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Kay County, OK

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Kay County woman cannot be tried for child neglect for using medical marijuana with a license while pregnant, the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals ruled. Thursday’s 3-2 decision was written by Presiding Judge Scott Rowland, who suggested the Legislature address the issue. Amanda...

Oklahoma woman can’t be tried for legal use of marijuana while pregnant, court rules

Coral Gables, FL

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Edmond Thorne

Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

New Jersey State

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Connecticut State

The Shy Green

Big news hitting the grocery scene: Stop & Shop is set to close 32 of its stores in five states. This move is a major shake-up for local communities across the Northeast. Here’s where the closures are happening:

A big-name grocery store is shutting down over 30 locations in five states

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Brookings, SD

There is some tough news in the coffee and cafe scene. Cottonwood Coffee, a beloved spot based in Brookings, South Dakota, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This decision comes as they battle significant financial challenges, especially worsened by the lingering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A coffee and cafe company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to financial difficulties

Virginia State

• “Virginia lawmakers react after Biden announces he is dropping out of the 2024 race.”—13NewsNow. • “Political analyst weighs in on VP-nominee J.D. Vance’s visit to Southwest Virginia.”—WSLS. • “Biden’s withdrawal resets elections in Virginia.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch. • “Train derailment...

Reactions to Biden stepping aside and more Virginia headlines

Broward County, FL

Margate, FL

MARGATE, FL. - A sophisticated lottery scam targeting vulnerable seniors across the United States has been uncovered, with a Margate man at its center. The elaborate scheme defrauded victims of approximately $9.5 million, leaving a trail of financial and emotional devastation in its wake.

Broward Man Arrested by Feds in $9.5 Million Lottery Scam: Targets Seniors Nationwide.

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Loftus' analysis of campaign finance records revealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Gov. Andy Beshear's campaign linked to London Mayor Randall Weddle. In this photo, Weddle, then a candidate for London mayor, listens as Beshear helps celebrate the opening of WB Transport's new warehouse in April 2022. (Screenshot with permission of WYMT)

Journalist Tom Loftus wins Green Eyeshade award for investigative reporting in Kentucky Lantern

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Two immigrants from south of the border told the City Council Monday they were harassed when using hotel vouchers for shelter in Denver. Speaking through an interpreter, Leivy Ortega and Henry Aguilar said they received vouchers for hotel stays from an unnamed non-profit. But they had problems using the vouchers, they said. Ortega said she came to Denver from Connecticut and lived in her car for 15 days. She received a three-day hotel voucher, she said, but hotel staff initially would not honor it. She did not name the hotel. She said staff finally looked at her paperwork and gave her a room, but they wanted to charge her. for it. She said they initially weren’t going to allow her to stay because she has a service animal.

Immigrants allege Denver hotel staff mistreated them

Alameda, CA

Alameda Post

APD reports person of interest in custody. Four family members were killed and others injured Wednesday night, July 10, in the 400 block of Kitty Hawk Road in Alameda. The Alameda Post was at the scene Thursday morning, where Alameda Police Lieutenant Alan Kuboyama confirmed three adults and one child have died, and another child is in critical condition.

UPDATED: Four Family Members Killed in Alameda Shooting

North Carolina State

Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

Idaho State

Mccall, ID

In this 2013 photo, a roadside Smokey Bear sign tells motorists that that there are extreme fire conditions during the Beaver Creek Fire near Hailey, Idaho. (Lance Cheung/U.S. Department of Agriculture) The Payette National Forest invites the public to celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday at the McCall Smokejumper Base

Vice President Kamala Harris holds a roundtable meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.. (Lawrence Jackson/The White House) President Joe Biden is still the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee three weeks after his faltering debate performance. But when pundits and political watchers raise the specter of replacing him, they are often, to mangle a favorite phrase of Vice President Kamala Harris, burdened by what has been.

If Kamala Harris runs for president, it’s apparently time to talk ‘electability’ again

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Storm Lake, IA

Back in the good ol’ days, when everything was more wholesome, Storm Lake was an abortion center. Dr. James Alva Swallum was The City Beautiful’s most prominent physician, founding a hospital on the lakeshore with other local doctors called Swallum Hospital. It is now the site of Methodist Manor Retirement Community.

Storm Lake has a complicated history with abortion

Minneapolis, MN

Rainbow Health, a Minneapolis nonprofit that serves LGBTQ and HIV-affected Minnesotans, abruptly closed its doors Thursday — stunning dozens of unionized workers who were told they no longer had a job. SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, the union that represents Rainbow Health workers, said in a release that employees...

Workers seek answers after Minneapolis’ Rainbow Health abruptly shuts down

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Alaska North Slope group sues Biden administration over oil-development limits

Lakes and connecting streams in the northeastern part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska are seen from the air on June 26, 2014. A lawsuit...

Alaska North Slope group sues Biden administration over oil-development limits

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