Challenge to abortion clinic 'buffer zone' law rejected by US court
By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New York county's law barring anti-abortion activists
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Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court
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Homicide detective weeps in trial of deputy who failed to confront Parkland high school shooter
A veteran homicide detective wept in court as he testified about the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school
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Revived effort to censure Schiff clears key hurdle ahead of final vote
The effort to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a key figure in the House investigations into Donald Trump and who is running for a US Senate seat in California, cleared a key procedural obstacle Wednesday afternoon after a vote to kill the legislation failed.
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Foundations buoy a new movement of renters’ activism
After years of rising rents, a group of Kansas City, Missouri, renters came together in 2019 to form KC Tenants, armed with an annual budget of $30,000 and demands for a bill of rights to protect renters from rising prices, unjust evictions, and landlord abuse
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Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show 'The Five'
Veteran television personality Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News Channel's political combat show “The Five.”
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Capitol rioter who shocked police officer with stun gun is sentenced to over 12 years in prison
A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison
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State rests in trial of former school resource officer who stayed outside during Parkland shooting
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside a Parkland, Florida, high school while 17 people were killed and 17 others were wounded during a February 2018 mass shooting.
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North Carolina prosecutor won't charge officers involved in death of man during arrest
A prosecutor says she won’t seek charges against police in North Carolina’s capital city whose officers repeatedly used stun guns on a man who subsequently died
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Drugmaker industry group sues to stop Medicare drug price negotiation
Drugmakers' leading industry group is the latest to file a lawsuit seeking to stop Medicare's newly granted power to negotiate drug prices. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, known as PhRMA, argues that the negotiation provision is unconstitutional.
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Man who used stun gun to attack Michael Fanone on January 6 sentenced to over 12 years in prison
Daniel Rodriguez, the man who attacked then-Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock weapon in the neck during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison.
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An Arizona inmate was just released from death row after nearly 30 years in prison
Barry Jones is making up for almost three decades of lost time by reconnecting with family and friends after spending 29 years on death row.
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