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Supreme Court could end 6-person juries. For Florida, it would be a seismic shift

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Four years ago, Palm Beach County prosecutors charged a local chiropractor with practicing medicine with a suspended license amid allegations of inappropriate contact with patients.

The chiropractor, Hamed Kian, pleaded not guilty and took his case to trial. Like thousands of similarly charged defendants, he went before a jury of six people.

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Editorial: Should the fear of soccer-based violence qualify you for asylum in the US?

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The World Cup has been an amazing spectacle and, mercifully, the sport’s notorious hooligans have been largely absent.

As soccer fans well know, hooligans are rowdy gangs that engage in violent behavior on game days. In some soccer-mad countries, they’re not just a nuisance but part of organized crime networks with ties to law-enforcement ...Read more

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Castro's grandson's role in talks with the US divides government supporters in Cuba

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Cubans who self-describe as revolutionaries have been turning to social media to question the rapid ascent of Raúl Castro’s grandson and his role in negotiations with the Trump administration, in an unusual sign of divisions among core government supporters.

Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro has no formal government position but, as a direct...Read more

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A 'super' El Niño is brewing. Experts fear historic dangers from extreme weather

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LOS ANGELES — Predicting the weather is always tricky, with even the most solid forecasts sometimes not living up to the hype.

But over the last few months, the world's weather experts have become more united in the belief that we were going to be hit by a new El Niño climate pattern, and the consensus of computer models suggests it will ...Read more

Delaware is appointing its first surgeon general

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Delaware became the seventh state to appoint a surgeon general with the appointment Monday of a physician to serve as the state's "principal public health communicator" and advise Gov. Matt Meyer on health matters.

Neil Hockstein, an otolaryngologist who chairs Delaware's Health Care Commission, will helm public health measures.

Meyer, a ...Read more

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DMV bill, with controversial data sharing, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom

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After months of back-and-forth with lawmakers, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial transportation bill has been signed into law.

Newsom said it makes the state Department of Motor Vehicles more efficient and introduces provisions meant to “modernize” the agency’s function, including a provision that allows Californians to carry a digital ...Read more

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Federal government pauses construction on ICE detention facility near Gilroy

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The federal government on Monday said it paused construction of U.S. Immigration and Customs detention facility near Gilroy, in a deal with Santa Clara County and the State of California.

ICE and its umbrella agency the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have declined to officially acknowledge the project, which was revealed through news ...Read more

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US hits Iran with strikes, blockade as Trump plans Hormuz charge

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President Donald Trump reinstated the U.S. blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo shipped through the waterway.

Trump’s announcement Monday, in which he asserted the U.S. would become the waterway’s “GUARDIAN,” intensifies an ongoing spat between Washington and ...Read more

Elephant fire becomes California's second biggest of the year

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A wildfire that started Saturday has become California’s second largest of the season.

As of Monday evening, the Elephant fire had burned 12,303 acres (19 square miles) about 25 miles north of Truckee, said fire managers for the Tahoe National Forest. It was 5% contained.

An evacuation order in Lassen County that had been in place for 24 ...Read more

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Trump to back Graham's Russia sanctions bill, White House says

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President Donald Trump plans to support a Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, according to a White House official, a move that would intensify pressure on the Kremlin to end its war in Ukraine.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. Trump’s backing would be a major win for Ukraine,...Read more

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West Nile virus detected in Yuba County for the first time this year

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The West Nile virus has been detected in Yuba County for the first time this year, according to a Monday news release from the Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District.

Two mosquito samples collected on July 7 tested positive for the virus — one from the Hallwood area east of Marysville and another from near Wheatland.

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Judge rules Trump IRS immunity deal has no 'basis in law'

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A judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was a “bad faith” attempt to manipulate the judicial process and barred him and his administration from citing its supposed settlement in any future regulatory or judicial proceedings.

Monday’s 56-page decision by U.S. District Judge Kathleen ...Read more

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Feds quietly share evidence in Good and Pretti shootings with Minnesota investigators

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After months of refusing to do so, the Justice Department has turned over a substantial amount of evidence from its investigations into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during Operation Metro Surge to state investigators, a person familiar with the investigation but not authorized to speak publicly about the details confirmed to the ...Read more

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ICE fatally shoots man in Maine as agency scrutiny mounts

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A U.S. immigration officer shot and killed a person in Maine on Monday morning, the second fatal shooting involving federal agents in less than a week.

The incident occurred in Biddeford, a small city about 18 miles southwest of Portland. The Department of Homeland Security said it was conducting targeted surveillance on the last known ...Read more

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Here's what's in -- and not in -- Pennsylvania's $50.8 billion state budget

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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s new $50.8 billion state budget was sprawled across more than 600 pages of legislation and signed into law on Sunday. New data center regulations, new education funding, and more were approved in the wide-ranging spending package.

But some of the most pressing issues facing the General Assembly were noticeably ...Read more

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UC abruptly suspends plan to reconsider SAT in admissions

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The University of California admissions board has voted to rescind — for now — its plan to study whether to resume SAT or ACT requirements in admissions, a move that leaves the direction of one of the university's most closely watched debates unclear a day before the Board of Regents meets in San Francisco.

UC's Board of Admissions and ...Read more

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After weeks of questions, McConnell provides information on health

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Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ended weeks of speculation about his health with a statement saying he’s on the mend.

The Kentucky Republican, who was hospitalized June 14, issued a letter to fellow Kentuckians telling them he has been recovering from a fall, followed by what he termed “a mild case of pneumonia.” ...Read more

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Trump to support Russia sanctions bill advocated by Graham

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President Donald Trump will support a Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, according to a White House official, a move that would intensify pressure on the Kremlin to end its war in Ukraine.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. Trump’s backing would be a major win for Ukraine, ...Read more

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South Carolina governor picks Graham's sister to serve out his term

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Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, will fill his Senate seat through the end of his term in January, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster announced Monday.

“Lindsey took care of his little sister in years long departed,” McMaster said at a news conference in Columbia, referring to Graham ...Read more

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Trump loses his ‘Senate whisperer’ after Graham’s sudden death

Donald Trump has lost a go-to ally in the Senate after the death of Lindsey Graham, with senior White House aides and other Republicans — and even some Democrats — saying the late senator had become a crucial part of the president’s legislative efforts.

The 71-year-old ...Read more