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If your kid hits teacher, you may go to jail under Georgia teachers union proposal

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ATLANTA — Citing “alarming” rates of assaults on teachers, the Georgia Federation of Teachers has a suggestion for lawmakers: Hold parents accountable for their children’s actions.

The union unveiled the Georgia Parent Accountability Act last week. It would penalize parents — through fines, required community service at schools or ...Read more

She missed her own funeral: Wrong body laid in casket, lawsuit says

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ATLANTA — When her 95-year-old grandmother died in July 2023, Marva Lynch was in charge of the funeral plans.

Lynch provided Donald Trimble Mortuary with the clothing and wig that Lucy Mae Johnson was to wear for burial, according to a lawsuit filed in DeKalb County state court. But the day of Johnson’s funeral, it wasn’t the great-...Read more

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Haverford College president apologizes to members of the Jewish community as she faces congressional hearing on antisemitism

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PHILADELPHIA — While much attention was on antisemitism complaints at the University of Pennsylvania over the last year and a half, the much smaller Haverford College was weathering a storm of its own.

A group called Jews at Haverford, including several students, filed a federal lawsuit alleging the college was indifferent to complaints about...Read more

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Trump administration loses appeal in bid to revoke parole for Cubans, other migrants

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A federal appeals court has dealt the Trump administration another loss in its bid to revoke deportation protections and work permits for more than a half-million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, many of them living in South Florida, who were granted entrance into the United States under a humanitarian parole program.

The U.S. ...Read more

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Trump's popularity in a slump in California amid abuse-of-power concerns

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump remains deeply unpopular in California after his first 100 days in office, with conservatives and liberals alike expressing concern that U.S. courts can effectively serve as a check on his power, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by The Times.

Overall, the ...Read more

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Merz confirmed as German chancellor after second parliament vote

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Friedrich Merz secured parliamentary backing as Germany’s new chancellor on the second attempt, paving the way for the conservative leader to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with considerably diminished authority.

In a repeat ballot on Tuesday, arranged after several hours of frantic consultations with constitutional experts, ...Read more

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Newark Airport Meltdown: What's behind the flight delays? When will they end?

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For a week and counting, flying in and out of Newark Airport has inflicted misery on travelers. The cancellations and delays have been caused by a cascade of infrastructure failures and staffing issues that have ground air travel to a crawl.

What’s behind it the meltdown and when might it end?

Here’s what you need to know before you fly: ...Read more

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Canada's new PM Mark Carney set to meet Trump amid trade war clash

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Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney was set to meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump amid major tensions over the trade war and Trump’s push to annex the northern neighbor as a 51st state.

Carney, who won election last week on a platform of confronting Trump’s threats, will likely seek to strike a more cordial tone in the...Read more

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Merz confirmed as German chancellor after second parliament vote

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Friedrich Merz secured parliamentary backing as Germany’s new chancellor only on the second attempt, paving the way for the conservative leader to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with considerably diminished authority.

In a repeat Bundestag ballot on Tuesday in Berlin, Merz got 325 votes, more than the required 316 out of 630 ...Read more

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Israel strikes Houthi-controlled airport in Yemen's capital

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Israeli jets struck the airport in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, two days after a Houthi missile landed close to the international hub in Tel Aviv.

The Israel Defense Forces also launched strikes on several power stations in Sanaa and a cement plant north of the city, it said Tuesday.

Sanaa airport is used by the Iran-backed Houthis to transfer ...Read more

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In cash-strapped Colorado, lawmakers tap an unorthodox pot of money for priorities. But is it too risky?

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DENVER — Facing a $1.2 billion budget gap this year, Colorado lawmakers turned to a source of money they had mostly ignored for the past several years to pay for some priorities: the unclaimed property trust fund.

The legislature looks poised to tap the fund for two bills in the waning days of the legislative session, even as critics — ...Read more

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SpaceX aims for launch after sunset tonight from Cape Canaveral

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SpaceX has lined up another launch soon after sunset Tuesday night from Cape Canaveal.

A Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites is targeting an 8:22 p.m. liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at the opening of a four-hour launch window.

The first-stage booster for the mission is flying for the seventh ...Read more

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Merz to make new bid Tuesday to secure German lawmaker backing

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Friedrich Merz will make another attempt to secure parliamentary backing as Germany’s next chancellor later on Tuesday after his humiliating shock loss in an initial vote.

The conservative leader earlier in the day fell short of a majority in a secret ballot in the Bundestag to confirm him as the head of a ruling coalition of his center-right...Read more

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Trump v. law firms: President uses power on potential court foes

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump first used the power of the White House against a law firm in February, ordering a review of Covington & Burling’s government contracts because a lawyer had assisted the special prosecutor who indicted him in Florida and the District of Columbia.

Security clearances should be suspended, Trump wrote, ...Read more

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Israel strikes Houthi-controlled airport in Yemen's capital

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Israeli jets struck the airport in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, on Tuesday in retaliation for a Houthi missile strike last weekend, according to Yemeni media.

Israeli forces also launched strikes on a power station in Sanaa and a cement plant around Amran, the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said.

Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces warned ...Read more

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'No Buddy Left Behind': New program has veterans help homeless veterans in Orlando

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Jarold Walters was outside a gas station trying to figure out how he was going to eat and where he was going to sleep when a man wearing a “Go Army” lanyard approached and asked if he was a veteran.

Navy, said Walters, who served during the Gulf War.

I can help you, Michael Bailey said.

“I told him, I don’t believe ...Read more

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Alabama can't prosecute groups helping patients get abortions elsewhere, judge rules

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Reproductive rights groups in Alabama wasted no time resuming their work after a federal judge ruled in early April that the state’s attorney general can’t prosecute — or threaten to prosecute — people or organizations who help Alabama residents seek an abortion by traveling to another state.

One of the plaintiffs, the reproductive ...Read more

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Life after California's death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance

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SAN FRANCISCO — By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin's death row.

Williams was 18 when he raped and murdered 40-year-old Mary Breck at her Kern County home in October 1994. The day before, he had broken into Breck's home and stolen her credit cards. He returned — initially ...Read more

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A court ruling roils South Korea's presidential election

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SEOUL, South Korea — As South Koreans prepare to elect a successor to ousted former president Yoon Suk Yeol, a court ruling against front-runner Lee Jae-myung has thrust the country — which has been under interim leadership for the last five months — into further uncertainty.

Yoon, who was impeached for declaring martial law in December, ...Read more

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Rusty crayfish, an 'aquatic nuisance,' discovered in northern Colorado river

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DENVER — Rusty crayfish, an aquatic nuisance and an invasive species, has been discovered in a Larimer County river south of Estes Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

This is the first time the crayfish has been confirmed in the agency’s northeast region and the second time it’s been found east of the Continental Divide in ...Read more