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The director of a southern Indiana funeral home where 31 decomposing bodies and the cremains of 17 others were found pleaded guilty Friday to more than 40 counts of felony theft. Randy Lankford, owner of Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffersonville, faces a proposed sentence of 12 years: four years in prison and eight years … Read more
NEW YORK — A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago, raised just over $9 million in its last fiscal year, new IRS tax filings show. That’s significantly less than the $79 million in revenue reported in a previous tax filing of Black … Read more
JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August because a judge ruled Friday that the party improperly excluded a candidate from the ballot. The state Democratic Party immediately filed notice that it will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn the judge’s ruling on the candidacy of Bob Hickingbottom. “I appreciate … Read more
The Chicago Cubs offense has been as unpredictable as the spring temperatures the last few weeks, switching on and off with little notice. They continued the trend Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, getting no-hit until the eighth inning of a 9-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Hunter Greene pitched six no-hit innings for the Reds … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury on Friday found a man guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a father who was camping with his daughters and of the attempted murders of the two young girls, all at a popular park in Southern California. Anthony Rauda fatally shot Tristan Beaudette in … Read more
Local The teenager suffered multiple stab wounds after two other teenage girls allegedly broke into her family’s apartment. A 16-year-old girl and another person were stabbed in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon, according to officials. Boston police said one person was stabbed at 1 Lesher St. and another at 100 Brookway Road, just blocks … Read more
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are brokering a deal to address the nation’s debt limit just days before running out of money, but U.S. Representative Bob Good has big concerns about the deal’s intricacies. The U.S. reached its legal debt limit of $31.4 trillion in January, and the unresolved issue remains a … Read more
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CHICAGO — An expected bump in violent crime this summer has mayors and police officials around the U.S. rolling out familiar strategies of making officers more visible and engaging with community groups, in some cases leaning on civilians to enforce curfews and keep the peace. Chicago is among the U.S. cities under scrutiny following a … Read more
Austin, Texas — The GOP-led Texas House of Representatives on Saturday will take up a resolution to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a memo from the committee that on Thursday filed 20 articles of impeachment against him. Debate on the impeachment resolution will begin at 2 p.m. ET, according to the House Investigating … Read more
Debt limit deal near, sources say Debt limit negotiators appear to be closing in on deal, sources say 06:42 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday estimated the new date when the country will reach the debt ceiling is June 5. “Based on the most recent available data, we now estimate that Treasury will have insufficient resources to … Read more