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[ad_1] ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — An Idaho judge is considering whether to split up the trials of a newlywed couple accused of conspiring to kill her...
[ad_1] SAN DIEGO — The mother and grandfather of an 11-year-old California girl who was allegedly tortured and starved for years have been arrested and charged...
[ad_1] HOUSTON — A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness is set to be executed Wednesday for killing his mother and...
[ad_1] LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Voters in five states are deciding on Election Day whether to approve recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a major...
[ad_1] ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Libyan military commander who once lived in Virginia sat for a deposition Sunday in a U.S. lawsuit in which he is...
[ad_1] ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis called female genital mutilation a “crime” on Sunday and said the fight for women’s rights, equality and opportunity...
[ad_1] MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A former corrections officer on Friday compared Alabama prisons to a “third world country with a concrete floor” and said he believes...
[ad_1] WEST POINT, Ga. — Loretta Williams lives in Alabama but drove to Georgia to buy a lottery ticket for a chance at winning the $1.5...
[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven some 14 million Ukrainians from their homes in “the fastest, largest displacement witnessed in decades,” sparking...
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss — A federal judge has appointed a receiver to temporarily manage a jail near Mississippi’s capital city to improve conditions. U.S. District Judge...
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given the Urban League of Louisiana a $5.7 million gift, the largest donation in the agency’s 84-year...
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week — but not before the families of...
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An attorney for a death row inmate in Tennessee who cut off his penis shortly after asking to be placed on suicide...
[ad_1] OAKLAND, Calif. — One of five workers accused of sexually abusing inmates at a federal women’s prison in California pleaded guilty on Thursday, prosecutors said....
[ad_1] BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. — A woman who was arrested for feeding homeless people in northwest Arizona is suing over a local ordinance that regulates food-sharing...
[ad_1] A woman walks past makeshift shelters at a camp for the internally-displaced on the outskirts of Baidoa, in the South West State of Somalia, Wednesday,...
[ad_1] “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle” by Jon Meacham (Random House) Fun fact: Feb. 12, 1809, is the birthdate for both...
[ad_1] SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Jesús Joya says his brother was “special” — at 45, he was childlike, eager to please. He was as far...
[ad_1] Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — In nearly every corner of the globe, people are spending more on food and fuel, rent and transportation. But inflation...
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes...