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Judge to decide on order blocking Puerto Rican evictions
BOSTON - A hearing has taken place on a federal judge’s restraining order temporarily blocking the evictions of nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuee families from hotels across the U.S. U...
Jul 2, 2018
Wind spreads California fire as other states battle blazes
GUINDA, Calif. - A massive wildfire in rural Northern California has exploded in size and forced evacuations in hot, dry weather that is sweeping through several western states where blazes are threat...
Jul 2, 2018
Los Angeles kicks off long-delayed licensing for pot growers
Los Angeles will kick off the process for licensing marijuana cultivators and manufacturers on Aug. 1, but it’s likely to be many months before any of those companies open their doors for busine...
Jul 2, 2018
Memo details groping claims against Indiana attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was investigated this year after four women claimed he touched them inappropriately at a bar. The Indianapolis Star obtained an eight-page memo writ...
Jul 2, 2018
GOP lawmakers floated for Trump's Supreme Court opening
WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump considers his next Supreme Court pick, some Republicans in Congress want him to consider pulling from their ranks on Capitol Hill. GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sug...
Jul 2, 2018
Second lawsuit filed on behalf of another Brazilian mom
CHICAGO - Just days after a federal judge ordered the release of a Brazilian boy from a Chicago-area shelter, immigration lawyers from Boston filed a second lawsuit asking the same court to free yet a...
Jul 2, 2018
Australian bishop sentenced to year's detention for coverup
CANBERRA, Australia - The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse was sentenced to 12 months in detention by an Australian court Tuesday in a landmark case wel...
Jul 2, 2018
Lawyer with MMIW inquiry resigns, citing government interference
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has announced he’s resigned, and in a statement cites government interference among his reasons...
Jul 2, 2018
Smith, Warner fail to fire again in Canada tournament
KING CITY, Ont. - Runs remained elusive for Steve Smith and David Warner as the former Australian captain and vice-captain played on opposing sides Monday in Canada’s Global Twenty20 cricket tou...
Jul 2, 2018
Joe Jackson buried in same LA-area cemetery as son Michael
LOS ANGELES - Jackson family patriarch Joseph Jackson has been buried in the same Southern California cemetery as his late son Michael. A source close to the family who is not authorized to speak publ...
Jul 2, 2018