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NATIONAL NEWS


FILE - Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his revised 2025-2026 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
5 hours ago

Gavin Newsom swings through South Carolina, where Democrats will play pivotal 2028 nominating role

Read full article: Gavin Newsom swings through South Carolina, where Democrats will play pivotal 2028 nominating role
FILE - An Amazon Prime delivery person lifts packages while making a stop at a high-rise apartment building, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
1 hour ago

Amazon extends Prime Day discounts to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases

Read full article: Amazon extends Prime Day discounts to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases
Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
5 hours ago

Volunteers flock to help search efforts after Texas floods even as officials warn them away

Read full article: Volunteers flock to help search efforts after Texas floods even as officials warn them away
Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park Monday, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
8 hours ago

What to know about the troops and federal agents in LA's MacArthur Park

Read full article: What to know about the troops and federal agents in LA's MacArthur Park

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
11 hours ago

RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed

Read full article: RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed

Health secretary Robert F.

FILE - State Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, speaks with a colleague, Feb. 14, 2023, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
12 hours ago

Maine and a GOP lawmaker who ID'd a transgender athlete online agree lawsuit is now moot

Read full article: Maine and a GOP lawmaker who ID'd a transgender athlete online agree lawsuit is now moot

Attorneys for the state of Maine and a conservative lawmaker who identified a transgender student athlete online are in agreement that the lawmaker’s lawsuit over her loss of voting rights is now moot.

President Donald Trump walks toward the media to speak with them before boarding Air Force One, at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 6, 2025, en route to Washington after a weekend in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
10 hours ago

Student loan cancellation program could become Trump retribution tool, some advocates fear

Read full article: Student loan cancellation program could become Trump retribution tool, some advocates fear

President Donald Trump is revamping the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, sparking concerns it could become a tool for political retribution.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, center, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, joins supporters of Abrego Garcia as they rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
12 hours ago

US will try to deport Abrego Garcia before his trial, Justice Department attorney says

Read full article: US will try to deport Abrego Garcia before his trial, Justice Department attorney says

A U.S. government attorney says it will initiate deportation proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from jail before trial on human smuggling charges.

FILE - Supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally before a conference announcing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to end a program letting immigrants live and work legally in the United States outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
11 hours ago

Temporary status to be removed from roughly 80,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans after 25 years in US

Read full article: Temporary status to be removed from roughly 80,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans after 25 years in US

The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending Temporary Protected Status for nearly 80,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S. This status, granted after Hurricane Mitch in 1998, allowed them to live and work in the country.

Federal agents ride on and armored vehicle at MacArthur Park Monday, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
6 hours ago

Troops and federal agents briefly descend on LA's MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood

Read full article: Troops and federal agents briefly descend on LA's MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood

Dozens of federal officers in tactical gear roamed a mostly empty park in a Los Angeles neighborhood with a large immigrant population for about an hour before clearing out.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
8 hours ago

Epstein 'client list' doesn't exist, Justice Department says, walking back theory Bondi had promoted

Read full article: Epstein 'client list' doesn't exist, Justice Department says, walking back theory Bondi had promoted

The Justice Department will not release more files related to the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi that had raised the expectations of conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists.

President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 hour ago

Trump sets 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and new import taxes on 12 other nations

Read full article: Trump sets 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and new import taxes on 12 other nations

President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries.

Officials work the scene of a shooting at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)
12 hours ago

Man with an assault rifle killed after shooting at a Border Patrol facility in Texas

Read full article: Man with an assault rifle killed after shooting at a Border Patrol facility in Texas

Authorities say a 27-year-old man was killed after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas.

An employee surveys the damage at the Great Outdoor Provision Co. after it was flooded during tropical storm Chantal, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
11 hours ago

Flooding from Chantal's remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina

Read full article: Flooding from Chantal's remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina

Officials in North Carolina say floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal swept a woman in her car from a rural road and killed her.

