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Orlando will begin testing two driverless buses that will run daily on traditional bus routes
The “clean slate” bill would automatically seal most recent convictions — 3 years after serving time or parole for a misdemeanor, and 8 years for felony convictions
31 residents died in the Christmas 2022 storm that dumped over 50-inches of snow with hurricane-force winds
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A series of winter storms has dumped several feet of unusual snow on parts of western Washington state. Some communities have been without power for days.
In half of 2019’s homeless homicide cases, the perpetrator was someone also believed to be experiencing homelessness
Gov. Ralph Northam plans to announce the plans at a news conference Wednesday afternoon because of credible threats of potential violence and extremism.
Since the beginning of 2014, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has counted 42 dams that have failed.
U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte concluded Trump’s order doesn’t appear to serve the “overall public interest.”
Democratic Sen. John Edwards is one of at least four moderate senators — the others are Sens. Chap Petersen, Creigh Deeds and Lynwood Lewis — who are skeptical of plans to ban assault weapons.
Mayor Quentin Hart said he was supporting Buttigieg in part for what he called the Democrat’s effort to address racial economic disparity in South Bend.
Sgt. Ray Kelly, spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, said the department is considering billing the property’s owner -- real estate investment firm Wedgewood -- for the “tens of thousands of dollars” associated with enforcing the eviction.
“If we say no to them, then we lose the talent, the entrepreneurship, and humanity of those who love America. Yes, they can go elsewhere, but Arkansas will benefit from their presence,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.
Relatives of some of the 20 people killed in a 2018 limousine crash in upstate New York have urged action on safety legislation so, they said, other families won’t have to endure the grief they have carried for over a year.