CHICAGO – West Virginia, Louisiana and Illinois are the three worst states in perceived fairness to sued businesses, according to a survey released Thursday. It says Delaware, Vermont and Nebraska are the three best. Among those attending an unveiling of the 2015 Lawsuit Climate Survey in Chicago was Gov. Bruce …
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Apollo 13 mission commander, astronaut Jim Lovell, has died. He was 97 years old. “We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, USN Captain James A. ‘Jim’ Lovell, a Navy pilot and officer, astronaut, leader, and space explorer,” his family said in a statement on Friday. Lovell …
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Florida is looking into sanctuary jurisdictions that provide commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants after an illegal immigrant truck driver allegedly caused a crash that killed three people earlier this month, state Attorney General James Uthmeier told reporters Monday. Uthmeier spoke to reporters at a press conference alongside other law …
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The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a proposed rule to limit the length of time international students can remain in the U.S. for their studies to four years. If finalized, the proposed rule set to be published on Thursday would limit how long certain visa holders, including foreign students, are …
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The death of a man found in a “pool of blood” as a giant human-shaped effigy began to burn on Saturday at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said. The body was discovered just before 9:15 …
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U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., will not seek re-election next year, according to media reports. The move will mark the end of Nadler’s 34 years in Congress where he has been a leading liberal voice on a range of issues. “Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity …
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A second man is in custody stemming from a San Antonio mass shooting that left a home riddled with bullets and a young girl dead. Bryan Salazar, 20, is now in custody and charged with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault from a mass shooting and drug and …
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The suspect accused of killing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University “left evidence everywhere” despite what appears to be extensive planning for the attack, according to a former FBI agent who now teaches criminal justice at the school. Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of assassinating the …
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Authorities are examining the online activity of the 22-year-old suspect charged in the fatal shooting of conservative speaker Charlie Kirk, and experts warn that digital subcultures are increasingly fueling acts of violence. A Calculated Attack In a crime that shocked the nation, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson is accused of carrying out …
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A North Carolina state representative is under fire for saying there is “no correlation” between the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old refugee from Ukraine, and the fact that her accused killer had been released from jail 14 times. State Rep. Marcia Morey, a longtime Democratic lawmaker and former judge, …
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