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Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law

Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law

MIAMI (AP) — For many in Florida’s vast immigrant community, daily life in recent months has become one governed entirely by fear. Some try to drive as little as possible and make fewer trips to the supermarket.
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Prosecutors seek narrow gag order on Trump in federal election case after ‘inflammatory’ comments

Prosecutors seek narrow gag order on Trump in federal election case after ‘inflammatory’ comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking an order that would prevent Donald Trump from making “inflammatory” and “intimidating” comments about witnesses, lawyers and other people involved in the criminal case charging the former president wi
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Donald Trump isn't backing a national abortion ban. That's not hurting him in the GOP primary

Donald Trump isn't backing a national abortion ban. That's not hurting him in the GOP primary

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican presidential primary even as he's refused to endorse a federal ban on abortion , allowing some top rivals to get to the right of him on an issue that animates many
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Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely denying she vaped

Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely denying she vaped

DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday after getting kicked out of a musical play in Colorado last weekend for disruptive behavior and then falsely denying she had been vaping.
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In victory for Trump, Florida GOP won't require signing loyalty oath to run in presidential primary

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The Texas Senate is deliberating at Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

The Texas Senate is deliberating at Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moved Friday into the hands of a Senate jury that was deciding whether the embattled Republican should be removed from office over corruption allegations that have shadow
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Saskatchewan child advocate says pronoun policy for schools violates rights

Saskatchewan child advocate says pronoun policy for schools violates rights

REGINA — Saskatchewan's child advocate has released a report saying the province's pronoun policy in schools violates rights to gender identity and expression.
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Kansas will no longer change trans people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities

Kansas will no longer change trans people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities , the state health department said Friday, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities.
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Alaska lawmaker's husband was flying meat from hunting camp when crash occurred, authorities say

Alaska lawmaker's husband was flying meat from hunting camp when crash occurred, authorities say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The plane flown by the husband of Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola was carrying a load of moose meat from a remote hunting camp when it crashed, killing him earlier this week , authorities said. Eugene Peltola Jr.
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Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount

Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount

An alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, has narrowly won the Republican mayoral primary in Connecticut’s smallest city following a recount on Friday. Gino DiGiovanni Jr.
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