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Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for 'law and order,' to show contrast with Biden

Mar. 28, 2024 16:43 PM EDT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's attempt to show a contrast with President Joe Biden and focus on...

GOP-backed bill proposing harsher sentences to combat crime sent to Kentucky's governor

Mar. 28, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a...

Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

Mar. 28, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that...

West Virginia bill adding work search to unemployment, freezing benefits made law without signature

Mar. 28, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's unemployed people will need to do more to prove they are searching for jobs to collect state benefits under a new law that will take effect later this year. A controversial bill passed by the GOP-majority Legislature on the final day of the...

Harmony Montgomery case spurs bill to require defendants' appearance in court

Mar. 28, 2024 14:40 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Spurred to act by a recent murder case, the New Hampshire House voted Thursday to require those charged with serious crimes to be present when they learn their fate. Under the federal rules of criminal procedure, defendants are allowed to be absent from the...

Kentucky Senate approves expanding access to paid family leave

Mar. 28, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave won final passage Thursday as Kentucky's legislature shifted into overdrive before a two-week break. The Senate voted 36-0 to send the family leave legislation to Gov. Andy Beshear. ...

Authorizing sports betting in Georgia may lack needed votes from lawmakers

Mar. 28, 2024 11:11 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — There's still a chance Georgians could vote on authorizing sports betting in November, but the odds may be poor. The House Higher Education Committee on Thursday passed out both a proposed state constitutional amendment and authorizing legislation that would let...

Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky

Mar. 28, 2024 10:29 AM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The...

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

Mar. 27, 2024 22:26 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. A divided 3rd...

Judge recommends that ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman lose his California law license for efforts to overturn 2020 election

Mar. 27, 2024 19:30 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judge recommends that ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman lose his California law license for efforts to overturn 2020 election.