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Facebook groups where women discuss dating topics are under fire in a lawsuit

5:12am March 11, 2024

A man in Chicago is taking legal action against several online platforms and members of the Facebook group "Are We Dating the Same Guy?" for defamation, doxing and invasion of privacy.

One of the cells in the Transitional Care Unit at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park Heights.

The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren't built for what's coming

5:12am March 11, 2024

by Meg Anderson

By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030. Prison systems are grappling with how to care for their elderly prisoners — and how to pay for it.

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a news conference on the border on Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Britt delivered the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.

Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find

9:17am March 09, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.

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Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. On March 8, 2024, a federal judge in Texas upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.

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Judge upholds program allowing 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US per month

8:42pm March 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Led by Texas, the states who brought the lawsuit against the Biden administration argued the program is forcing them to spend millions on health care, education and public safety for the migrants.

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Illinois lawmakers consider banning some chemicals used in food

6:28pm March 08, 2024

by Alex Degman | WBEZ

Last year, California became the first state to ban a handful of food additives found in some favorite foods. Illinois lawmakers are debating whether they should become the second.

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A man looks out over the Colorado River near Page, Arizona on Nov. 2, 2022. The seven states that manage the river are divided about how to account for the impacts of climate change in new plans about sharing its water.

As a deadline approaches, Colorado River states are still far apart on water sharing

6:28pm March 08, 2024

by Alex Hager

Ahead of a deadline next week, the seven states that share the Colorado River have revealed competing plans for how the river should be managed in the future.

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Former president of Honduras is convicted of drug trafficking charges in New York

6:10pm March 08, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

The ex-president of Honduras, described by a U.S. government attorney as the man who "paved a cocaine superhighway to the United States" has been convicted of drug trafficking charges in New York.

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Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos, wearing a glittering collar, attends the State of the Union address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

George Santos, ejected from House and facing fraud trial, will run again in N.Y.

5:40pm March 08, 2024

by Brian Mann

George Santos, disgraced and ejected from the House, says he will seek office again on Long Island. He'll face Rep. Nick LaLota in the GOP primary.

Alec Baldwin, seen here talking to police after a fatal shooting on the Rust movie set in 2021, faces a felony criminal trial in New Mexico this summer. This image is from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.

What's next for the Alec Baldwin 'Rust' case after film's armorer was found guilty?

1:39pm March 08, 2024

by Bill Chappell

Special prosecutors face an uphill battle in trying to convict the actor over the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a former federal prosecutor says.

New Alabama law protects IVF, but still identifies embryo as a child

4:56pm March 07, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with fertility specialist Dr. Beth Malizia following the new Alabama law that protects IVF.