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A California politician was charged with voter fraud. Right-wing conspiracies took over
STOCKTON, Calif. — As the polls closed in California on Super Tuesday, Jim Hicks stood watch in the parking lot of a community center while election officials wearing red vests retrieved ballots from a drop-off box.
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Have South Carolina's abortion numbers changed after heartbeat bill? Here's what the data says
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state representative claimed during last week’s budget debate that South Carolina hasn’t seen a “significant change” in abortions since the heartbeat bill was upheld by the state’s Supreme ...Read more
How explorers found Amelia Earhart's watery grave. Or did they?
After nearly 100 days at sea, the crew had given up. Since early September, they had logged nearly 12,000 miles aboard the Offshore Surveyor, crisscrossing the equator near the 180th meridian. Now a few days past ...Read more
Blobby creatures washed up on West Coast beaches during marine warming, sucking up energy
During recent marine heat waves, millions of gelatinous, pickle-like filter feeders washed up on West Coast beaches.
Little has been understood about how the population explosion of the seemingly alien creatures, called ...Read more
For a year, San Diego parents pushed to rename Henry Clay Elementary. But the new name, some say, is 'insulting'
SAN DIEGO — For more than a year, parents at Henry Clay Elementary in San Diego's Rolando neighborhood have been asking San Diego Unified to rename their children's school.
They don't want their school named after Henry...Read more
West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts 'fourth wave'
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County.
The arrival of prescription opioids onto seemingly every block of ...Read more
If schools won't ban kids' cellphones, some lawmakers say, they will
At David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri, the rule is that students must keep their cellphones out of sight during class. In reality, the teachers tasked with enforcing the rule are no match for teenagers’ �...Read more
Trump rules out Vivek Ramaswamy as running mate as he eyes new team
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Republican presidential nominee ...Read more
Illinois Supreme Court makes changes amid 'staggering' increase in pretrial appeals over detention
The Illinois Supreme Court has changed rules for appealing pretrial detention decisions after appellate courts saw an “unprecedented and unsustainable” influx of such appeals following implementation of the Pretrial ...Read more
Alaska lawmakers fail to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's education bill veto
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska lawmakers were one vote short Monday of overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $200 million in education funding.
Dunleavy vetoed the bill Thursday night, two weeks after lawmakers passed it ...Read more
Orcas covered in scars left by 'cookiecutter sharks' may be new population, study says
A group of killer whales spotted hunting off the coast of California and Oregon over two decades may actually be their own unique population of animals, a new study says.
When the notorious black fin of an orca emerges ...Read more
Hunter Biden refuses to appear at public House hearing this week
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden has rejected an invitation to testify at a public congressional hearing into business activities that are the focus of a faltering GOP impeachment inquiry of his father, President Joe Biden.
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Judge orders competency evaluation for alleged CU Colorado Springs dorm shooter
DENVER — The 25-year-old man accused of fatally shooting two people in a University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus dorm room in February will undergo a competency evaluation, an El Paso County district court ...Read more
US and Japan team up to warn against nuclear weapons in space
The U.S. and Japan proposed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would warn countries against placing nuclear weapons in orbit, as it ramps up pressure on Russia to abandon potential plans to put warheads in ...Read more
Biden and Bibi back off their feud but suspicion lingers at home
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to turn down the heat in their unusually public feud over Israel’s war in Gaza Monday, but there was little sign the domestic political ...Read more
DA accuses LA woman who killed 2 boys in crosswalk of 'illegal conduct' from jail, her legal team of jury tampering
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors want Rebecca Grossman’s access to jailhouse phones cut off after they say she encouraged illegal conduct and her team attempted to tamper with jurors who convicted her of double murder.
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MN Court of Appeals sends transgender powerlifter's case back to Ramsey County District Court
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has sent the case of a transgender powerlifter back to Ramsey County District to determine whether she was barred from participating in women’s competitions because of her sexual ...Read more
Child's body found inside duffel bag in Philly could be that of 4-year-old Damari Carter, police say
PHILADELPHIA — Tucked in a small West Philadelphia alleyway, covered by trash and overgrown brush, a duffel bag holding the badly decomposed remains of a toddler was discovered by a sanitation worker on Monday, police ...Read more
First day of migrant evictions in Chicago leads to confusion; only 3 removed from shelters
CHICAGO — After months of postponing shelter evictions for migrants, Mayor Brandon Johnson doubled down last week on Sunday’s deadline to remove migrants who had surpassed the 60-day limit.
The result? Just three of ...Read more
RNC, Nevada GOP lawsuit claims voter roll inconsistencies in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — State and national Republican organizations filed a lawsuit against Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and other election officials on Monday, alleging inconsistencies in the state’s voter rolls.
The ...Read more
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