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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime scenes one long night in 2017. Justices turned away all 19 points of appeal on Thursday, including claims of an unfair jury and ineffective defense. …

PHOENIX (AP) — La gobernadora demócrata de Arizona, Katie Hobbs, ha vetado un proyecto de ley que habría tipificado como delito la entrada de extranjeros al estado desde México por cualquier punto que no fuera un puerto de entrada. La legislatura, de mayoría republicana, aprobó la medida a finales del mes pasado. Arizona se ha posicionado como una zona popular …

ATLANTA (AP) — Pay raises for Georgia public school teachers and state employees took a step forward Tuesday, as the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1. The budget would spend $36.1 billion in state money and $66.5 billion overall, including federal and other funds. The full House will vote on the …

Joe Biden ha utilizado el permiso condicional humanitario para inmigrantes más que cualquier otro presidente de Estados Unidos con el fin de eludir a un Congreso que no ha brindado la cooperación necesaria. Pero no es el primero en hacerlo. El poder presidencial ha sido una pieza central de la estrategia de Biden para canalizar a los inmigrantes a través …

WASHINGTON (AP) — La Suprema Corte podría tomar una decisión el lunes en relación al caso sobre si el expresidente Donald Trump puede ser expulsado de la boleta por sus intentos de revertir su derrota en las elecciones de 2020. Trump está desafiando un fallo revolucionario de la Corte Suprema de Colorado que señaló que está descalificado de ser otra …

Feb. 23 – 29, 2024 Wildfires burn in the panhandle of Texas, participants embrace each other during a winter swimming event in a frozen lake in Vermont and a baseball player dives for a ball during a spring training baseball game in Florida. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in North America published in the past week …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill Thursday that raises the cost for bow and crossbow deer hunting licenses for out-of-state residents. The Republican-authored measure raises the cost of the licenses by an additional $35 to $200. The state Department of Natural Resources estimates the increase will generate an additional $543,200 annually for the state’s fish and …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s budget outlook has improved thanks to higher corporate profits, officials said Thursday as they projected a slightly bigger surplus that will give the Legislature a little bit more breathing room this session. Minnesota Management and Budget said the current two-year budget period, which runs through June 2025, is now expected to end with a …

ASHFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two tractor-trailers crashed on a Connecticut highway early Thursday, landing in a pond and killing one person, officials said. Police said it happened around 2 a.m. on Interstate 84 near the Ashford-Union town line. Both trucks were eastbound, and ended up with their cabs in the water, one of them upside down. A state police dive …

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. The bill passed by the state Senate in a 31-3 vote is also intended for the general public and would require the state Department of Health, …