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Month: August 2023

Rape charges filed against multiple teenage South Dakota baseball players

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Six teenagers on a private South Dakota baseball team are facing second-degree rape charges for assaults that allegedly occurred at a June tournament. The Pennington County prosecutor announced on Thursday that a grand jury indicted six Mitchell Legion baseball players ages 17 to 19. Three younger teammates face undisclosed charges

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Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a federal appeals court panel ruled in a split decision Friday. Two judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel

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Las emergencias por inundaciones obligan a evacuaciones y rescates acuáticos en todo el sur de EE.UU.

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una serie de inundaciones repentinas peligrosas obligó a evacuaciones y rescates acuáticos en algunas zonas del sur de Estados Unidos en la mañana de este viernes, y ahora las lluvias adicionales a lo largo del día podrían empeorar la situación. Algunas de las peores inundaciones ocurrieron en partes del oeste de

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Colorado fugitive who was captured in Florida was leading a posh lifestyle and flaunting his wealth

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A career fraudster who escaped from a federal prison in Colorado nearly five years ago has been captured on Florida’s Gold Coast while moving into a $1.5 million house near the ocean. The U.S. Marshals Service caught up with 58-year-old Alan Todd May in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday. Investigators say

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Taiwanese microchip company agrees to more oversight of its Arizona plant construction

PHOENIX (AP) — A Taiwanese microchip manufacturer building its first U.S. plant in Arizona has agreed to more scrutiny from the state when it comes to the safety of construction workers. Gov. Katie Hobbs announced at a news conference Friday that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and the state have signed a voluntary protection program. TSMC

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Joe Biden’s ‘Buy America’ policy on infrastructure projects leads to factory jobs in Wisconsin

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts by the Biden administration have been helping create new factory jobs as part of a push to bring high-speed internet to the whole country. Those jobs coincidentally help to back up President Joe Biden’s messaging for the 2024 elections. Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Thursday

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