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A man walks by flowers and a sign of support for the community, Oct. 28, 2023, in the wake of the mass shootings that occurred on in Lewiston, Maine. The Maine Legislature on Thursday approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.

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Maine lawmakers pass sweeping gun legislation following the Lewiston mass shooting

1:11pm April 18, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.

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Supreme Court hears challenge to a statute used to try hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters

2:44am April 17, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided, with conservatives expressing various degrees of skepticism about the statute used to prosecute more than 350 of the Jan. 6th rioters who invaded the capitol.

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In Arizona, political candidates walk a fine line on abortion rights

7:13pm April 16, 2024

by Ben Giles

Arizona's ban on abortions has affected political races. Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake is figuring out how to balance her opposition to abortion rights without embracing a near-total ban.

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People walk by as supporters of Jan. 6 defendants gather outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

7:11pm April 16, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

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A former Marine gets 9 years for firebombing a California Planned Parenthood clinic

11:20am April 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty to four felony counts related to the firebombing of a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022. The clinic was closed and no one was injured.

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Morning news brief

5:03am April 16, 2024

Iran says its attack against Israel was a success. The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine. Supreme Court hears challenge to law used to prosecute Jan. 6 defendants.

The U.S. Supreme Court is pictured on Feb. 28.

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Supreme Court temporarily revives Idaho law banning gender affirming care for minors

6:27pm April 15, 2024

The law makes it a felony for doctors to medically treat gender dysphoria in minors. It will now go into effect except in the case of two anonymous plaintiffs who may continue to receive treatment.

Former President Donald Trump appears with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection Monday at Manhattan criminal court. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.

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Trump's criminal trial, a first for a former president, has begun in New York

5:07pm April 15, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Jury selection is underway for Donald Trump's hush-money trial — the first time in U.S. history a former president is being tried on criminal charges. A decision could come by summer.

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Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial began today

4:49pm April 15, 2024

by Andrea Bernstein

Jury selection began Monday in the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump for hush money payments made ahead of the 2016 election.

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A look at Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as he oversees Trump hush money trial prosecution

4:40pm April 15, 2024

by Walter Ray Watson

Alvin Bragg is the first person to bring criminal charges against a former president and the first African American elected Manhattan District Attorney. Bragg faces challenges beyond any one big case.

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