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Idaho abortion ban temporarily blocked weeks before set to take effect
Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — The Idaho Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a new law that bans nearly all abortions in the state while a legal challenge plays out in [Read More…]

Power still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico amid massive outage
Pawel Gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Power is still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico on Friday, after a massive outage left 1.5 million customers without power, according to LUMA Energy, the company that [Read More…]

Two acquitted, two mistrials in Michigan governor kidnap plot
Mint Images/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A jury found two men not guilty Friday on charges connected to an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a mistrial was called on two [Read More…]

Jury partially deadlocked on charges in Michigan governor kidnap plot
Mint Images/Getty Images (DETROIT) — The jury deciding the fates of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday they had reached a verdict on some of the criminal charges [Read More…]

Amir Locke’s death prompts ban on no-knock warrants
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s full ban on applying for and executing “no-knock” search warrants in the city goes into effect Friday. The policy implementation comes just two days after the [Read More…]

How an eviction prevention program emerged after the moratorium ended
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the Supreme Court struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s federal eviction moratorium in August 2021, experts and politicians predicted that expulsions would soar. But eviction filings [Read More…]

Amir Locke’s mom pushes for end to ‘no knock’ warrants after cop not charged in son’s death
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Amir Locke’s mother said she doesn’t want her son’s death to be in vain and is calling on lawmakers to reform one of the most controversial police [Read More…]

COVID cases tick up in Philadelphia as officials recommend masks indoors
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Officials in Philadelphia are recommending residents start wearing masks indoors again due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. Data shows the city is currently averaging 94 new cases of COVID-19 per [Read More…]

NY Attorney General files motion to hold Trump in contempt for ignoring subpoena
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump should be held in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena as instructed, the New York Attorney General’s office said Thursday in a new [Read More…]

Michigan Gov. Whitmer sues to protect abortion rights in case of Roe overturning
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is filing a lawsuit Thursday in an effort to protect abortion rights in the state. “No matter what happens to Roe, I am [Read More…]

Trans sports ban vetoed by Kentucky governor
John Cardasis/Getty Images (FRANKFORT, Ky.) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill Wednesday that would ban transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that correspond with their gender identity from grades [Read More…]

Two former officers stormed the Capitol together. Now, one is a witness against the other.
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Jan. 6, 2021, two police officers who nicknamed each other “dad” and “son” loaded their car with meals and a wooden stick, met with a neighbor and drove from [Read More…]

Two men posed as federal agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers: Court documents
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (WASHINGTON) — Four members of the United States Secret Service, including one member who was on first lady Jill Biden’s protective detail, were suspended after they allegedly [Read More…]

Families of transgender children in Texas face decision amid restrictions: Stay or move
Courtesy Camille Rey (NEW YORK) — At the end of this school year, a family of four from Austin, Texas, plans to uproot their lives and move over 2,000 miles away to Portland, Oregon. The [Read More…]

New effort underway to free cargo ship stuck for 3 weeks in the Chesapeake Bay
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following two failed attempts, a new effort got underway on Wednesday to dislodge a 130-ton, fully-loaded cargo ship that has been mired in the mud of the Chesapeake Bay in [Read More…]

Sacramento police believe at least 5 people opened fire in deadly mass shooting
Li Jianguo/Xinhua via Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Police say at least five men were involved in last weekend’s mass shooting that left six people dead and a dozen injured. Investigators said Wednesday that number [Read More…]

No charges for officer who shot and killed Amir Locke
John Autey / MediaNews Group / St. Paul Pioneer Press via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — No criminal charges will be filed in the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and [Read More…]

Americans on FBI watchlist face detention, extra screenings when flying
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Already missing their flight to Canada, Zainab Merchant held her then 6-month-old baby inside a cold room in an airport in September of 2016 while she [Read More…]

Accused ISIS ‘Beatle,’ on trial for brutal kidnappings, faces mothers of American victims
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A British man accused of being one of the infamous quartet of ISIS terrorists nicknamed the “Beatles” by prisoners who they beat and executed was faced down in federal [Read More…]

Community members express anger over teen’s traffic stop death after officer faces no charges
Boynton Beach Bulldogs (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) — Community members voiced their concerns during a city commission meeting in Boynton Beach, Florida, on Tuesday evening after an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy, who [Read More…]