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The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the November elections.
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Hawaii is under a state of emergency with powerful Hurricane Lowell set to bear down on its western islands Monday. It’s the third storm in as many weeks to threaten the state, as El Niño supercharges the Pacific hurricane season.
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was released from federal custody Friday after appearing in court on charges of lying to investigators about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter.
A federal indictment accuses Christian Castro of falsely telling investigators that he was attacked with a broom and shovel before he opened fire, injuring Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January.
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The judge in the criminal case of Lindsay Clancy declared a mistrial on Friday after the jury could not agree on a verdict for the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children in 2023.
The mistrial came even after the defense filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court, seeking to delay the mistrial and claiming one of the jurors was not reaching a verdict because of personal bias.
The judge granted the defense an hour to file that appeal, but the Supreme Judicial Court ultimately denied the motion.
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The judge in the criminal case of Lindsay Clancy said on Friday he would declare a mistrial after the jury could not agree on a verdict for the Massachusetts woman accused of killing three young children in 2023. He then granted the defense an hour to file an emergency appeal before formally declaring.
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President Trump threatened to "LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT," on Friday in a post on his Truth Social app.
"The Fed Board, with its great new leader, must get smart - BE PATRIOTS for a change. High interest rates put the U.S.A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won’t allow that to happen!" he added.
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The Southeastern Conference filed a lawsuit against LSU and its leadership in Alabama federal court on Thursday, alleging the school had “waged a deliberate and coordinated campaign to recruit professional athletes” against league rules.
The extraordinary step against one of the league's founding members in 1933 came as SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey testified 400 miles away in a courtroom not far from Tiger Stadium, defending the league's ability to enforce its rules as several dozen athletes try to play this fall after they turned pro.
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Two people were killed and the suspect is dead after a shooting in a downtown Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Three Minneapolis police officers were also injured, including two of them from gunshot wounds, police Sgt. Garrett Parten said at a press conference on Wednesday evening. All three officers are in stable condition, according to Hennepin County Medical Center.
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New York City will temporarily ban the use of AI for students until they reach high school.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday schools will discontinue AI programs for students below the 8th grade.
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The FAA has extended its ban on U.S. flights to Port-au-Prince through March 2 as gang violence continues to grip Haiti's capital. Read the latest on the situation.
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