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Wisconsin teen charged in parents’ deaths is accused of plotting to kill Trump

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager charged in the deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to “obtain the financial means” to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government, according to a recently unsealed federal warrant. Nikita Casap, 17, was charged last month by Waukesha County authorities with

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The dead in upstate New York plane crash included 2022 NCAA woman of the year and family members

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished student-athletes on a trip to the Catskills for a birthday celebration and the Passover holiday. The twin-engine Mitsubishi MU-2B went down shortly after noon Saturday in

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Takeaways from AP’s report on how flat funding set stage for Texas measles outbreak, might fuel more

By LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through Texas communities in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say. Nationwide,

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Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

By LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to

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Regulators order corrective action as Keystone Pipeline operators aim to restore service

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota, and the company said its goal is to resume deliveries to refineries on Tuesday. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

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Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are urging a judge to let prospective jurors at the hip-hop mogul’s upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about their views regarding sex, drugs and violence. The lawyers raised the subject as they submitted a proposed questionnaire to be filled out

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Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program that were suspended amid a disagreement between the state and the president over transgender athletes. District Court Judge John Woodcock issued a temporary restraining order on Friday in a case brought by the

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An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Kristan Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion group Students for Life, tours college campuses, she has grown accustomed to counterprotests from abortion rights activists. But more recently, fellow abortion opponents, who call themselves abortion abolitionists, are showing up to her booths with signs, often screaming “baby

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What to know about activist Mahmoud Khalil and his attorneys’ plan to appeal his deportation ruling

JENA, La. (AP) — An immigration judge has ruled that a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student who participated in protests against Israel can be deported. Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys said they will appeal Friday’s ruling. Federal immigration agents detained Khalil last month, the first arrest under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on students who joined campus protests

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Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules

By SARA CLINE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press JENA, La. (AP) — Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be forced out of the country as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday after lawyers argued the legality of deporting the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The government’s contention that

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Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeland Security officers visited two Los Angeles public elementary schools this week to do a welfare check on migrant children, not for immigration enforcement, the department said Friday. The officers were denied access by both principals. The department’s explanation followed harsh criticism by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho of the Los Angeles Unified

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Florida universities to deputize campus police for immigration enforcement

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The police departments of at least three public universities in Florida are seeking agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campus. It’s a significant shift in policy for schools that had previously been considered “sensitive locations” to be insulated from

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Federal judge sides with Trump in allowing immigration enforcement in houses of worship

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sided with the Trump administration in allowing immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations at houses of worship for now, despite a lawsuit filed by religious groups over the new policy. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington refused to

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