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Ex-Louisiana officer convicted in recorded beating, kicking of non-violent loitering suspect in 2019
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,06/30/23-2:37PM , 120 Reads
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A former police officer in Louisiana has been convicted on federal charges for using what prosecutors said was potentially deadly force against a non-violent suspect in August 2019.
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Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts onNov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state's congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, June 30, 2023, set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

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Supreme Court directs Ohio's top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Fri,06/30/23-1:41PM , 198 Reads
The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state's congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case.
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Tubers float the cool Comal River in New Braunfels, Texas, Thursday, June 29, 2023. Meteorologists say scorching temperatures brought on by a heat dome have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Heat waves like the one that's killed 14 in the southern US are becoming more frequent and enduring
By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press
Thu,06/29/23-11:14PM , 387 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme weather events, which claim more lives than hurricanes and torna
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks to media at his campaign office in Shreveport, La., Nov. 14, 2019. Following pleas from Louisiana lawmakers for Edwards to clean up the state’s budget that was hastily passed, the Democrat on Thursday, June 29, 2023, steered a chunk of money away from paying down debt to increase funding for the health department and early childhood education. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Louisiana governor vetoes portion of state budget, restores health department increase
By SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Thu,06/29/23-5:22PM , 158 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed parts of Louisiana’s budget on Thursday after lawmakers called on him to clean up the state’s hastily-passed plan.
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