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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defends executing 14-month-old dog in gravel pit
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a potential GOP vice presidential candidate, is defending her actions after an excerpt from her upcoming book reveals she executed a dog on her family farm.
Noem reportedly writes that her ...Read more
Prosecutors want Miami mom jailed again, citing Facebook posts about police officer who shot her son
MIAMI — Calling her “an inherent danger to the community,” prosecutors on Friday asked a Miami judge to revoke the bond of Gamaly Hollis and return her to jail. The reason: The 51-year-old mother posted news articles...Read more
At USC, arrests. At UCLA, hands off. Why pro-Palestinian protests have not blown up on UC campuses
LOS ANGELES — At the University of Southern California, Los Angeles police officers in riot gear swarmed the campus, arresting 93 pro-Palestinian protesters and clearing their tent encampment.
Across town at the ...Read more
'We will not be leaving': UNC students camp out to protest Israel-Hamas war
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Students and others pitched tents on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Friday, calling on the university “to divest from the ongoing genocide in Gaza” and forming an ...Read more
Transgender students would be banned from preferred bathroom under South Carolina Senate proviso
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Biological girls and boys can not enter the opposite sex’s bathroom in public schools under a new South Carolina state Senate proviso that passed Wednesday. This means transgender students in South ...Read more
Columbia University's ongoing talks over pro-Palestinian encampment slammed by Jewish campus leader
NEW YORK — Columbia University officials and the student protesters behind a pro-Gaza encampment negotiated Friday past a school-set deadline to clear the schools’s main lawn — much to the dismay of a leading Jewish ...Read more
Mexican presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez readies for a must-win debate
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez is running out of opportunities to mount a serious challenge against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s anointed successor, trailing by a ...Read more
Biden enacts most sweeping reform of gun exports in decades
WASHINGTON — To curb the use of U.S.-made civilian guns in crimes and human rights abuses abroad, the Biden administration will require exporters to better vet their customers and tighten sales to 36 countries deemed “...Read more
University of Central Florida students rally for Palestinians, the latest in nationwide campus divestment protests
ORLANDO, Fla. — As protests roil college campuses nationwide, University of Central Florida students and local activists rallied Friday afternoon in solidarity with Palestinians and against the war in Gaza.
More than ...Read more
OJ Simpson's cause of death confirmed
O.J. Simpson’s cause of death has officially been confirmed, just weeks after the former football star’s death at the age of 76.
Simpson — who had long been just as famous (if not more so) for his double-murder ...Read more
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White House drops plan to ban menthol cigarettes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced it is dropping — for now ― a plan to ban menthol cigarettes after months of speculation about the proposal�...Read more
Kansas House votes to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly's tax cuts veto, with many Democrats joining Republicans
The Kansas House on Friday voted to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a sweeping tax package, which would eliminate one of the state’s income tax brackets, that she called too expensive.
Numerous ...Read more
Tensions with insurers mount in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case
BALTIMORE — Tensions are growing in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case around the role of the church’s insurers.
Baltimore’s arm of the Catholic Church, America’s oldest archdiocese, has sued its ...Read more
Trump at hush money trial wishes Melania 'happy birthday' as Pecker testimony about trysts continues
NEW YORK — Donald Trump wished his wife Melania a happy birthday walking into his hush money trial Friday — a day after former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker said the former president never mentioned ...Read more
King Charles to resume public duties next week, despite reports of funeral planning, says palace
King Charles has progressed enough in his cancer treatment that he’ll return to public duties next week for the first time since announcing his diagnosis, Buckingham Palace said Friday.
The news comes just one day after...Read more
White House drops plan to ban menthol cigarettes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced it is dropping — for now ― a plan to ban menthol cigarettes after months of speculation about the proposal’s future.
Health and Human Services Secretary ...Read more
Trump 'hush money' trial: Key takeaways from week one
The opening week of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial offered plenty of insights into how his 2016 presidential campaign teamed up with a tabloid publisher to silence embarrassing stories from women who said they�...Read more
Athletic director at Maryland high school used AI to fake racist recording of principal, police say
BALTIMORE — Pikesville High School’s athletic director was arrested Thursday morning in connection with an artificial intelligence-made audio clip of the school’s principal having a fake, racist conversation.
Dazhon...Read more
US Defense Chief confirms $6 billion arms commitment for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Friday a $6 billion commitment for long-term contracts to provide Ukraine with weapons such as Patriot missiles, artillery ammunition and drones.
Austin laid out a ...Read more
Ex-American Airlines flight attendant accused of filming girl in Boston-bound plane's bathroom indicted
BOSTON — A former American Airlines flight attendant who’s accused of filming a girl in a plane’s bathroom on a Boston-bound flight has been indicted, according to the feds.
Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of ...Read more
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- 'We will not be leaving': UNC students camp out to protest Israel-Hamas war