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Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams joins a group of women as they discuss their personal stories of miscarraige at her campaign headquarters in Decatur, Ga. on Aug. 3.

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  • National

Stacey Abrams is behind in the polls and looking to abortion rights to help her win

To make up some ground in the Georgia race for governor, Stacey Abrams is hoping to harness any energy around abortion rights by pointing to success on the issue in Kansas and appealing to emotions.

August 28, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
In a 2004 photo, convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo enters a courtroom in the Spotsylvania Circuit Court in Spotsylvania, Va. Maryland's highest court ruled on Friday that Malvo must be resentenced because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to constitutional protections for juveniles made after Malvo was sentenced to six life sentences without the possibility of parole.

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  • National

D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced, Maryland's highest court says

The Maryland Court of Appeals said, however, it's very unlikely Malvo would ever be released from custody, because he is also serving separate life sentences for murders in Virginia.

August 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

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  • Law

Over 180 classified docs removed by National Archives from Mar-a-Lago, affidavit says

The affidavit, which contains many redactions, details the "probable cause" investigators laid out to obtain the warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.

August 26, 2022
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  • Washington Desk
In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that his university violated his Fourth Amendment rights when it asked him for a webcam recording of his testing space.

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  • Law

Scanning students' rooms during remote tests is unconstitutional, judge rules

In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that Cleveland State University violated his Fourth Amendment rights when he complied with a webcam recording of his exam space.

August 26, 2022
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  • Emma Bowman
A single-use syringe awaits to be filled with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna has sued rival drugmakers for patent infringement.

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  • Health

Moderna sues Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccine patents

The vaccine maker alleges that its rivals Pfizer and BioNTech used some patented features of its mRNA technology to develop their COVID vaccines.

August 26, 2022
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By:
  • Carmel Wroth and
  • Joe Palca
A pedestrian wears a mask while walking past a sign for a Whole Foods Market in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

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  • Law

Lawsuit alleges Whole Foods has antibiotics in its beef labeled antibiotic-free

The lawsuit also claims Whole Foods financially exploited its customers by charging significantly more for its meat products compared to competitors, under the guise that their products are healthier.

August 26, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A Black man in Portland, Ore., has been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement after a jury determined he was racially profiled while shopping at Walmart. Here, the Walmart logo is seen outside a store in Burbank, Calif.

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  • National

A man is awarded a $4.4 million settlement after being racially profiled in Walmart

In a lawsuit filed against the company, Michael Mangum says he was followed around a Walmart in Wood Village, Ore., by one of the store's asset protection associates.

August 25, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The Justice Department has released a nine-page memorandum from 2019 to then-Attorney General William Barr that lays out the case for not prosecuting former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

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  • Law

DOJ releases a Mueller-era memo to Barr on the decision not to prosecute Trump

The Justice Department has released a 2019 memo laying out the case for not prosecuting former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in connection with the Russia investigation.

August 25, 2022
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  • Ryan Lucas
The FBI and local law enforcement are looking for a suspect who has robbed at least three banks in the Denver Metro Area. He has been nicknamed the "Empty Promises Bandit."

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  • Law

The FBI is on the hunt for a Denver bank robber dubbed the 'Empty Promise Bandit'

The suspect has robbed at least three banks in the Denver metropolitan area. And though a weapon hasn't been seen in the incidents, the robber has threatened to use one in at least one instance.

August 25, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, is pictured in Idaho in 2017. He's now sued an Australian news site for defamation.

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  • Media

An Australian news site dared Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch to sue. Now he has

An Australian news site published an opinion column arguing that Fox News, Lachlan Murdoch and his father Rupert shared in responsibility for the U.S. Capitol siege.

August 25, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, Willam "Roddie" Bryan

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  • Law

Arbery’s three killers officially start life sentences in state prison

After more than 800 days in Glynn County jail, time during which Georgians protested racial inequality and juries found three men guilty of murder and hate crimes, Ahmaud Arbery’s killers have finally entered state custody to serve their life sentences.

August 24, 2022
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  • Jake Shore
Kid getting vaccine

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  • Children's Health

Georgia Supreme Court orders lower court to reconsider sincerity of parents’ vaccinations objections

A juvenile court must reevaluate the sincerity of parents’ objections to their children’s vaccinations, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.  

August 24, 2022
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
Paul Pelosi, right, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, follows his wife as she arrives for her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Pelosi was sentenced to five days in jail for a DUI that happened May 28, 2022, in Napa County, California.

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  • National

Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's husband, sentenced to 5 days in jail for a DUI

Pelosi did not appear in court for his sentencing, as it is not required by California law, unless mandated by a judge.

August 24, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
My 1999 Toyota Tacoma was stolen, crashed, and stripped for parts.

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  • Economy

Someone stole my truck. I got a crash course on the wild black market for stolen cars

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, automakers began adopting an anti-theft technology that dramatically reduced car thefts. But why did it take so long?

August 23, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks, right, as he speaks with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta on June 12, 2020.

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  • National

Atlanta police officers won't face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting

A specially appointed prosecutor said it was "objectively reasonable" for the police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta in 2020 to use deadly force.

August 23, 2022
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