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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row.Glossip, 59, already has narrowly escaped execution three times and could be the next man Oklahoma puts to…Continue Reading

JEFFERSON CITIY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House on Thursday overwhelmingly defeated a congressional redistricting plan passed by the state Senate, intensifying a standoff that could eventually force the courts to intervene to draw new voting districts.Although Missouri has large Republican majorities in both legislative chambers, a conservative coalition has split with GOP leaders over…Continue Reading

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police officer who had recently completed his training was killed and another officer was critically injured in a three-vehicle crash.A third person was also critically hurt late Wednesday and a fourth person was treated and released from a hospital following the crash along U.S. 301.The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that…Continue Reading

CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) — Macy’s Inc. announced plans Thursday to build a distribution and online order fulfillment center in central North Carolina that ultimately will employ about 2,800 people.The department store and online retail giant said in a news release that it will invest $584 million in the project in China Grove, located in…Continue Reading

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a ruling Thursday that the Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to suppress Black voters.The law tightened rules on mailed ballots, drop boxes and other popular election methods — changes that made it more difficult…Continue Reading

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved electoral law amendments that critics maintain could pave the way to election fraud and aim to curtail an opposition alliance’s chances of wresting control of the house in the next elections.Parliament endorsed the changes by a show of hands after a three-day debate. The reforms were…Continue Reading

DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices.The White House announced Thursday that Biden ordered the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months. Biden will also ask Congress to penalize oil…Continue Reading