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After Illinois funeral home misidentified remains, legislators pass measure calling for stricter regulation

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Without any opposition, the Illinois Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would tighten identification standards for human remains that are being handled by funeral homes and enhance punishment for businesses that break the law.

The legislation comes after a funeral home in central Illinois last year was found to have ...Read more

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Colorado prison inmate serving 30-year sentence receives $1.1M settlement following multiple assaults

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DENVER — A prison inmate who sued the Colorado Department of Corrections for failing to protect him from other inmates received a $1.1 million settlement, according to court records.

Inmate John Snorsky and the Department of Corrections finalized the settlement in February. Snorsky, who is serving a 30-year sentence, was arrested in 2013 for ...Read more

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Colorado lawmakers defeat effort to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold

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DENVER — A Colorado House committee killed Republicans’ quixotic bid to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold after an hours-long hearing Tuesday, dismissing allegations that Griswold should be removed for agreeing with efforts to keep Donald Trump off of the ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

The House Judiciary ...Read more

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Trump Media co-founders challenging 6-month share lockup

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Two co-founders of Donald Trump’s social-media startup who sued over the value of their stake in the company now say the former president retaliated against them by barring sales of their shares for six months.

A Delaware judge on Tuesday granted a request by Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.’s co-founders Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss to ...Read more

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Key report on mayoral control of NYC public schools finds parents, teachers feel shut out

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NEW YORK — New York City parents and teachers feel shut out of key decisions about children’s education under the current system of mayoral control, according to a pivotal state Education Department report released Tuesday.

The 281-page study, watched closely amid a debate in Albany over extending Mayor Eric Adams’ control of the public ...Read more

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Judge orders Pa. theater to screen film that had been canceled amid outcry over the Israeli Film Festival

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PHILADELPHIA — A Montgomery County judge on Tuesday ordered a Main Line theater to screen a film about an Israeli musician — part of the Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia — that had been canceled the day before amid mounting objections to the festival from organizations critical of Israel.

The film, "The Child Within Me," about Yehuda...Read more

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She asked the internet to find husband who 'ghosted' her and their kids. He was tracked down within hours

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Ashley McGuire of Massachusetts asked for help on Facebook finding her husband, saying he had ghosted her while she was pregnant with their second child more than a year ago.

The internet rallied, and within 24 hours, she said she'd received "hundreds" of tips — enough to finally track him down in hopes of getting him to sign the divorce ...Read more

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs legislation to aid workers, businesses affected by Key Bridge collapse

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BALTIMORE — Returning to Annapolis after lobbying members of Congress for federal funding, Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation Tuesday to aid workers and businesses affected by the partial closure of the Port of Baltimore two weeks after a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six people.

“We have to understand ...Read more

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Argentina is running out of bug spray amid record dengue surge

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Bug spray is out of stock across Argentina as the country confronts its worst-ever outbreak of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that’s surged across Latin America amid high heat and heavy rains.

Argentina reported 233,000 cases of dengue so far during the Southern Hemisphere’s summer — about eight times the number of case reported during ...Read more

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101 Freeway shutdown in LA will allow major work on a 'wildlife crossing' bridge

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LOS ANGELES — All lanes of the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills will be closed overnight starting in mid-April and continuing for six to eight weeks to allow crews to complete a key stage in the construction of the $92 million Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. The crossing will provide a link for mountain lions and other wildlife to cross into ...Read more

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Federal court delivers another victory to Obama Foundation in park group fight

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CHICAGO — In what a federal judge hoped would be “the final installment in the long-running challenge” against the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in Jackson Park, the former president’s foundation again declared victory against Protect Our Parks late Tuesday.

Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood — joined ...Read more

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Man who sued 10 women over Facebook talk of his dating behavior has legal setback

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LOS ANGELES — Dating can be difficult. What if you get stood up? What if you are not compatible? What if you get a fake phone number?

And then there is the case of Stewart Lucas Murrey, who sued a group of women after they talked about him in a private Facebook group, warning others about his bad behavior on dating apps.

The lawsuit names as...Read more

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Nevada trial lawyers association, group for Uber sexual assault survivors challenges proposal

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LAS VEGAS — A group representing sexual assault survivors and a trial lawyers association are challenging a proposal to cap the percentage of fees an attorney can collect in civil cases, arguing it would prevent victims from having access to representation they need to sue Uber in court.

Uber Sexual Assault Survivors for Legal Accountability ...Read more

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An LA family horror: Children pushed out of moving car on 405 Freeway, mother dead, partner fatally stabbed

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LOS ANGELES — The first sign of a tragedy that led investigators on a bizarre trail of violence across Los Angeles County began with an infant and her sister abandoned and injured on the 405 Freeway before sunrise.

Around 4:30 a.m. Monday near the Sepulveda Boulevard/Howard Hughes Parkway exit, officers found an 8-month old girl in the middle...Read more

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Murray keeps Energy-Water panel, gives up Military Construction-VA

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have sorted out their Appropriations subcommittee chair lineup for the rest of this Congress, with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., joining the ranks and the full committee chair, Patty Murray of Washington, retaining a high-profile subcommittee gavel.

Sinema will lead the Military Construction-VA panel, and Murray ...Read more

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Washington state gun sales spike, then plummet as new laws take effect

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SEATTLE — Gun sales in Washington have fallen dramatically this year, according to federal background check data, as a suite of new state gun regulations took effect.

The drop-off in Washington sales in the first three months of 2024 is much more significant than the modest drop-off seen nationwide in the same period.

The decline follows a ...Read more

FBI: Idahoan planned to 'die while killing others on behalf of ISIS' in church attacks

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BOISE, Idaho — A Coeur d’Alene man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly planning an attack on local churches in the name of the Islamic State group — his plans foiled at the last minute by the FBI.

The Department of Justice said in a news release that Alexander Mercurio, 18, “pledged his allegiance” to the Islamic militant ...Read more

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Richneck assistant principal charged with child neglect in 6-year-old's shooting of Virginia teacher

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A special grand jury in Newport News has charged a former school administrator with multiple counts of felony child neglect in the case of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher early last year.

Ebony J. Parker — the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School — showed “a reckless disregard for the human life...Read more

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Cole gets Steering Committee nod for House Appropriations gavel

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WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole will almost certainly be the next chairman of the House Appropriations Committee after the House GOP Steering Committee unanimously backed him for the role Tuesday night.

Cole, who ran unopposed, will next need to be ratified by the full conference on Wednesday, a step that is considered a formality. He is ...Read more

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Blame 'fight club' atmosphere for trans migrant beating at Randall's Island shelter, lawyer says

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NEW YORK — A lawyer for one of five migrants charged with assaulting a fellow Randall’s Island shelter resident said a “fight club” atmosphere encouraged by security staff was to blame — and that it specifically targeted trans migrants.

“The security was egging the fight on like a fight club setting,” Anabel Olivero’s defense ...Read more