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Virginia Gov. Youngkin vetoes bills that would legalize retail marijuana sales, increase minimum wage
NORFOLK, Va. — Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday vetoed seven bills, including those with the potential to reshape life in Virginia.
HB 698 and SB 448 aimed to establish a retail market for marijuana starting in May 2025....Read more
Yung Miami, drugs and a shooting: New details emerge in amended lawsuit against Diddy
MIAMI — Days after federal agents raided Sean “Diddy” Combs’ multimillion-dollar compounds on both sides of the country, a music producer who sued the hip-hop megastar turned entrepreneur has come forward with ...Read more
Fatal NYPD shooting of Queens teen holding scissors spurs outrage over cops' actions
NEW YORK — As new details emerge on a teen’s fatal shooting by an NYPD officer on Wednesday, outrage has bubbled up over the tactics used by the officers who responded to a 911 call made by the teen himself.
Win ...Read more
Kansas Republicans send strict ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors to Gov. Laura Kelly
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Republicans sent a strict ban on specific health care for transgender minors to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, setting up for another veto-override fight over the lives and rights of LGBTQ Kansans.
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Jurors award $11.5 million to former LAPD K-9 handler who claimed discrimination over Samoan heritage
LOS ANGELES — A jury this week awarded $11.5 million to a former Los Angeles police K-9 handler who sued the city alleging that his supervisors retaliated and discriminated against him in part because of his Samoan ...Read more
Did warnings to get off the Key Bridge reach the construction crew fixing potholes?
BALTIMORE — The duty officer radioed to two fellow Maryland Transportation Authority Police officers working an extra-duty shift in Tuesday’s early morning hours. He needed one stationed on each side of the Francis ...Read more
Biden administration approves initial $60 million for Key Bridge response
BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore’s administration on Thursday requested an initial $60 million in federal funds to cover preliminary costs for mobilization, operations and debris recovery following the Francis Scott Key ...Read more
Connecticut Lt. Gov. to trans community: 'We see you, we respect you, and we will keep fighting for you'
HARTFORD, Conn. — When Mia Lozado booked her first appointment for gender-affirming hormone therapy, she thought her grandmother would kick her out.
Lozado told her she was prepared to pack up her clothes and sleep in ...Read more
Murder charges dismissed against teen accused of fatally beating 73-year-old with traffic cone
PHILADELPHIA — The murder and conspiracy charges against one of the 14-year-olds accused of fatally striking a 73-year-old man with a traffic cone nearly two years ago — in a case that drew national attention and ...Read more
Karlie Kloss' Bedford Media will resuscitate Life magazine as a print product
Print may be dying, but Bedford Media believes it can bring back Life.
The New York-based media holding company owned by fashion model Karlie Kloss and her husband Joshua Kushner announced Thursday it will relaunch the ...Read more
Dolly Parton responds to Beyoncé's cover of 'Jolene'
Beyoncé‘s big splash into country music is getting a ringing endorsement from Dolly Parton.
On Wednesday, the 32-time Grammy Award winner revealed the track list for her “Cowboy Carter” album — which drops on ...Read more
Murdaugh's lawyers deny he lied on polygraph test. They want to debate it in open court
COLUMBIA, S.C.— Lawyers for convicted killer and multimillion-dollar fraudster Alex Murdaugh launched a robust attack Thursday on a claim by federal prosecutors that Murdaugh flunked a lie detector test and is therefore ...Read more
Kansas launches challenge to federal student loan forgiveness. Missouri could be next
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at blocking President Joe Biden’s latest attempt at forgiving billions in student loan debt for Americans.
Kobach is leading a coalition of 11 ...Read more
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas to receive knighthood, damehood
Filmmaking power couple Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas will receive knighthood and damehood, the British government announced Thursday.
Nolan, 53, and Thomas, 52, were honored just weeks after winning Academy Awards ...Read more
'MAGA has your back!': John Eastman disbarment fires up rage in Trump devotees
The recommended disbarment of attorney John Eastman has infuriated devotees of Donald Trump — and those who see their legal troubles through a lens of religious persecution.
Small-dollar donations have surged to help ...Read more
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for $10 billion fraud
NEW YORK — Disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture on Thursday for victimizing hundreds of thousands of people around the ...Read more
Illinois remembers 4 slain in Rockford knife attack after authorities charge 22-year-old man in rampage
ROCKFORD, Ill. — Early Thursday, Craig Garr stood in his driveway in southeast Rockford and watched a tow service load his Jeep Grand Cherokee onto the bed of a truck.
Blood was still spattered on his driveway. It was ...Read more
Drones helped bring drugs, weapons into Georgia prisons, investigation finds
ATLANTA — Officials say 150 people, including eight Georgia Department of Corrections employees, were arrested after a massive investigation into contraband at prisons around the state.
Search and arrest warrants were ...Read more
Auditor: Minnesota firefighter training board violated 'significant' financial documentation requirements
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota board that oversees firefighter training violated requirements to document expenses and made improper use of state purchasing cards, according to a Legislative Auditor's report released this ...Read more
Man sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing Baltimore Officer Keona Holley
BALTIMORE — A second man was convicted Thursday in the ambush killing of Baltimore police Officer Keona Holley more than three years ago and sentenced to life in prison.
Travon Shaw, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree ...Read more
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