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What to know about the Menendez brothers' bid for freedom
Read full article: What to know about the Menendez brothers' bid for freedomThe district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989.

Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay
Read full article: Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo BayU.S. immigration and military authorities say that immigrants from 27 countries were being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba, while revealing new details of conditions of confinement and defending the government’s authority to transfer and hold immigrants to the military base.

Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
Read full article: Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraudElon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

Arrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about protections for students and green card holders
Read full article: Arrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about protections for students and green card holdersThe arrest of a Palestinian activist who helped organize campus protests of the war in Gaza has sparked questions about whether foreign students and green card holders are protected against being deported from the U.S. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested Saturday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Statements man charged in Atlanta spa killings made post-arrest can be used at trial, judge rules
Read full article: Statements man charged in Atlanta spa killings made post-arrest can be used at trial, judge rulesAttorneys for a man accused of killing four women at Atlanta massage businesses asked a judge not to let a jury hear statements he made after his arrest.

An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump's political priorities
Read full article: An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump's political prioritiesThe Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, but under President Donald Trump it’s being reshaped into a frontline figure in the president’s political battles.

'More than brick and mortar:' DC begins removing 'Black Lives Matter' plaza near the White House
Read full article: 'More than brick and mortar:' DC begins removing 'Black Lives Matter' plaza near the White HouseCrews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House.

Trump DOT chief rejects inclusion of environmental justice factors in infrastructure decisions
Read full article: Trump DOT chief rejects inclusion of environmental justice factors in infrastructure decisionsTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy has rescinded two Biden-era memos that had state agencies consider social and environmental justice factors when making decisions concerning critical national infrastructure work.

The case of a California judge charged with murder in his wife's death has ended in a mistrial
Read full article: The case of a California judge charged with murder in his wife's death has ended in a mistrialThe case of a Southern California judge charged with murder in his wife's fatal shooting has ended in a mistrial.

Michelle Obama and her brother to launch a podcast with weekly guests
Read full article: Michelle Obama and her brother to launch a podcast with weekly guestsMichelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business.

District attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers because they lied
Read full article: District attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers because they liedThe district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Washington Post columnist quits after her opinion piece criticizing owner Jeff Bezos is rejected
Read full article: Washington Post columnist quits after her opinion piece criticizing owner Jeff Bezos is rejectedA columnist who has worked at the Washington Post since 1984 quit on Monday, after she said the publisher Will Lewis killed her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' edict that the newspaper's editorial section concentrate on issues of personal liberties and the free market.

EPA froze 'green bank' funds worth billions, climate group suit says
Read full article: EPA froze 'green bank' funds worth billions, climate group suit saysA nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account.

Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many'
Read full article: Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many'President Donald Trump is warning that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on protests against the war in Gaza.

Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellites
Read full article: Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellitesA new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too.

Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone
Read full article: Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs goneSecretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development.

Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows program
Read full article: Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows programYoung people who aspired to federal government service are dismayed by President Donald Trump ending a program created to entice highly qualified workers to join the government.

AI made its way to vineyards. Here's how the technology is helping make your wine
Read full article: AI made its way to vineyards. Here's how the technology is helping make your wineAs AI continues to grow, experts say that the wine industry is proof that businesses can integrate the technology efficiently to supplement labor without displacing a workforce.

Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance
Read full article: Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistanceAt 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.

Arizona prisoner set to be executed next week passes up chance to ask for reprieve
Read full article: Arizona prisoner set to be executed next week passes up chance to ask for reprieveA prisoner scheduled to be executed in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years has passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death sentence.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic search for a missing American university student
Read full article: Authorities in the Dominican Republic search for a missing American university studentAuthorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a 20-year-old university student from the U.S. who went missing in the popular tourist town of Punta Cana while on vacation.

Air Force intercepts aircraft flying in a restricted zone near Mar-a-Lago
Read full article: Air Force intercepts aircraft flying in a restricted zone near Mar-a-LagoAir Force fighter jets on Sunday intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Florida home, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since Trump took office on Jan. 20.

Scholars stranded in America and abroad amid funding freeze of State Department programs
Read full article: Scholars stranded in America and abroad amid funding freeze of State Department programsThe U.S. State Department has frozen funding indefinitely for thousands of scholars participating in long-established cross-cultural programs connecting the U.S. to other parts of the world.

Noem taps new ICE leaders and moves to identify leakers
Read full article: Noem taps new ICE leaders and moves to identify leakersHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced new immigration enforcement leadership as she pledged to step of polygraph tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about immigration operations to the media.

Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Read full article: Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protestsA prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.

Robert Pattison sci-fi ‘Mickey 17’ opens in first place, but profitability is a long way off
Read full article: Robert Pattison sci-fi ‘Mickey 17’ opens in first place, but profitability is a long way off“Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s original science fiction film “Mickey 17” opened in first place on the North American box office charts.

Firefighters knock down wind-driven brush fire on Long Island but risk remains with high winds
Read full article: Firefighters knock down wind-driven brush fire on Long Island but risk remains with high windsFirefighters in New York have knocked down a dwindling brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island but officials say high wind gusts could leave the region vulnerable to additional blazes.

Trump isn't alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too
Read full article: Trump isn't alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change tooSome residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole new states.

'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Read full article: 'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the futureAlabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965.

FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts
Read full article: FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cutsThe National Fire Academy, the country's preeminent federal fire training academy, has canceled classes effective immediately amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
Read full article: Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of AmericansA group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.

Venezuelan parents watch from home as their son is laid to rest in Texas after drowning
Read full article: Venezuelan parents watch from home as their son is laid to rest in Texas after drowningThe cries of a mother watching from Venezuela through a cellphone pierced through the somber Christian music and gusts of wind as her son's casket was lowered into the ground.

Hawks, butterflies and a song for her murdered son help Georgia mom reclaim joy after killings
Read full article: Hawks, butterflies and a song for her murdered son help Georgia mom reclaim joy after killingsEver since a hawk hovered over a vigil for her murdered son and lifted her spirits, Georgia mother Michele Davis has found joy in unexpected ways.

How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
Read full article: How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced HollywoodEarly crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawaii to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday.

Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law
Read full article: Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal lawActivists say an Alabama teenager's incarceration in an adult jail violates federal and state laws that require inmates who are minors to be separated from adults.

Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
Read full article: Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyesAn Associated Press journalist has served as a media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina.

A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico home
Read full article: A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico homeAuthorities have revealed that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease, and his wife died of hantavirus.

California and Texas join push to end remote work among state employees
Read full article: California and Texas join push to end remote work among state employeesHundreds of thousands of state employees across the U.S. are being ordered back into the office as governors move to shadow President Trump’s mandate for federal workers.

A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
Read full article: A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 yearsA South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

Freedom Caucus in Wyoming claims victory with approval of most priorities
Read full article: Freedom Caucus in Wyoming claims victory with approval of most prioritiesFreedom Caucus leaders in the Wyoming House of Representatives are claiming victory after a legislative session in which most of their priorities got passed.

Car being pulled from Columbia River might have belonged to Oregon family that vanished in 1958
Read full article: Car being pulled from Columbia River might have belonged to Oregon family that vanished in 1958Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters.

A car pulled from a river may tell what happened to an Oregon family of 5 that went missing in 1958
Read full article: A car pulled from a river may tell what happened to an Oregon family of 5 that went missing in 1958After two days of dredging, a crane has pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago.

States sue President Trump’s administration over mass firings of probationary federal workers
Read full article: States sue President Trump’s administration over mass firings of probationary federal workersMaryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies in a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers.

Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plot
Read full article: Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plotThe son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced in Washington to life in prison for helping his father run one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations.

Ukraine supporters focus on hope and resilience as US relations sour and war carries on
Read full article: Ukraine supporters focus on hope and resilience as US relations sour and war carries onReligious leaders, scholars and diplomats have gathered at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana for a conference on Ukraine studies with a theme of hope.

Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cuts
Read full article: Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cutsThe Associated Press has found that the Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million in funding intended largely for affordable housing developments nationwide.

Flight attendant pleads guilty to secretly recording a 14-year-old girl in plane bathroom
Read full article: Flight attendant pleads guilty to secretly recording a 14-year-old girl in plane bathroomA former American Airlines flight attendant has pleaded guilty to secretly recording video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom.

Lawsuit aims to strike down LGBTQ antidiscrimination protections in Pennsylvania
Read full article: Lawsuit aims to strike down LGBTQ antidiscrimination protections in PennsylvaniaTwo public school districts and several parents are suing in Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people.

US foreign aid cuts leave a funding gap that private donors are unlikely to fill
Read full article: US foreign aid cuts leave a funding gap that private donors are unlikely to fillCharitable organizations that relied on U.S. foreign assistance are looking to other private and public donors now that the Trump administration has suspended nearly all foreign aid contracts.

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Read full article: Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firingScrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.