In this photo provided by migrant farmworker Jos Molina-Aguilar, he works milking cows on a Vermont dairy farm on Friday, June 20, 2025. (Courtesy Jos Molina-Aguilar via AP)
16 hours ago

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears

Read full article: A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears

The arrest of eight Vermont dairy farmers in April sent shock waves throughout New England's agriculture industry, and fears haven't eased since then.

People show their support for a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy of targeting students for deportation who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Monday, July 7, 2025, at the federal courthouse in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
13 hours ago

Federal trial starts over Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists

Read full article: Federal trial starts over Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists

University associations are challenging the Trump administration campaign of arresting and deporting faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

A crew of firefighters from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, gather for a briefing as they aid in search and rescue efforts near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Monday, July 7, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman)
9 hours ago

Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpasses 100

Read full article: Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpasses 100

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 100.

FILE - This photo provided by the Bucks County, Pa., District Attorney's Office shows Justin Mohn, the man accused of beheading his father in their suburban Philadelphia home in January 2024. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP, File)
13 hours ago

Woman at son's Pennsylvania murder trial recounts finding husband's decapitated corpse

Read full article: Woman at son's Pennsylvania murder trial recounts finding husband's decapitated corpse

Trial is underway in Pennsylvania of a man accused of killing his father and posting a video of his severed head online.

Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
1 day ago

Quick action by one Texas summer camp leads to timely evacuations ahead of deadly flood

Read full article: Quick action by one Texas summer camp leads to timely evacuations ahead of deadly flood

One local summer camp in the path of the disastrous flooding in central Texas was able to avoid any loss of life by closely monitoring weather reports.

LOCAL NEWS


Henry Tenon appears in court on Monday
8 hours ago

Admitted gunman in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case gets new attorney amid possible plea withdrawal

Read full article: Admitted gunman in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case gets new attorney amid possible plea withdrawal
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6 hours ago

‘He always pushed for America’: Flag planted to remember motorcyclist who died in Nassau County wrong-way ATV crash

Read full article: ‘He always pushed for America’: Flag planted to remember motorcyclist who died in Nassau County wrong-way ATV crash
Jason Blount's arrest in Orange County led to his connection to several rape cases in Jacksonville
10 hours ago

20+ years ago a man ambushed and raped 3 Jacksonville women. JSO says they just caught him in Central Florida

Read full article: 20+ years ago a man ambushed and raped 3 Jacksonville women. JSO says they just caught him in Central Florida
The first town hall will be held Tuesday for people in District 6
9 hours ago

Sheriff Waters set to hold first of 6 town hall meetings where community can share concerns, ask questions

Read full article: Sheriff Waters set to hold first of 6 town hall meetings where community can share concerns, ask questions
Community calls for more youth programs
9 hours ago

Unauthorized pop-up party at Orange Park Mall, ‘disorderly conduct’ led to 1 civil citation, multiple kids detained

Read full article: Unauthorized pop-up party at Orange Park Mall, ‘disorderly conduct’ led to 1 civil citation, multiple kids detained
The lineup for the concert included Lil Duval, Plies, DaBaby, Bossman Dlow, Jacquees, Skilla Baby, Big Boogie, Queen Key, and Big Boss Vette.
13 hours ago

Duval Day concert at VyStar Arena canceled; Duval Day event still planned

Read full article: Duval Day concert at VyStar Arena canceled; Duval Day event still planned
In this image taken from video, smoke and flames rise from a fireworks warehouse explosion, July 1, 2025, in Esparto, Calif. (Hudson Sheats via AP)
16 hours ago

Bodies of all 7 missing people found at a California fireworks warehouse that exploded

Read full article: Bodies of all 7 missing people found at a California fireworks warehouse that exploded

Authorities say they've found the bodies of all seven people who had been missing since an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern California.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, speaks outside Manhattan federal court after Sean "Diddy" Combs was denied bail after being convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
1 day ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets standing ovation from inmates after court victory, his lawyer says

Read full article: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets standing ovation from inmates after court victory, his lawyer says

The lawyer whose defense team won acquittal for Sean “Diddy” Combs on life-sentence-eligible charges says the music mogul was greeted by a standing ovation from fellow prisoners when he returned to jail after the verdict.

