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Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban - a development likely to drive more ...

Aug 23, 2024

Michigan man sentenced to life in 2-year-old's kidnapping death

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing his former girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter was sentenced Friday to life in prison. According to prosecutors,...

Aug 23, 2024

Michigan man sentenced to life in 2-year-old's kidnapping death

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing his former girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter was sentenced Friday to life in prison. According to prosecutors,...

Aug 23, 2024

3 Detroit-area mall guards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death in 2014

DETROIT (AP) - Three security guards who held a man to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014 were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter on his death on Friday in a case that was reopened years late...

Aug 23, 2024

Prosecutor says ex-sheriff's deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of an airman at his home

CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A Florida Panhandle sheriff's deputy is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting an airman who opened his apartment door while holdin...

Aug 23, 2024

Prosecutor says ex-sheriff's deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of an airman at his home

CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A Florida Panhandle sheriff's deputy is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting an airman who opened his apartment door while holdin...

Aug 23, 2024

A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty to civil rights violations in the killing of Tyre Nichols

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A second former Memphis police officer pleaded guilty Friday to civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, leaving three officers heading to trial in fede...

Aug 23, 2024

Trump-backed Alaska Republican withdraws from US House race after third-place finish in primary

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishing t...

Aug 23, 2024

Trump-backed Alaska Republican withdraws from US House race after third-place finish in primary

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishin...

Aug 23, 2024

Ahead of speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says in a Pennsylvania court filing that he's endorsing Trump

PHOENIX (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign said in a Pennsylvania court filing Friday that he is endorsing Donald Trump for president. The campaign also requested that he be removed from the Penn...

Aug 23, 2024