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June 1, 2024

Brentwood blight: How a Supreme Court case allowed governments to seize property on behalf of developers

Business owners and attorneys say local governments across the country are using vague and often subjective blight designations to justify seizing private property.

May 31, 2024

Kansas Constitution doesn't include right to vote: state high court majority

The Kansas Supreme Court released a majority opinion Friday suggesting that the state Constitution's Bill of Rights does not include a right to vote.

May 31, 2024

Campaigning from prison? It's been done. Meet 20th century socialist firebrand Eugene Debs

If former President Trump is sentenced to prison time, he won't be the first major presidential candidate to run from behind bars — Eugene Debs did it over a century ago.

May 31, 2024

Indiana man pleads guilty to all charges in elderly couple's 2021 killings

Austin Kusturin, 30, of Mount Vernon, Indiana, has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the deaths of John and Betty Hall. He reportedly faces up to 170 years in prison.

May 31, 2024

Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell fatally ‘ambushed’ while responding to double shooting: officials

A Minneapolis police officer is being remembered as a "courageous hero" after being killed while responding to the scene of a double shooting.

May 30, 2024

Tennessee governor joins GOP trend of vetting candidates on support for school choice: 'So important to me'

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee vows to vet GOP primary candidates for school choice support in the next election cycle, reflecting a pattern of other red state governors.

May 30, 2024

Another Michigan dairy worker has contracted bird flu

Health officials said another farmworker in Michigan has been diagnosed with bird flu, marking the third human case linked to an outbreak in dairy cows in the U.S.

May 30, 2024

Man tied to former North Dakota lawmaker sentenced to 40 years for child sexual abuse images

North Dakota man Nicholas James Morgan-Derosier has been given a 40-year prison sentence in connection with child sexual abuse images; Morgan-Derosier has ties to former state senator Ray Holmberg.

May 30, 2024

Ohio AG ordered to stop blocking proposed qualified immunity ban

Federal judges ordered Republican Ohio Attorney Gen. Dave Yost to stop blocking a proposed constitutional amendment banning qualified immunity for police and other officials.

May 30, 2024

Suspect, bystander injured in police shootout at Cincinnati-area grocery store

An armed suspect was wounded alongside a bystander during a police shootout at a Kroger store in Colerain Township, Ohio, on Wednesday.