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HONOLULU (AP) — The last statewide mask mandate in the U.S. will be lifted by March 26, Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday. No states will require masks indoors after 11:59 p.m. March 25. Hawaii is the last to drop the pandemic safety measure, with Washington state’s mask mandate expiring at 11:59 p.m. Friday. Ige…Continue Reading

SEATTLE (AP) — A man killed by Seattle police Saturday night had crashed his truck into a garage door at a federal building, exited the truck with a rifle and fired it at random, body camera and video security footage released by police on Tuesday appears to show.The man in footage appears to be lying…Continue Reading

PHOENIX (AP) — A voter-approved sales tax in Pinal County that is designed to fund transportation projects is invalid because it improperly exempts larger transactions, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The tax voters approved in 2017 adopts an illegal two-tier sales tax structure that isn’t allowed under state law, Justice Kathryn King wrote in…Continue Reading

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman who was arrested last week for faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents investigating the alleged abduction can be released from jail, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.Sherri Papini, 39, can be released after her family posts a $120,000 bond, which they were expected to…Continue Reading

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislative committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would ban the teaching of “divisive concepts” about race and gender in public schools, including the notion that people should feel guilt because of their race. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted 6-1 for the bill that now moves to the…Continue Reading

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would let most people carry a concealed handgun in Nebraska without a permit is now set for debate in the Legislature.Lawmakers voted, 30-12, on Tuesday to pull the measure out of the left-leaning Judiciary Committee where it had stalled. Lawmakers are scheduled to debate it Thursday.Opponents argued that…Continue Reading

Three suspects were arrested in the alleged slaying of a New Jersey woman whose bludgeoned body was found last month in the trunk of her car, officials said.Stephanie DeJesus, a 38-year-old hospital technician, was found lifeless inside the trunk of her 2016 Lincoln MKZ on the morning of Feb. 25 in Patterson, according to court…Continue Reading

In recent weeks, governors across the United States, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and even President Joe Biden have all offered a new, hopeful message about the pandemic: “Covid-19 need no longer control our lives.”That’s how Biden put it in his State of the Union speech March 1, in front of…Continue Reading

A Michigan Republican running for the state House was widely condemned this week for comments he made about rape during a Facebook livestream. Robert “RJ” Regan, who last week won a special primary election in Michigan’s 74th House district, went on a bizarre tangent during a livestream with the Michigan Rescue Coalition while discussing his…Continue Reading