From the States
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Death row inmate's attorneys move to halt Indiana execution over state’s lethal drug supplier
Weisheit, who was convicted of the 2010 murders of two young children in a house fire, has not contested his guilt but asked Braun to commute his sentence to life in prison without parole.
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GOP Governor Lombardo concedes to Ford in Nevada gubernatorial race
Ford will be Nevada’s first Black governor, as well as the first Black governor of any state west of the Mississippi River.
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Billionaire tax proposition in California fails
California’s voters have rejected a number of propositions, including a billionaire tax, while simultaneously approving a number of bond measures. Prop. 40 would have established a one-time 5% tax on California’s billionaire class.
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Justice Department imposes record fine for Clean Air Act violation
The settlement also requires the oil company to invest more than $177 million in compliance measures.
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Physician in Congress says president's cognitive decline obvious
Murphy, one of 19 practicing physicians in Congress, said Biden’s health has been hidden by “the White House, by many people in politics, even people of celebrity status.”
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Newsom claims private-sector jobs boom, but numbers likely to be revised down
The report ended with a warning that net private-sector losses have been masked by public-sector and publicly-supported jobs growth.
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LAPD crime data still offline, site dark since March despite millions spent
With LAPD verbally reporting a significant increase in crime in the first six months of 2024, law enforcement experts warn the lack of crime data transparency could conceal rising crime risk for residents.
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Over $1 million in fentanyl pills confiscated by local Arizona police
Fentanyl seizures are extremely common in Arizona, but are more heavily publicized by state troopers and federal border officers.
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Civil liberties groups settle lawsuit over Fulton County Jail population
The ACLU of Georgia said the lawsuit expands its 2023 report, which found one of the drivers of the Fulton County Jail's overcrowding was the number of people held without indictment.
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Ohio city faces 'significant housing crisis' due to migrant flux
Despite the city’s ongoing advancements in housing projects, the sheer number of migrants arriving and residing in the area has strained resources to their limits.
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Wisconsin election law has only one way to exit from ballot: death
Even without this provision in Wisconsin’s election law, removing Biden from the ballot would prove difficult to accomplish.
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Texas legislature to evaluate response to Beryl as millions still without power
He also addressed the millions of Texans struggling without power as temperatures surpass 100 degrees.
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Experts warn California’s $2B transit bailout will 'exacerbate operating losses'
Public transit experts warn investing in struggling transit systems’ expansion while ridership remains low could be a recipe for financial disaster.