Closing Arguments: Past issues
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View ArticleOregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The...
View ArticlePolice use Taser to subdue man who stormed media area of Trump rally in...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, stormed into the press area as the former president spoke Friday but was surrounded by police and sheriff’s deputies and...
View ArticleDoctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death appears in court...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles on Friday after reaching a deal to plead guilty and...
View ArticleBlack students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms
(AP) — Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes. He had never been suspended before — he’d never even...
View ArticleA centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York
KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of African...
View ArticleSacramento County held in contempt for failing to produce documents in...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge found Sacramento County and two government agencies in contempt on Friday in a case of wrongful incarceration, ruling that certain accusations against them...
View ArticleStolen Longhorns
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man says the University of Texas at Austin used his design of a large longhorn emblem for their football stadium's new southern end zone, after informing him they wouldn't be...
View ArticleTrump argues for dismissal of DC Jan. 6 case, citing SCOTUS immunity...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Former President Donald Trump previewed his slew of legal arguments to end his long-paused election subversion criminal case in a joint legal filing with special counsel Jack Smith...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislature faces call for special session on its final day
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday called for a special session of the Legislature to address gasoline price spikes, saying it was needed immediately to stop future price...
View ArticleStrikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily...
(AP) — With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud’s job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. There was the time she found three days worth of blond dog fur...
View ArticleFederal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and its suburbs....
View ArticleLinda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal...
View ArticleHow do you get a grumpy 4-ton elephant to a new home 120 miles away? Call the...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — When it comes to the niche business of moving elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best. The Egyptian veterinarian’s résumé includes possibly the most...
View ArticleLarge-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an...
View ArticleRussia fires a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv as...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, officials said Monday, as children prepared their return to school across the country...
View ArticleGeneral strike in Israel over hostages found dead in Gaza reflects political...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions around the country on Monday, including...
View ArticleHarris looks to tap into Biden’s union support as she rallies with him in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are co-headlining a campaign event Monday in the marquee battleground state of Pennsylvania as Harris balances presenting herself...
View ArticleAbortion’s price
Is money the answer to every question? Well, yeah, probably. Back in 2005, the bestselling book “Freakonomics” contained a chapter about abortion featuring a study by economists that claimed that...
View ArticleGermany’s watershed moment: Far right wins first regional election since...
(CN) — In a historic moment, the far-right Alternative for Germany came in first and second in two regional state elections on Sunday in eastern Germany, a result that was expected but nonetheless...
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