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[ad_1] A suburban Chicago teen accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old girlfriend, a 9-year-old girl and the child’s father has been told a grand jury has indicted him on three charges of first-degree murder JOLIET, Ill. — A suburban Chicago teen accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old girlfriend, a 9-year-old girl and the child’s father…
[ad_1] A Massachusetts man has been indicted in the death of his wife who has not been seen since Jan. 1 COHASSET, Mass. — A Massachusetts man has been indicted in the death of his wife who has not been seen since Jan. 1, a top prosecutor said Thursday. Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrisey said…
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Legislature is taking final steps to expand the the territory of a state-run police department inside the capital city of Jackson, which is majority-Black and governed by Democrats. Critics say the proposal would stomp on local self-governance and create unequal systems of justice in different parts…
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for five of the six people killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny morning into wrenching tragedy. Heartbreaking new…
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — A former elected official lost a bid on Thursday to get a new judge to handle his murder case ahead of trial scheduled in November in the slaying of a Las Vegas investigative journalist. Supervising Clark County District Court Judge Jerry Wiese II told ex-county administrator of wills and estates Robert…
[ad_1] A personal injury lawyer in Las Vegas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he orchestrated a $460 million Ponzi scheme in Nevada, Utah and California ByRIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A longtime Las Vegas attorney was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he orchestrated a $460 million Ponzi scheme spanning multiple…
[ad_1] SAN DIEGO — The chair of San Diego County’s board of supervisors said he will resign amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a government employee, completing a swift and shocking fall for a decorated Marine combat veteran whose star rose with his Democratic Party’s ascendancy in the nation’s eighth-largest city. Nathan Fletcher, who defected…
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped $10 million on a new political action committee Thursday, pledging to boost Democrats in the reddest of red states ahead of the 2024 election and what could be a future run for president. Newsom launched the Campaign for Democracy using money left over from his 2022…
[ad_1] A bill that seeks to criminalize helping minors get an abortion without parental consent has won final passage in Idaho’s legislature and is bound for the governor’s desk ByREBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A bill that would criminalize helping minors obtain an abortion without parental consent won final passage in Idaho’s legislature…
[ad_1] MIAMI — More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims. An unlikely coalition involving…