First responders from College Station Fire Department search along the banks of the Guadalupe River, as rescue efforts continue following extreme flooding, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
6 hours ago

What to know about the flash floods in Texas that killed over 100 people

Read full article: What to know about the flash floods in Texas that killed over 100 people

Flash floods in Texas have killed more than 100 people, many of them children.

This undated photo provided by John Lawrence on Monday, July 7, 2025, shows twin sisters, Hanna Lawrence, left, and Rebecca Lawrence, right, who were two the victims killed by the flooding at Camp Mystic in central Texas on Friday, July 4. (John Lawrence via AP)
7 hours ago

Twin 8-year-olds and Camp Mystic's director are among those mourned after Texas floods

Read full article: Twin 8-year-olds and Camp Mystic's director are among those mourned after Texas floods

An Alabama elementary school student and twin girls from Dallas are among the more than 100 people who have died in the flash floods that rushed through central Texas.

Onlookers review the damage along the Guadalupe River caused by recent flooding, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
1 day ago

Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to 82 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing

Read full article: Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to 82 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing

The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas has risen to 82 after searchers found more bodies.

FILE - A billboard urges drivers to vote on Election Day in Union City, Calif., Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
1 day ago

Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears

Read full article: Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.

This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Chantal as it moves from South Carolina into central North Carolina on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (NOAA via AP)
1 day ago

Chantal, now a tropical depression, raises concerns of flash flooding in North Carolina and Virginia

Read full article: Chantal, now a tropical depression, raises concerns of flash flooding in North Carolina and Virginia

Tropical Storm Chantal has been downgraded to a tropical depression but is raising concerns of flash flooding in central North Carolina and south-central Virginia.

FILE - Logan Smith walks his dog, Zak, past some of the 283 registered pets in the evacuation shelter at River Ridge Middle/High School in preparation for Hurricane Milton on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)
2 days ago

How to prepare your pets for when a hurricane makes it rain cats and dogs

Read full article: How to prepare your pets for when a hurricane makes it rain cats and dogs

Getting ready for a hurricane’s landfall means making sure everyone in your household is prepared, including your furry family members.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, center, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, discuss the ongoing search and rescue efforts after recent flooding along the Guadalupe River during a press conference on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
1 day ago

Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding

Read full article: Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding

Hours before a massive wall of floodwater barreled down a river in the heart of Texas Hill Country before sunrise on Friday, forecasters with the National Weather Service warned people that dangerous conditions were brewing.

People climb over debris on a bridge atop the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
2 days ago

How weather conditions set the stage for the deadly Texas flash floods

Read full article: How weather conditions set the stage for the deadly Texas flash floods

Meteorologists say incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that moved slowly over central Texas, creating conditions for fatal flash floods.

Onlookers walk along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Louise Hays Park, Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
1 day ago

A look at some of the deadliest floods in the US in the last 25 years

Read full article: A look at some of the deadliest floods in the US in the last 25 years

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the U.S. over the past few decades.

Two shoppers select items at a grocery store in the "Tehrangeles" neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
2 days ago

A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of Los Angeles' huge Iranian community

Read full article: A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of Los Angeles' huge Iranian community

Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran.

This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Chantal forming off the coast of the Carolinas on Saturday, July 5, 2025. (NOAA via AP
2 days ago

Tropical Storm Chantal forecast to bring heavy rain to the Carolinas

Read full article: Tropical Storm Chantal forecast to bring heavy rain to the Carolinas

Tropical Storm Chantal has formed off the southeastern U.S. coast.

FILE- Waves crash over a seawall at the mouth of the Miami River from Biscayne Bay, Fla., as storm surge from Hurricane Irma impacts Miami on Sept. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee,File)
3 days ago

How to prepare for a hurricane, as forecasters expect a busy 2025 storm season

Read full article: How to prepare for a hurricane, as forecasters expect a busy 2025 storm season

Hurricane season can be stressful for millions of Americans living in coastal areas, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks and otherwise upend people’s lives.

Onlookers walk along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Louise Hays Park, Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
1 day ago

Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Read full article: Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people.

