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Settlement in challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law clarifies scope of LGBTQ+ restrictions

Settlement in challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law clarifies scope of LGBTQ+ restrictions

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A settlement has been reached in the challenge against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, HB1557, known by LGBTQ+ advocates as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.  The settlement, announced Monday, clarifies the scope of the legislation, which prohibits any classroom curriculum about sexual orientation or […]

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Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to overturn sex trafficking conviction and sentence

Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to overturn sex trafficking conviction and sentence

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for recruiting and grooming the underage girls […]

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Video shows James Crumbley told police where to find guns after son’s school shooting

Video shows James Crumbley told police where to find guns after son’s school shooting

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — In a prosecution that has largely mirrored evidence from his wife’s trial, previously unseen video was shown in court Tuesday of James Crumbley telling police where to find guns in their home before authorities executed a search warrant in the hours after Ethan Crumbley, […]

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US troops en route to Gaza coast in deployment families say was a shock

US troops en route to Gaza coast in deployment families say was a shock

Anne Falherty, ABC News (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Hundreds of U.S. troops are now en route to the Gaza coast to build a massive floating pier off the war-torn enclave that will open up a desperately needed route for humanitarian aid promised by President Joe Biden. The deployment order, delivered […]

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Uvalde police chief announces his resignation after independent investigation

Uvalde police chief announces his resignation after independent investigation

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas.) — Daniel Rodriguez, the police chief of Uvalde, Texas, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Rodriguez confirmed to ABC News that the resignation will take effect April 6. The news comes less than one week after the Uvalde City Council released the findings of the independent […]

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Scott Peterson to appear in court virtually as LA Innocence Project takes up case

Scott Peterson to appear in court virtually as LA Innocence Project takes up case

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (REDWOOD CITY, Calif.) — Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife and their unborn son 20 years ago, is scheduled to appear in court virtually on Tuesday after the LA Innocence Project picked up his murder case earlier this year. Laci Peterson, who was 27 […]

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2 found dead at scene of house explosion, fire in Pennsylvania

2 found dead at scene of house explosion, fire in Pennsylvania

WTAE (PITTSBURGH) — Two people were found dead at the scene of a house explosion and fire in Pennsylvania Tuesday morning, authorities said. The explosion in Crescent Township, just outside of Pittsburgh, was reported at 8:54 a.m., local officials said. The home was completely leveled by the blast, and the […]

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Universities, museums face new pressure to return Native American human remains

Universities, museums face new pressure to return Native American human remains

ABC News (HANOVER, N.H.) — Founded as one of the first schools to educate Native Americans, Dartmouth College is now at the forefront of an effort to rectify what some tribes say has long been an atrocity in plain sight. The school last year revealed that dozens of Native American […]

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Oregon’s drug decriminalization law rolled back as homelessness, overdoses on the rise

Oregon’s drug decriminalization law rolled back as homelessness, overdoses on the rise

ABC News (Portland, Ore.) — Three years ago, Oregon decriminalized small amounts of illicit drugs, from fentanyl to methamphetamine to crack. But some state leaders, local residents and others are having second thoughts about the law, which was passed following a 2020 voter-approved ballot initiative. Now cities like Portland have […]

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How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback

How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback

Getty Images – STOCK (MINNEAPOLIS) — The U.S. dollar is perhaps the most recognized in the world, accepted nearly everywhere and viewed as one of the most reliable, stable currencies of any nation. Which is why, at a time when consumers swipe or tap a card to pay for most […]

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