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'Chilling effect': Kentucky Gov. Beshear says Fayette judge's impeachment proceedings concerning

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear said legislative impeachment proceedings, like the process currently under way for a Fayette Circuit judge, could have a “chilling effect” on Kentucky’s judiciary.

The Democratic governor, among others, has said impeachment may not be the proper route to determine if Fayette County Circuit Judge Julie ...Read more

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Man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion shooter denied bond, trial set for May

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NORFOLK, Va. — The man accused of providing the gun that Mohamed Jalloh used in last week’s deadly shooting at Old Dominion University was denied bond on Thursday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence Leonard said he was concerned about Kenya Chapman — the Smithfield man charged with selling the handgun to Jalloh — committing the same kind of...Read more

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NYC Mayor Mamdani announcing Office of Community Safety to help deal with mental health crises

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NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to announce a new Office of Community Safety on Thursday, a step toward fulfilling his campaign pledge to install a new city department to handle responses to mental health crises rather than leave that largely to the NYPD.

The mayor is slated to announce Renita Francois, a former city official under ...Read more

Alabama student who disappeared in Spain is CNN producer's nephew

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Missing University of Alabama student James Gracey, who disappeared during spring break in Spain, is the 20-year-old nephew of longtime CNN producer David Gracey.

“Jimmie” Gracey’s family said the college senior was last seen around 3 a.m. Tuesday outside a popular Barcelona nightclub. Police in northeast Spain told the missing Illinois�...Read more

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Four US minesweeping ships long helped root out mines in Middle East waters. Now, they're out of commission and Philadelphia-bound

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Four U.S. Navy vessels, long counted on to suss out mines planted in Middle East waters, were bound for Philadelphia last week following their recent decommissioning — even as the U.S. war with Iran shows no signs of abating.

A U.S. Navy official confirmed that the Avenger-class ships — the USS Devastator, USS Dextrous, USS Gladiator, and ...Read more

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Gov. Maura Healey aims for expanded hunting in Massachusetts, lifting Sunday ban

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BOSTON — It could be time to update the Bay State’s hunting calen-deer.

Gov. Maura Healey is shooting for expanded hunting access in Massachusetts, as she announced on Thursday that she’s filing legislation to allow hunting on Sundays. The bill would also expand hunting with crossbows, and reduce setback distances for bowhunting and ...Read more

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Their kids were victimized by AI deepfakes. They told Gov. Josh Shapiro they want state action

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PHILADELPHIA — Parents of two Radnor High School students victimized by AI deepfakes called on Gov. Josh Shapiro Thursday to create statewide standards for how schools respond to similar offenses.

Adam and Morgan Dorfman and Audrey Greenberg joined a roundtable in West Chester with Shapiro, a Democrat, and Attorney General Dave Sunday, a ...Read more

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Thousands of doctors' licenses at stake in Michigan political standoff

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LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Legislature’s Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate are going down to the wire in a standoff over legislation that would allow more than 3,600 out-of-state physicians to continue practicing in the state.

On March 28, Michigan will withdraw from the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact unless the ...Read more

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California leads lawsuit saying Trump cannot roll back key climate rule

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LOS ANGELES — California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to roll back the endangerment finding, the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, state officials announced Thursday.

Attorney General Rob Bonta, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Air ...Read more

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Temple Israel shows inside of synagogue in aftermath of attack

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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Pictures taken shortly after a gunman attacked a West Bloomfield synagogue last week with guns, fireworks and gasoline show black walls with debris on the floor and child-size tables with plates of food quickly left behind.

The pictures were released Thursday by Temple Israel on the synagogue's Facebook page, one week...Read more

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Michigan sheriff decries antisemitism after Temple Israel attack. Guard back home

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PONTIAC, Mich. — Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard on Thursday decried antisemitism in the aftermath of the March 12 attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield and called on community members to speak out against it when it's witnessed.

Bouchard's came as Temple Israel Rabbi Josh Bennett said security guard Danny Phillips, ...Read more

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Kevin Spacey settles with 3 UK sexual assault accusers, avoiding trial

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Kevin Spacey has settled with three more sexual assault accusers, avoiding another London trial set for the High Court later this year, nearly three years after he was acquitted of criminal charges in the United Kingdom.

The 66-year-old Oscar winner, who maintains his innocence, has settled with the men identified as LNP, GHI, and Ruari Cannon,...Read more

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California quickly moves to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse allegations; calls come to strip name off schools, streets, parks

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California is moving quickly to rename Cesar Chavez Day in the wake of sex abuse allegations against the famed labor leader.

The push to redesignate the March 31 holiday as “Farmworkers Day” was announced Thursday by Democratic leaders in the state Legislature.

“California’s farmworker rights movement never has been about one ...Read more

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Trump official who quit post expands on his claims that Israel pushed Trump into Iran war

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A top intelligence official who quit his post in protest told right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson that Israel successfully pressured President Donald Trump into launching the war against Iran.

Expanding on his explosive claims about Israel’s behind-the-scenes power, Joe Kent even claimed the Jewish state had more access to Trump than American ...Read more

Scores help give us a sense of how we're doing – but they're not always neutral. Dilok Klaisataporn/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Moral metrics: Are corporate algorithms becoming our new moral authorities?

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You check your credit score before applying for an apartment. Your fitness watch tells you whether you slept well enough. A workplace dashboard measures your productivity. Parents can buy devices that track their baby’s breathing and heart rate while they sleep.

Increasingly, numbers tell us how we are doing.

These systems ...Read more

Sorting through the nuances of copays, deductibles, premiums and other jargon can be frustrating. Tfilm/Moment via Getty Images

Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it

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Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal of confusing information surrounding health care costs and insurance plans.

From five-figure deductibles to premiums higher than people’s mortgages, costs are rising across the board.

With this comes ...Read more

Pittsburgh's air pollution not only led to increased deaths, but it also had other negative effects, from lowered IQ in children to adverse birth outcomes.  G Fiume/Getty Images Sport via Getty Images

Pittsburgh’s air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year − and EPA rollbacks aren’t helping

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In October 1948, a thick haze rolled into Donora, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the Monongahela Valley, south of Pittsburgh. For five days, toxic fumes from a zinc smelter – a plant that turns zinc ore into pure zinc metal – poured out of the factory’s stacks, became trapped in the valley and thus blanketed Donora. The air was filled ...Read more

Capstone Copper's Pinto Valley Mine in Miami, Arizona. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth

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Demand for copper is surging because of demand from new technologies, but suppliers are struggling to keep up, and they are likely to fall further behind in the coming years, resulting in shortfalls globally. Even though copper prices are at historically high levels, the financial risk involved in mining means that prices will need to go much...Read more

Staff members watch as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026.  AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Information is a battlefield: 4 questions you can ask to judge the reliability of news reports and social posts about the US-Iran war

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Historically, when the U.S. has undertaken military action against foreign governments, journalists have relied heavily on government sources and rallied “’round the flag,” often uncritically sharing official narratives about U.S involvement. This has been evident during periods of U.S. military engagements in Vietnam, Iraq and ...Read more

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NYC Mayor Mamdani announcing Office of Community Safety to help deal with mental health crises

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NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to announce a new Office of Community Safety on Thursday, a step toward fulfilling his campaign pledge to install a new city department to handle responses to mental health crises rather than leave that largely to the NYPD.

The mayor is slated to announce Renita Francois, a former city official under ...Read more