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Florida to execute man who said he killed his cellmate so he'd be given the death penalty
Roberts was incarcerated at Charlotte Correctional Institution, and according to court documents, he tied several socks together and strangled his cellmate while the man slept.
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Six Flags closes roller coasters at multiple parks across North America following accident
The closures are at parks in Georgia, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina and Canada.
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Pope arrives at a hospital in Rome for surgery to remove lung nodule and determine if it's cancerous
Should doctors determine the lesion on Pope Leo XIV's lung to be cancerous, oncologists say the pope's prognosis is good since it will have been removed at an early stage.
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‘Stood up to Goliath and won.’ Reporter gets access to Michigan’s COVID nursing home death data
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff reaches settlement with Whitmer administration in FOIA lawsuit.
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Louisiana Legislature approves ban on private funding for elections
The bill comes after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg helped fund an unprecedented $300 million effort to fund local election officials in 2020.
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Florida proposes rule to ban ‘indoctrinating’ students by teaching critical race theory
State Board of Education (BOE) will review the rule from the DeSantis administration's schools chief on June 10.
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Connecticut prosecuting 16-year-old under 100-year-old law banning 'ridicule'
Local NAACP wants new law with stiffer penalties in wake of racist Snapchat incident.
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Twenty states are opposing taxpayer funding for critical race theory in schools
"Critical race theory is nothing more than ideology posing as history,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says.
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Gov. Inslee vetoes bipartisan COVID data privacy bill in Washington state
Lawmakers passed the legislation to address data collection from contact tracing during the pandemic. The veto generated controversy on both sides of political aisle.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law banning mask mandates in schools for students, staff
Though the CDC has lifted mask mandates for vaccinated people, the agency continues to recommend schoolchildren continue to wear masks.
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Oregon projects large budget surplus. Will lawmakers spend it or give it back to taxpayers?
Oregon's fiscal outlook is expected to be the strongest in decades if the state fully reopens as planned this summer.
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Rumble announces investment from Narya Capital, Peter Thiel and Colt Ventures
The money will help the company launch their new cloud services, according to Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski.
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Bidenomics on hold? Poor economic reports raise caution flags for massive spending plans
Market economists warn of weakened recovery and rising prices, even as Fed chairman counsels calm.