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Month: February 2024

Delaware’s early voting and permanent absentee laws are unconstitutional, a judge says

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has ruled that laws allowing early voting and permanent absentee status violate the state’s constitution and are invalid. A Superior Court judge late Friday denied a motion by Delaware’s election commissioner to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a state elections inspector and the

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Aviation safety panel finds Boeing culture included safety ‘gaps,’ fear of retaliation

By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued a report Monday sharply critical of the safety culture at Boeing, following two fatal crashes and several years of safety and quality issues at the troubled aircraft maker. Despite Boeing’s repreated claims of its commitment to safety procedures, the report by

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A teammate is charged with killing an athlete at a Christian university

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a college wrestler in Kentucky was killed by a teammate at a private Christian university. Police say 18-year-old Josiah Kilman was pronounced dead at a hospital after officers were called early Saturday to Campbellsville University in central Kentucky. The freshman from Columbia Falls, Montana, was found unresponsive in his

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Boeing’s safety culture falls short despite the company’s efforts to fix it, according to experts

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Government and aviation-industry experts say Boeing has made some strides toward improving its safety culture, but employees could still be subject to retaliation for reporting issues. That’s one of the findings in a report presented Monday to the Federal Aviation Administration. The experts say that when it comes to

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Hamas flexibiliza algunas demandas a medida que avanzan las negociaciones sobre los rehenes y el cese del fuego en Gaza, dicen fuentes

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Hamas ha dado marcha atrás en algunas demandas clave durante las negociaciones para un acuerdo sobre rehenes y un cese de los combates en Gaza. Esto ocurre tras las acusaciones israelíes de que la posición del grupo militante era “delirante”, y con esto se acercan las partes negociadoras a

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Ex-FBI informant Smirnov will remain in jail while he awaits trial, judge rules

By Cheri Mossburg and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A former FBI informant charged with falsely telling his handler that the Bidens accepted multimillion-dollar bribes will remain in jail while he awaits trial, a federal judge ruled Monday. US District Judge Otis Wright said that “there is nothing garden variety” about the criminal case involving former informant

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Proof copy of Harry Potter book, bought for pennies in 1997, sells for more than $13,000

LONDON (AP) — A proof copy of the first Harry Potter novel that was bought for pennies in a second-hand bookshop almost 30 years ago has sold at auction for 11,000 pounds, or $13,900. British auctioneers Hanson’s said Monday that the first-edition copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” which states “uncorrected proof copy”

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Nation’s top health official to visit Alabama in wake of IVF ruling

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending the nation’s top health official to meet with patients and doctors in Alabama to discuss a controversial court ruling that upended in vitro fertilization treatment in the state. The ruling by the Republican-controlled Alabama Supreme Court has unexpectedly propelled the issue of

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