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Minnesota State

Minneapolis, MN

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., fended off several primary challengers Tuesday, NBC News projects, a victory for progressives after two of her fellow members of the “squad” suffered defeats this summer. Omar defeated former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, who lost to her by just 2 percentage points...

Rep. Ilhan Omar fends off primary challengers following other ‘squad’ members’ defeats

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At a campaign speech Friday in North Carolina, Vice President Kamala Harris promised to “make it a top priority to bring down costs” if elected president and touted her new plans to tackle food and housing costs, slash prescription drug prices and expand the child tax credit. Harris...

Harris pitches plans to tackle food, housing, medicine and child care costs in N.C. speech

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Biden administration from enforcing parts of a major regulation on sex discrimination in education that is embroiled in litigation over its protections for transgender students. The court rejected a request from the administration to allow less contentious parts of the...

Supreme Court temporarily rejects Biden administration request that would expand Title IX protections

Modesto, CA

Twenty years ago, a case that gripped the world came to an end when Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son. Scott Peterson, who has always maintained his innocence, was convicted of murder in 2004 and sentenced to death the next year. He was resentenced to life without the possibility of parole after his death sentence was overturned in 2020.

20 years after Scott Peterson’s conviction, Laci Peterson’s murder is revisited in new documentaries

North Carolina State

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Roxboro, NC

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According to Travel alot, Roxboro, North Carolina, holds the unfortunate title of the most miserable city in the state. Several factors contribute to this designation, including high poverty rates, low median household income, and high crime rates.

North Carolina City Named The 'Most Miserable' In The State

Texas State

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) is vowing to keep busing migrants to Democratic-controlled cities in the north. But the buses have not been moving consistently for months due to a steep drop in migrants being apprehended at the southern border. NBC News' Julia Ainsley has the story.

Migrant bussing from Texas slows as border crossings drop

Amherst County, VA

On August 14, 2024, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia announced the likely remains of Elsie Wiggington had been found and her husband is in custody in connection to the case. In May 2024, Elsie’s case was featured in Dateline’s ‘Missing in America’ series and Dateline spoke with...

Remains believed to be Elsie Wiggington found on property in Amherst County, Virginia

Ocala, FL

A white woman with a history of harassing children and using racial slurs was convicted of manslaughter on Friday in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor last year in Ocala, Florida. Susan Louise Lorincz, 60, killed Ajike “AJ” Owens with a single shot from a .380-caliber handgun as Owens...

Susan Lorincz, white Florida woman who fatally shot Black neighbor, found guilty of manslaughter

Florida State

At least 449 people were likely sickened by cucumbers tainted with Salmonella bacteria, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Since June, the agency has been investigating an outbreak linked to cucumbers originating with producers in Florida. In its latest update, it said individuals in 31 states and the District of Columbia reported becoming ill after eating affected cucumbers, with 125 ending up hospitalized, though no deaths were reported.

Recalled cucumbers linked to at least 449 illnesses have been pulled from stores, CDC says

The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with drugmakers to lower prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs under Medicare. It's part of the federal government's first-ever drug pricing negotiations, a cost reduction it claims could help ease the financial burden on the estimated 1 in 7 older adults in the U.S. struggling to pay for their medications.

Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs

Jacksonville, FL

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A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

New Jersey State

Republican National Convention delegates erupted in applause last month when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his commitment to send buses full of migrants to blue cities. “We have continued busing migrants to sanctuary cities all across the country,” Abbott told the cheering crowd in Milwaukee. “Those buses will...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep busing migrants north. One problem: Not enough migrants.

More than 700,000 electricity customers in Puerto Rico were without power Wednesday after then-Tropical Storm Ernesto brought heavy rains and high winds that tore down trees on the U.S. territory, officials said. The storm, which later strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane, did not make direct landfall in Puerto Rico,...

Thousands in Puerto Rico without power and under flood threats as Ernesto turns into a hurricane

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Los Angeles, CA

Four people were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Johnny Wactor, the “General Hospital” actor who authorities said was gunned down in May after he interrupted a catalytic converter theft, police said Thursday. In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department identified three suspects arrested on...

Four suspects arrested in fatal shooting of 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

As a summer surge of the Coronavirus is underway across the country, a new study has revealed the states with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates among adults, and Kentucky has finished among the bottom 10.

Kentucky ranks ninth in recent study of states with lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information on the whereabouts of an escaped North Carolina inmate convicted of killing a 1-year-old girl. Ramone Alston, 30, fled Tuesday morning as he arrived at a hospital for a medical appointment. The reward sum has grown since his escape and now stands...

Reward for escaped murderer in N.C. grows to $50K

Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors Editor of the Cook Political Report, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest polling numbers from key battleground state senate races and how Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign could affect down-ballot races.

New senate polls show gains for most Democrats in battleground states

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Biden tells Democratic lawmakers he is weighing big reforms to the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is preparing to endorse significant proposals to reform the Supreme Court and notified some members of Congress about his intentions last...

Biden tells Democratic lawmakers he is weighing big reforms to the Supreme Court

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