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Senate leaders seek quick action on key surveillance authority
WASHINGTON — The House dispensed with a procedural issue Monday on a bill that would renew a powerful surveillance authority for two years, as Senate leaders of both parties stressed the need to reauthorize the program before it lapses on Friday.
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday the Senate “must finish approving ...Read more
VP Kamala Harris raises abortion issue in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris praised Nevada for its abortion laws during a Las Vegas visit Monday, just days after Arizona’s state Supreme Court ruled that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable.
In her speech, Harris said that women’s reproductive rights are at stake this election.
“This is not about politics, ...Read more
White House issues worker protections for pregnancy termination
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration Monday issued regulations enforcing worker protections for women who have had abortions, miscarriages or fertility issues that require time off work, despite heavy Republican opposition to the move.
The regulation from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission implements congressional legislation that ...Read more
Henderson police give timeline of multiday police standoff
The Henderson Police Department gave a timeline of the multiday police standoff that ended Sunday with a person found dead.
Police said in a news release Monday that the suspect barricaded inside a home for nearly two days was connected to a violent felony case and was “armed and making suicidal statements, refusing to surrender.”
On ...Read more
Package thief ruins Bay Area bride-to-be's special day
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A porch pirate has spoiled one Bay Area bride-to-be’s wedding plans.
On April 11, between 8:24 p.m. and 8:46 p.m., a suspect stole several packages off a doorstep in the 800 block of Adams Street in Redwood City, according to the Redwood City Police Department.
A wedding dress worth $2,000 was inside one of the ...Read more
Berkeley schools chief will testify at congressional hearing over antisemitism charges
As fallout over the Israel-Hamas war grows, the head of the embattled Berkeley public school district is being summoned to Washington, D.C., to testify in front of congressional members amid allegations of antisemitism in her schools.
Berkeley Unified Superintendant Enikia Ford Morthel said Monday that she would travel to the nation's capital ...Read more
US envoy heads to Korean border to keep pressure on Pyongyang
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations headed to the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, ramping up pressure on North Korea as sanctions enforcement was dealt a heavy blow.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield went to the buffer-zone border Tuesday in the highest-profile visit by a Biden administration since Vice President Kamala ...Read more
Kentucky's anti-DEI higher ed bill dies a second time
It’s not often that the the Republican-led Kentucky legislature doesn’t pass a priority piece of legislation addressing a hot-button issue among conservatives.
But that’s just what happened with Senate Bill 6, which was aimed at restricting diversity, equity and inclusion — referred to as “DEI” — offices at public colleges and ...Read more
Dr. Werner Spitz, renowned former medical examiner who worked on JFK assassination and other high-profile cases, dies at 97
Dr. Werner Spitz — the renowned former Detroit-area medical examiner who used his expertise in forensic pathology to weigh in on some of the significant cases of the last century, from President John F. Kennedy's death to the Oakland County, Michigan, child murders — was remembered as a pioneer Monday.
His son, Jonathan Spitz, who lives in ...Read more
Bidens paid 23.7% effective federal rate in tax-day disclosure
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid $146,629 in federal income taxes on a combined $619,976 in adjusted gross income in 2023 — meaning the first family paid an effective federal income tax of 23.7% — according to tax filings released by the White House.
The amount represents a slight uptick in both income and ...Read more
'Laws don't change unless they're challenged': Palm Beach County may try to curb hate speech
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Presidential election denial. COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Palm Beach County Commissioners perhaps have heard and seen it all.
Still, commissioners’ attention turned to what could be done to curb hate speech on April 2, after a group of people at a meeting spoke one by one at a lectern — making disparaging remarks...Read more
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a millionaire, set up new company before signing financial disclosure bills
LANSING, Michigan — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lawyer filed paperwork to form a company he says is meant to manage her family’s personal wealth, four days after the Michigan Legislature signed off on the hotly debated details of a personal financial disclosure law for state officeholders.
The Democratic governor disclosed her ownership ...Read more
Trump's trial is about more than sex and money. It's about what presidents 'can get away with'
The adult film star. The betraying bagman. The brash billionaire. The plot reads like a "Sopranos" episode, a shadowy narrative of a nation's sins and troubling divisions, its characters converging in a New York courtroom where, for the first time in history, a former president will stand before a jury in a criminal trial.
Donald Trump is ...Read more
U.S. Supreme Court allows Idaho's ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors can go into effect, overruling a lower court while the long-term constitutionality of the state’s law is still being litigated.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador asked the high court to allow the ban to go into effect in February, after a ...Read more
California man 'ranted' that hospital favored non-whites, threatened staff before police found hundreds of guns, 11,000 pounds of ammo at his home
RICHMOND, Calif. — A Richmond man allegedly caught with enough guns and ammunition to equip a small army is set to have a preliminary hearing soon on 18 felony and three misdemeanor charges, court records show.
Lawrence Hansen, 68, is scheduled to go before Judge Charles “Ben” Burch on May 10, where police and other witnesses will testify...Read more
Missouri abortion rights campaign raises nearly $5 million ahead of signature deadline
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban has raised nearly $5 million as it gathers signatures across the state to force a statewide vote.
The campaign, called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, has raised $4.98 million since launching its campaign in January, according to the coalition’s quarterly...Read more
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FBI boards ship amid investigation into what caused Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
BALTIMORE — The FBI on Monday raided the container ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge nearly three weeks ago as part of an investigation into the deadly bridge collapse.
Agents boarded the Dali Monday morning and were “conducting court ...Read more
Kentucky prosecutor accused of doing favors for meth resigns, remains in custody
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Perry County’s felony prosecutor resigned Monday after being accused of doing favors for criminal defendants in return for methamphetamine and sexual favors, according to his attorney.
Scott Blair, 51, also waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will remain jailed, at least for the time being.
Blair was commonwealth...Read more
The biggest Key Bridge section yet was pulled from the Patapsco River this weekend. Here's how.
Dangling from one of the biggest floating cranes on the East Coast, the largest chunk yet of the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge was moved ashore Sunday.
The approximately 450-ton section of truss sat Monday morning at a processing yard at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, where orange sparks flew as workers sawed at the steel. Minutes ...Read more
Colorado funeral home operators charged with mishandling corpses now accused of $880,000 in COVID relief fraud
DENVER — A Colorado couple accused of allowing nearly 200 corpses to decay in a building connected to their funeral home have been indicted on federal charges of fraudulently obtaining a total of $882,300 in pandemic relief funds.
An indictment filed last week in U.S. District Court in Denver said Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, who own the ...Read more
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