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Month: September 2023

Trump launches his fall push in Iowa to lock in his lead before the first Republican caucuses

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump began a fall press Wednesday to lock in thousands of Republican caucusgoers in early-voting Iowa, where the former president faces sky-high expectations in his campaign for a White House comeback. Having campaigned far less often in Iowa than many of his 2024 rivals, Trump

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Federal appeals court reverses ruling that found Mississippi discriminated in mental health care

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that found Mississippi relies too much on institutionalizing people with mental health conditions rather than providing care in their communities. The decision came Wednesday from three judges on the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of

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2 police officers being investigated after telling a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online

By Jessica Xing, Jillian Sykes and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The police chief in Columbus, Ohio, is condemning an incident in which two officers told a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online. Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of the

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Video shows officer repeatedly discussed charging 11-year-old victim with child sexual abuse offense

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Columbus, Ohio, police officer can be heard repeatedly asserting that an 11-year-old girl could be charged with creating child sexual abuse images of herself. In body camera footage obtained by The Associated Press, the father says his daughter was manipulated into sending pictures

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Debate over a Black student’s suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class intensified this week as the student’s family and his school district both took legal action. Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill High

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After leaving bipartisan voting information group, Virginia announces new data-sharing agreements

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has taken a series of recent steps to improve the accuracy of the state’s voter rolls, including entering into new data-sharing agreements with five states and Washington, D.C. The announcement Wednesday came months after Virginia joined the growing number

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Surveillance video prompts Connecticut elections officials to investigate Bridgeport primary

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Surveillance video of a woman in Connecticut stuffing papers into an absentee ballot drop box has prompted an investigation into possible election fraud. The State Elections Enforcement Commission voted Wednesday to scrutinize the recent Democratic primary for mayor of Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut. The videos were taken by

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