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Flight attack raises questions about security, mental health
LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — The music was blaring on a February afternoon when Francisco Torres stopped by a Massachusetts barbershop, proclaiming he was half-angel, half-devil.
He wanted a dozen people to come outside the shop and shoot him with an automatic weapon stored in his car trunk. Before anyone could make sense of t ... (full story)
Trump vs. DeSantis: Rivals' very different styles on display
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — In his first trip to Iowa this year, Ron DeSantis did not take any questions from voters. He ignored the local press. He avoided the diners, pizza parlors and ice cream shops that have helped presidential contenders in the leadoff voting state showcase their personal appeal and charisma for decades.
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Under Biden: What's the status of the US death penalty?
The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended with a split among jurors that means the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in New York City will be spared. It came at a rare federal death penalty trial in a state without the death penalty.
That Biden's Justice Department continued to pursu ... (full story)
Juvi court did not have power to grant minors immunity for testifying in criminal case
While it is a division of the Warren County Common Pleas Court, the county probate-juvenile court does not have the same authority of a common pleas court to grant witness immunity in a criminal case, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a unanimous per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that divisions of the common ... (full story)
Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities
PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys' baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her side, sometimes sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the room.
They stayed with their daughter around the clock when she was moved to a rehab center to regain her strength. Finall ... (full story)