Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor’s veto saved a data-center break
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year. Their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax exemption
Lawyers’ coalition provides new messengers for Black voter engagement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Black lawyers and law students are taking on a new role ahead of the general election: Meeting with Black voters in battleground states to increase turnout and serve as watchdogs against voter disenfranchisement.
How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man is petitioning a court to authorize an obscure legal action to find out who allegedly helped his former partner obtain an out-of-state abortion, setting up the latest test of the
Man who murdered, stabbed homeless New Yorkers gets 25 years to life in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man who murdered a homeless person and wounded two others as they slept outdoors on park benches in a stabbing spree over several nights in July 2022 was sentenced to
New lawsuit renews challenge to Tennessee laws targeting crossover voting in primary elections
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennesseans who say they were intimidated into not voting in a primary election or were threatened with prosecution after they did vote has filed a legal challenge to two state
A woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend was framed, her attorneys say
BOSTON (AP) — A highly anticipated trial began in Massachusetts last week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. John O’Keefe died
Why the US paused the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel ahead of a possible Rafah attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it targets Hamas’ underground tunnels in Gaza, Israel has relied on powerful 2,000-pound bombs provided by the United States. But now those deliveries are on hold. The U.S. is pausing a shipment of
Retired pro wrestler who ran twice for Congress pleads not guilty in Las Vegas murder case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Nevada and Texas pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a murder charge in the death of a man last year at a Las Vegas Strip
No hate crime charges filed against man who yelled racist slurs at Utah women’s basketball team
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women’s basketball team during the NCAA Tournament. The deputy
Haley won 1 in 5 Indiana Republican voters in the presidential primary. She left the race in March
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ghost of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is ringing up significant support in state primaries despite her withdrawal from the race in March shortly before Donald Trump had clinched the Republican nomination. The backing