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A Border Patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego earlier this week. Travel between the U.S. and Mexico will halt as of Saturday to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump Administration Says U.S. Border With Mexico To Close To Nonessential Travel

The agreement is similar to one announced earlier this week to partially close the U.S. border with Canada. Both will go into effect on Saturday, Trump administration officials said.

Arkansas Adds Over 300 Coronavirus Cases, Most At State Prison

Arkansas has seen its largest two-day increase in positive coronavirus test results, bringing the total number of cases to 2,227 and the total deaths from…

Lawsuit Alleges Arkansas Judge Runs Illegal Debtors Prison

A civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit alleging that an Arkansas district court judge is running an illegal “debtors’ prison” in White County.…

Arkansas Supreme Court Says Signatures Should Be Counted In Effort To Overturn Optometrist Law

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Secretary of State John Thurston’s office must count signatures collected by a group wanting to repeal a…

Leaders at two dating-app giants in Texas — Match Group and Bumble — have moved to set up funds to aid people affected by the state's new abortion ban. Here, abortion-rights supporters march near the Texas Capitol in Austin this year.

Bumble And Match Leaders Set Up Funds For People Affected By The Texas Abortion Ban

"I am shocked that I now live in a state where women's reproductive laws are more regressive than most of the world, including India," says Shar Dubey, CEO of the Dallas-based Match Group.

FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein says he will challenge incumbent Sepp Blatter for the presidency of soccer's governing body.

Jordanian Prince To Challenge 4-Term FIFA Chief For Presidency

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein said he is running against incumbent Sepp Blatter because he believes "it is time to shift the focus away from administrative controversy and back to sport."

A man pauses Wednesday at a memorial for Eric Garner outside the beauty salon in Staten Island where he died during an arrest attempt.

Grand Jury In Garner Case Heard From 50 Witnesses, Saw 4 Videos

A New York judge allowed the release of limited information about the usually secret process. Unlike the Ferguson case, the judge released only metadata.

Greenpeace activists stand next to massive cloth letters next to the hummingbird geoglyph at Peru's sacred Nazca lines. The Peruvian government is pursuing criminal charges against the activists.

Greenpeace Apologizes For Stunt At Peru's Sacred Nazca Lines

Members of the activist group trespassed on the site of giant earth markings estimated to be more than 1,500 years old. Peru says it will pursue criminal charges against those responsible.

U.N. representatives for Venezuela, including Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez, right, celebrate after being elected to a two year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday.

Venezuela, A Diplomatic Rival For U.S., Wins Seat On U.N. Security Council

The last time Venezuela tried for a seat in 2006, the United States successfully lobbied against it. The U.S. expressed disappointment about Venezuela's inclusion.

U.S. Appeals Courts Issue Conflicting Decisions On Obamacare Subsidies

One panel threw out subsidies in the 36 states that did not set up their own insurance exchanges. Another said the IRS rule that set them up was legal.

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