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Trump rules out Vivek Ramaswamy as running mate as he eyes new team

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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 sizes up a possible administration.

Trump personally told Ramaswamy he won’t be his vice presidential pick, according to ...Read more

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Illinois Supreme Court makes changes amid 'staggering' increase in pretrial appeals over detention

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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 Fairness Act.

The changes, which take effect April 15, were recommended by a task force that prepared a report after ...Read more

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Alaska lawmakers fail to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's education bill veto

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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 with 56 out 60 lawmakers voting in favor of the package, which was broadly seen as a compromise.

The bill included $175 ...Read more

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Hunter Biden refuses to appear at public House hearing this week

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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.

The younger Biden’s decision not to appear as one of four invited witnesses before the Oversight and Accountability Committee...Read more

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Judge orders competency evaluation for alleged CU Colorado Springs dorm shooter

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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 judge ordered Monday.

Nicholas Trevon Jordan is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 16 deaths of his ...Read more

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US and Japan team up to warn against nuclear weapons in space

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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 space.

The resolution underscores that countries “should not develop nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass ...Read more

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Biden and Bibi back off their feud but suspicion lingers at home

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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 pressures that have pushed them apart are easing.

After weeks of growing vitriol between the two leaders over Israel’s punishing...Read more

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DA accuses LA woman who killed 2 boys in crosswalk of 'illegal conduct' from jail, her legal team of jury tampering

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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.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Gould and his colleague Jamie Castro filed a motion Monday that detailed several jailhouse calls Grossman ...Read more

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MN Court of Appeals sends transgender powerlifter's case back to Ramsey County District Court

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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 orientation.

A year ago, Ramsey County District Judge Patrick Diamond sided with JayCee Cooper, then 35, of Minneapolis, finding that ...Read more

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Child's body found inside duffel bag in Philly could be that of 4-year-old Damari Carter, police say

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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 said.

The worker came across the black Puma bag just before 10 a.m. while cleaning out the alleyway behind the 600 block of ...Read more

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First day of migrant evictions in Chicago leads to confusion; only 3 removed from shelters

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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 the 11,000 shelter residents were evicted Sunday.

Outside of shelters, migrants and volunteers who had set up tables to help ...Read more

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RNC, Nevada GOP lawsuit claims voter roll inconsistencies in Nevada

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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 Republican National Committee and the Nevada Republican Party assert in the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court that ...Read more

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Fewer Georgia voting machines proposed as Senate panel passes election bills

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ATLANTA — Georgia senators advanced a series of election-related proposals Monday that would reduce the number of voting machines on election day, require more audits and post pictures of ballots online.

The bill package arrived in the final days of Georgia’s annual legislative session as the Republican-controlled General Assembly sets ...Read more

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Drunken fights, destruction and arrests cast shadow in the wake of St. Patrick's Day Parade

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BOSTON — This year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade drew record-setting crowds to celebrate the holiday in South Boston, but left a wave of destruction, violence and arrests — including gun charges and numerous drunken fights with police — in its wake.

“South Boston residents, many seniors and young families, were disgusted with the ...Read more

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Texas doctors 'really scared' amid vague abortion laws. Will state board clarify exceptions? <em> </em>

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Confusion around Texas’ abortion law has scared doctors, who worry they could be prosecuted, fined or lose their medical license for performing an abortion procedure when a patient’s life or health is at risk.

The Texas Medical Board could offer some clarity, but some Texas OB-GYNs are warning about the difficulties of...Read more

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Supreme Court sounds reluctant to curb US social media outreach

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to allow Biden administration officials to communicate with social media companies, as multiple justices sounded skeptical that the government violated free speech rights when it encouraged the removal of posts with ...Read more

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Alaska lawmakers fail to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's education bill veto

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ANCHORAGE, 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 with 56 out 60 lawmakers voting in favor of the package, which was broadly seen as a compromise.

The bill included $175 ...Read more

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Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen can testify at Trump hush money trial, judge rules

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NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, porn star Stormy Daniels, Playboy model Karen McDougal and a Trump Tower doorman — all of whom prosecutors allege Donald Trump paid to stay silent about a series of sex scandals to win the presidency — may all take the stand at his Manhattan criminal trial, a judge ordered Tuesday.

In a set of rulings ensuring ...Read more

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Lead attorney for Bryan Kohberger advocates against expansion of Idaho's death penalty

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BOISE, Idaho — The lead attorney for Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with murdering four University of Idaho students, urged state lawmakers to oppose a bill that proposed expanding the defendants who would qualify for the death penalty.

Anne Taylor, chief of the Kootenai County Public Defender’s Office, appeared before an Idaho Senate ...Read more

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Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert arrested on bench warrant in Washington, D.C.

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DETROIT — Stefanie Lambert, a Michigan lawyer who has championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon because of a bench warrant, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service.

The arrest ended an 11-day saga of uncertainty that played out after Oakland County Circuit Court Judge ...Read more