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Marthas Vineyard residents line up in front of St. Andrews Parish House to donate food to the recently arrived migrants. Two planes of migrants from Venezuela arrived suddenly Wednesday night on Martha's Vineyard.

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  • National

Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard are being rehoused on a base in Cape Cod

The immigrants who were sent from Texas to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will now be housed in Joint Base Cape Cod.

September 16, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A person reacts in Minneapolis on April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd.

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  • National

Texas denies a posthumous pardon for George Floyd over a drug charge

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer.

September 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, seen here in 2018, and his network of websites have been banned from most major online and social media platforms but have still managed to bring in tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

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  • Technology

Alex Jones' defamation trials show the limits of deplatforming for a select few

Revelations from Jones' defamation trials point to the existence of a rarified class of extreme internet personalities who are better shielded from efforts to stem the reach of their content.

September 16, 2022
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
Keith Packer (shown here on Jan. 13, 2021) of Newport News, Va., stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt. He has been sentenced to 75 days of imprisonment.

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  • Law

The Jan. 6 rioter who wore a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt gets 75 days in jail

Photographs of Keith Packer wearing the antisemitic sweatshirt went viral after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Packer said he wore it because he was "cold," according to a court filing.

September 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People walk by the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on Aug. 30. A Supreme Court ruling left in place a New York state court ruling requiring the university to recognize the YU Pride Alliance.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court rules Yeshiva University must recognize student LGBTQ group for now

The opinion left in place a New York state court ruling requiring the university to recognize the YU Pride Alliance while it continues to argue its case.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
President Biden speaks during an event Tuesday celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on the South Lawn of the White House. The new law gives Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.

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  • Health

Legal fights and loopholes could blunt Medicare's new power to control drug prices

The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to limit prescription drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is already lobbying to dull their impact.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Leslie Walker and
  • Dan Gorenstein
Margaret Davis (left) and Delisa Williams (right) became acquainted when they moved into the Salvation Army Center of Hope shelter, just outside Charlotte, N.C. Both women receive federal benefits, but the monthly amounts aren't high enough for them to be able to rent an apartment.

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  • Health

High rents outpace federal disability payments, leaving many homeless

Supplemental Security Income, a federal program meant to be a financial floor for people unable to work, hasn't kept pace with inflation. Many recipients are homeless, unable to save for an apartment.

September 15, 2022
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  • Fred Clasen-Kelly
Adnan Syed enters a Baltimore courthouse prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016. Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial."

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  • National

Prosecutors move to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction in the 'Serial' podcast case

Baltimore's state's attorney filed a motion in circuit court, saying a lengthy investigation conducted with the defense had uncovered new evidence that could undermine the murder conviction.

September 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Flowers, candles and mementos sit outside one of the makeshift memorials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 27, 2018.

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  • Law

In a surprise, the defense rests early in the Parkland school shooting trial

Nikolas Cruz has already pleaded guilty to killing 17 people and wounding others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Jurors are deciding whether he'll be executed or spend life in prison.

September 14, 2022
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  • Greg Allen
Protesters rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus in support of abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade on June 24, 2022. A judge temporarily blocked Ohio's ban on virtually all abortions on Wednesday, again pausing a law that took effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the Supreme Court in June.

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  • National

A judge temporarily blocks an Ohio law banning most abortions

The decision to grant a 14-day restraining order against the state law means abortions through 20 weeks' gestation can continue for now.

September 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Musician R. Kelly (center) was found guilty Wednesday on three counts of child pornography but was acquitted of a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.

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  • National

R. Kelly is convicted of child pornography

A federal jury convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.

September 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium on July 26, 2021. Cuomo sued Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, arguing that James violated state law by denying him public assistance for his defense in a sexual harassment claim.

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  • Politics

Andrew Cuomo files a complaint against Letitia James for her sexual harassment report

Andrew Cuomo is alleging New York's attorney general assigned biased lawyers to the investigation of him and did not pursue evidence that undermined the sexual misconduct accusations against him.

September 14, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
A freight train bearing the logo of CSX Transportation travels through Valdosta, Georgia.

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  • Law

A Georgia man sues a freight rail company. He says he was fired for reporting safety violations

Chase Highsmith alleges that CSX allowed trains to leave its Waycross hub with inoperable brakes, and that he was fired in part for reporting this to federal regulators.

September 14, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Charlotte Bennett, a former health policy aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pauses during an interview in New York on Oct. 12, 2021. Bennett sued Cuomo on Wednesday, saying he sexually harassed her then smeared her reputation.

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  • National

A former aide who alleged sexual harassment sues ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo

A onetime aide to the former New York governor is suing him, saying he sexually harassed her and then smeared her reputation after she became the second woman to publicly accuse him of misconduct.

September 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Department of Justice has charged three Iranian nationals for allegedly conducting a global hacking campaign that targeted victims and the U.S. and other countries for extortion.

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  • Law

U.S. charges 3 Iranian nationals in global hacking campaign

Three Iranian nationals have been charged for allegedly conducting a global hacking campaign that targeted victims and the U.S. and other countries for extortion.

September 14, 2022
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  • Ryan Lucas
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