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A man has pleaded guilty to the death of a 5-year-old girl living in their Kansas homeless camp

Dec. 13, 2024 15:20 PM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man who lived in a makeshift camp with a homeless 5-year-old Kansas girl and her father pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder and rape in connection with the child’s death. Prosecutors said Mickel Cherry, 26, admitted under questioning to suffocating...

Abortion rights amendment's passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri

Nov. 06, 2024 21:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights advocates prevailed on seven ballot measures across the U.S. in Tuesday's election and lost on three. The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in...