S. band together to rescue 4,000 beagles

A federal judge ordered thousands of dogs to be rehomed from a Virginia research facility after several inspections revealed poor conditions. Animal rescue groups are working to do just that.

Sailors prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon Friday for transport. The U.S. military says it has succeeded in recovering "significant debris" from a Chinese balloon that was shot down off of the South Carolina coast.

The U.S. military lifts the Chinese balloon's 'priority sensors' from the ocean floor

"Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified," U.S. Northern Command said.

A group pauses in 2017, with some in prayer, at a makeshift memorial on a New York City bike path that that honors victims of an attack who were stuck and killed by a rental truck driven by Sayfullo Saipov. The Islamic extremist was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday and could face the death penalty.

A man who killed 8 bicyclists in Manhattan is convicted and may face the death penalty

Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty of running down riders with a rental truck on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. Prosecutors said the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Powell warned the fight against inflation still has "a long way to go," sending stock markets lower.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns inflation fight will be long and bumpy

Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell warned the central bank may have to raise interest rates even more, sending stock markets sharply lower.

Max Arias, Executive Director of the SEIU Local 99 union speaks to members of the press and community at a demonstration outside of Robert F. Kennedy Community School in Koreatown. Behind him is Cecily Myart-Cruz, the president of the UTLA teachers union, and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Demonstrations, protests mark first day of LA school strike

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.

Floods Ravage Much of Northeast; Rain Forecast

Heavy rains have swamped many parts of New England. Downtown Peabody, Mass., is flooded; business owners can't get in to assess the damage, and dozens of residents have been evacuated to the local high school. The area's flooding is the worst since the 1930s.

Olympic Torch Draws Heat in San Francisco

San Francisco braces for big street protests as the Olympic torch makes its way through the city. Demonstrators are angry over China's recent dealings with Tibet. The Bay Area is home for scores of Tibetan exiles.

China's Hu Makes Peace Overture to Taiwan

Chinese leader Hu Jintao promises to make communist rule more inclusive and better spread the fruits of China's economic boom during a nationally broadcast speech to China's Communist Party congress.

First Contact Yields No Sign of Life in Mine Collapse

There is still no indication the trapped miners are alive after being cut off by a mountain of rock some 1,500 feet underground. Early Friday, crews drilling holes in a Utah mountain lowered a microphone to the spot where the collapse occurred, but heard no sounds. The mine's owner remains hopeful.

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