A helicopter flies over the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
1 day ago

Flash floods like the one that swept through Texas are the nation's top storm-related killer

Read full article: Flash floods like the one that swept through Texas are the nation's top storm-related killer

A swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of Texas on Friday, killing at least 79 people and leaving many more missing, was a flash flood.

A Camp Mystic mailbox is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
1 day ago

Floods turned beloved Texas camp into a nightmare. At least 27 girls remain missing

Read full article: Floods turned beloved Texas camp into a nightmare. At least 27 girls remain missing

As the floodwaters recede from Camp Mystic, a torrent of grief remains for the families of the children who died and those who went missing when flash floods tore through central Texas earlier this week.

FILE - EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
3 days ago

EPA says Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to take back billions in green bank funds

Read full article: EPA says Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to take back billions in green bank funds

The Environmental Protection Agency says the sprawling tax and policy bill should give it a victory in its fight to freeze billions in funding for a green bank for climate friendly projects.

A man tosses trash at a garbage collection site, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
3 days ago

LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philadelphia's July Fourth festival in support of workers strike

Read full article: LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philadelphia's July Fourth festival in support of workers strike

Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia.

A raging Guadalupe River leaves fallen trees and debris in its wake, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
3 days ago

24 dead in Texas floods and more than 20 children missing from a girls summer camp

Read full article: 24 dead in Texas floods and more than 20 children missing from a girls summer camp

Heavy rains have caused devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, killing at least 24 people and leaving many others missing.

Travelers arrive and depart a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
3 days ago

What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions

Read full article: What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions

Fireworks are a cornerstone of America's Fourth of July celebrations, but that can make the spirited holiday dangerous.

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3 days ago

What’s open and closed on July 4th

Read full article: What’s open and closed on July 4th

Government offices, post offices, courts, and schools are closed for the Fourth of July in the U.S. U.S. stock markets and banks are also closed, with limited FedEx and UPS services.

FILE - Portraits of a red-headed Thomas Jefferson, left, and John Dickinson, right, by by Charles Willson Peale are seen at the refurbished Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III

Read full article: A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”.

A sign warns against unauthorized entry into a militarized zone along the southern U.S. border in New Mexico on June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy

Read full article: US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy

Annexed militarized zones will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally.

In this photo released by the U.S. Army, soldiers conduct a convoy escort team during Operation PIKO, the 25th Division Sustainment Brigade's annual gunnery Feb. 5, 2025, at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. (Sgt. Jared Simmons, U.S. Army via AP)

US military's attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition

Read full article: US military's attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition

The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut celebrates after winning the 2025 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
3 days ago

Joey Chestnut reclaims title in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, wins 17th Mustard Belt

Read full article: Joey Chestnut reclaims title in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, wins 17th Mustard Belt

Famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut has reclaimed his title at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year’s event.

This image provided by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School shows divers planting a crossbred coral species from Honduras on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 off the coast of Miami to help Florida's coral reefs become more resilient to climate change. (University of Miami Rosenstiel School via AP)
3 days ago

Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami's reefs from climate change

Read full article: Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami's reefs from climate change

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast.

FILE - Jake Paul, front left, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., front right, pose for photographers following a ceremonial weigh-in ahead of their cruiserweight boxing match, in Anaheim, Calif., June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
3 days ago

What to know about Julio César Chávez Jr.'s arrest by U.S. immigration officials

Read full article: What to know about Julio César Chávez Jr.'s arrest by U.S. immigration officials

Federal officials say famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges.

FILE - People at an election night watch party react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Nov. 5, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Missouri judge again blocks many of the state's anti-abortion laws

Read full article: Missouri judge again blocks many of the state's anti-abortion laws

A Missouri judge has blocked many of the state's anti-abortion laws.

This undated photo from the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Geoffrey West. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)

Alabama sets nitrogen execution for man convicted of killing store clerk during 1997 robbery

Read full article: Alabama sets nitrogen execution for man convicted of killing store clerk during 1997 robbery

Alabama has scheduled a September execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a gas station attendant during a 1997 robbery.

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