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Arizona Supreme Court clears way for voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion
By The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that advocates used to collect signatures is valid, clearing the way for voters to decide on the constitutional right to an abortion. Under the measure, abortions would be allowed until an embryo or fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Rick Scott wins Florida GOP primary as he seeks a second term
By Stephany Matat, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has handily won Florida’s Republican primary against two other opponents, moving on to face Democratic former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in November. Mucarsel-Powell also won her election comfortably against three other candidates. This November, Scott has to first win a second term in the U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Matt Gaetz and Rick Scott face challengers in Florida primaries
By Stephany Matat, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has his sights on a GOP leadership role, but first he must get past two candidates in the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday. Scott, who won his Senate spot by a margin of about 10,000 votes in 2018, is aiming to run for Senate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3 people charged after death of federal prison worker who opened fentanyl-laced mail
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
A federal prison inmate and two other people were charged Tuesday with conspiring to mail drugs to a penitentiary in California where a mailroom supervisor died last week after opening a letter that prosecutors said was laced with fentanyl and other substances. According to prosecutors, Jamar Jones, a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ansari wins the Democratic nomination in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District after recount
By By Gabriel Sandoval, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – Yassamin Ansari, a former Phoenix City Council member, clinched the Democratic nomination for an open congressional district in Arizona, defeating her opponent by 39 votes after the tight race triggered a recount in the state that’s expected to be pivotal in November’s general election. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Ryan-Touhill announced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A 2-year-old accidentally shot and wounded his mother’s boyfriend, police say
By The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) – A 2-year-old Virginia boy accidentally shot his mother’s boyfriend, critically wounding him, police said Tuesday. According to a preliminary investigation, the man was getting ready to leave the house Monday morning and had put the gun on a nearby chair when the toddler accidentally fired the gun, Chesterfield County Police spokesperson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!GOP-led challenge to voting by mail rejected by New York’s top court
By Michael Hill, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation. The 6-1 ruling from the state Court of Appeals affirmed lower courts in finding that the voting expansion law approved by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says
By Patrick Whittle And David Sharp, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) – Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal
By Julia Frankel (), The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as U.S. and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. The military said its forces recovered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99
By Geir Moulson, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A German court upholds conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99
By Geir Moulson, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction ... Read More »
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