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Month: September 2023

Revised report on Maryland church sex abuse leaves 5 church leaders’ names still redacted

By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s attorney general has released a less-redacted version of its report on child sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. But the updated report released Tuesday continues to redact the names of five Catholic church leaders. That’s due to ongoing appeals to a judge’s

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Capitol rioter who trained for a ‘firefight’ with paintball gets over four years in prison

BY MICHAEL KUNZELMANUpdated 11:47 AM PDT, September 26, 2023 A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. Edward Badalian planned for weeks

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Dior triumphs melding women’s past and future, while Saint Laurent puts on study in power dressing

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Amid the electric ambiance of strobe lights and an usually sweltering Parisian fall, Dior presented its spring/summer 2024 womenswear collection. The show, set in the Tuileries gardens, witnessed a dazzling circus of stars. With Hollywood’s recent writers’ strike still on, insiders mused if Paris Fashion Week

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Missouri’s GOP attorney general sues school for closed-door debate on transgender bathroom use

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general is suing a school district for secretly discussing transgender student bathroom access. The Tuesday lawsuit claims a suburban St. Louis school board violated open-meeting laws. Two Wentzville school board members say the board unlawfully discussed public policy during a closed meeting. The

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