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Trump's proposed 2027 budget requests $152 million to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison
The president requested $152 million be allocated to the Bureau of Prisons to help cover the first year costs associated with rebuilding Alcatraz as a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility.” He is seeking a total of $1.7 billion for the bureau.
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Wisconsin House race heats up amid calls for top Dem challenger to be disqualified over China ties
Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District represents a rural area running from the Minnesota and Iowa borders to Eau Claire and a strip that ends between Wausau and Appleton.
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Minor arrested in connection with death of 12-year-old LA student hit by metal water bottle
The suspect's age and gender have not been disclosed, but the minor was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, according to LAPD
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Minnesota ban on election 'deepfakes' doesn't exempt parody, groups ask appeals court to clarify
The ruling against satirist "Mr Reagan" shows trend of courts "narrowing state law to avoid a constitutional conflict," in this case that "the law does not criminalize constitutional parody despite no written parody exception," brief says.
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Louisville pays Christian photographer $800,000 for law requiring her to do same-sex weddings
A court banned the city three years ago from "either compelling or suppressing Nelson’s photography and writing" under its public accommodations law, which is superseded by the First Amendment.
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Man found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing pregnant woman in 2023 Seattle shooting
"This does not mean that Mr. Goosby will be released to the streets, now, a week from now, or in the immediate future," according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
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Education department, seeking more transparency, starts portal disclosing foreign funding
“America’s taxpayer-funded colleges and universities have both a moral and legal obligation to be fully transparent with the U.S. government and the American people about their foreign financial relationships,” U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said.
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Texas Lt Gov Patrick creates state Senate Select Committee on religious liberty
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday created a new state Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty. The committee will hold hearings and propose legislation about religious liberty topics, which he says Americans and Texans “don’t understand.”
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Reality star Kendra Duggar arrested on child abuse charges after husband's arrest on similar charges
Kendra Duggar faces four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment
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Supreme Court hears mail-in ballot case, whether ballots received after Election Day should count
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia filed a brief to the Supreme Court that argued states should have the ability to set rules over the receipt of ballots. The states said mail-in ballot deadlines give voters an opportunity to cast their ballots.
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Two students, 4 others injured in shooting near Illinois State University
Police officers found two male juveniles, two men, and two women shot at the scene
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LaGuardia Airport closed after deadly collision between Air Canada Express jetliner, fire truck
Jetliner reportedly slammed into a firetruck responding to a crisis on another flight.
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Iconic comic book writer Chuck Dixon says industry disdain for his conservatism never kept him down
His imagination drew the attention of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone. And when his industry looked askance at his conservative views, he kept busy on his own terms.