Alaska State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Alaska tribes and environmental groups praised a decision by the Biden administration to keep protections on 28 million acres of land.
                The Trump administration announced late in the former president's term that it would withdraw restrictions on the land. The Biden administration halted the withdrawal, opened the issue up for public comment and held 19 community meetings, according to a news release from the Bureau of Land Management. The department received more than 15,000 comments.
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Biden administration keeps restrictions on 28 million acres in Alaska

A female caribou runs near Teshekpuk Lake in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska on June 12, 2022. The Teshekpuk Caribou Herd gives birth to its calves in the land around the vast lake, the largest on the North Slope. (Photo by Ashley Sabatino/ U.S. Bureau of Land Management) The...

Feds will keep large-scale development ban in place on 28 million acres in Alaska

Georgia State

Dalton, GA

Four people were found dead at a north Georgia park after reports of gunfire, deputies said. Now, a 16-year-old is charged with four counts of felony murder in Saturday’s incident, WSB-TV and WAGA reported, citing the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office. The teen, who wasn’t publicly identified, is accused...

4 people found shot to death at park, Georgia deputies say. Now, 16-year-old charged

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Texas State

Latin Times

It's been a busy week for Greg Abbott. On Monday, he celebrated the latest arrest from his "10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants" list. Later on in the week, news came out that nonprofit organizations are denouncing civil rights abuses committed in Operation Lone Star his administration's attempt at dealing with the rise in illegal immigration, the illegal drug trade, and human smuggling.

Greg Abbott's new anti-immigrant hospital policy will 'throw patients for a loop', advocates warn

Former President Donald Trump attended a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday for the third anniversary of the suicide bombing at the Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 13 U.S. service members during the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris attended the event.

Videos: Trump honors troops killed in Afghanistan; Biden, Harris missing

Colorado State

David Heitz

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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishing third in this week’s primary. Her decision left second-place finisher Republican Nick Begich as...

Trump-Backed Alaska Republican Withdraws From US House Race After Third-Place Finish in Primary

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas and a coalition of Republican-led states on Friday sued President Joe Biden's administration over a new program that offers a path to citizenship for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and are now married to U.S. citizens.

Texas sues over Biden legalization program for immigrants married to US citizens

Orange County, CA

Murrieta, CA

Early one morning last fall, at around 1 a.m., a Kia Optima rammed into the front entrance of Chaparral Coin & Gun in Murrieta. Hooded and masked burglars emerged, jumping over the counter and filling backpacks on their chests before making their getaway in a second vehicle, leaving the stolen Kia smashed into the building.

Burglars made off with over 300 guns by smashing cars into stores, prosecutors say

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Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Mercury Direct will provide three zodiac signs with abundance and fortune on August 28. It will help them get back on track and remove their obstacles. The astrological transit will put things for the signs. What’s holding you back from exploiting your potential?

3 Zodiac Signs Whose Fortune Era Will Start | August 28, 2024

Michigan State

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently announced a record catch during its annual sturgeon survey. The agency reported that a crew caught a 125-pound sturgeon that was over six feet in length. Last week, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources posted on Facebook that the agency’s fisheries staff were...

Pic: Enormous prehistoric fish caught at 125 pounds, 6+ feet long

Daily Coffee Press

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

Kansas State

On Wednesday, a Trump judge in Kansas ruled that the Second Amendment invalidates criminal charges against a defendant charged with illegally possessing a machine gun. The case is United States v. Morgan. Judge John Broomes’s decision in Morgan is obviously wrong, even under the Supreme Court’s most aggressively pro-gun opinion,...

A Trump judge ruled there’s a Second Amendment right to own machine guns

Detroit, MI

Former President Donald Trump pledged to created a Space National Guard if he is elected in November to another term in the White House during a recent event in Michigan. Trump announced that the Space National Guard would serve as the primary combat reserve for the U.S. Space Force, which was established during his first term in office.

Video: Trump unveils Space Force Nat’l Guard plans

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Crisp County, GA

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

Los Angeles, CA

Inglewood, CA

A Los Angeles superior court judge sentenced a man to 32 years in prison for killing rapper Slim 400. Born Vincent Cohran Jr., Slim 400 was 33 years old when he was fatally shot outside his Inglewood home by Michael Lanell Terry. Hours before the shooting, Slim 400 had released a music video for his track “Caviar Gold” on Instagram.

Rapper Slim 400’s killer sentenced to prison for 2021 shooting

(The Center Square) – As the Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to break production records and add jobs, it’s also calling on Congress to pass permitting reform legislation.
                In July, Texas again set employment records. Among the new jobs added were 1,600 in the upstream sector alone of the Texas oil and natural gas industry. The upstream sector involves oil and natural gas extraction and some mining. It excludes refining, petrochemicals, fuels wholesaling, oilfield equipment manufacturing, pipelines, and gas utilities, which all support...

Texas oil and gas Industry calls on Congress to pass permitting reform

Dekalb County, GA

A school bus was involved in a crash Wednesday morning that left several children with minor injuries, officials said. DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department got the call about the crash around 8:30 a.m. in the 4200 block of River Road, near County Line-Ellenwood Library, according to Capt. Jaeson Daniels. An oncoming vehicle was also involved in the crash.

19 children with minor injuries in Georgia school bus crash

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In reversal, National Guard exempts Alaska from restructuring that leaders warned would upend staffing

Military officials announced last week that Alaska’s Air National Guard will be indefinitely exempt from staffing changes that local leaders said would have devastated the force’s...

In reversal, National Guard exempts Alaska from restructuring that leaders warned would upend staffing

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