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Maryland Senate grants preliminary approval to juvenile justice measure, paving way for final approval 03/01/2024 09:57am • One day after the Maryland House of Delegates granted preliminary approval to a juvenile justice reform bill, the Senate did the same on Thursday. Senate Bill 744 contains 12 amendments adopted by the Judicial Proceedings Committee earlier this week, with many matching the House version. One a Democratic lawmakers ask Justice Department to probe Tennessee's voting rights restoration changes 02/29/2024 06:07pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Democratic Tennessee lawmakers is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate how the state has further restricted the process for people with felony records to get their voting rights back. According to the letter, 22 Democratic lawmakers argue Tennesse Career US diplomat abruptly admits to spying for communist Cuba for decades 02/29/2024 06:00pm • MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, an unexpectedly swift resolution to a case prosecutors called one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign se Police: Prince George's Co. man fatally shot 11-year-old stepdaughter then turned the gun on himself 02/29/2024 04:37pm • Police in Prince George's County say a man shot his 11-year-old stepdaughter and then turned the gun on himself inside a Landover, Maryland, home Wednesday night, in what county officials describe as a "growing epidemic of domestic violence" in the county. The girl, Mailyn Turks, and the man, 38- Lawmakers bidding to resume Louisiana executions after 14-year pause OK new death penalty methods 02/29/2024 04:14pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Bidding to resume Louisiana executions after a 14-year pause, the state's Republican-dominated Legislature gave final passage to a bill Thursday to add electrocution and the use of nitrogen gas as means of administering the death penalty. The legislation comes one day afte What is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch 02/29/2024 02:52pm • The biggest day of this year's primary campaign is approaching as 16 states vote in contests known as Super Tuesday. The elections are a crucial moment for President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who are the overwhelming front-runners for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respec Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records from underage girl abuse probe to be released under Florida law 02/29/2024 02:44pm • Grand jury transcripts from a 2006 Florida investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of dozens of underage girls will be released publicly later this year under legislation signed into law Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. A local judge cited the new law in denying release of the records for now. The Viewpoint: Why D.C. needs a comprehensive violence-reduction strategy 02/29/2024 01:54pm • This year marks 30 years since the passage of the 1994 Crime Bill, arguably the most significant bill addressing crime in U.S. history. The bill — and the many state and local laws it incentivized — was passed during an era marred by fearmongering and rallying cries for the nation to get “to DC Housing Authority police officer shot in Navy Yard 02/29/2024 10:41am • Two people have been arrested after a D.C. Housing Authority police officer was shot in the Navy Yard area of Southeast D.C. Thursday morning. D.C. Housing Authority police chief Michael Reese said during a news conference that police responded just before 6 a.m. to reports of "unwanted guests" a Virginia lawmakers defeat 'second look' bill to allow inmates to ask court for reduced sentences 02/29/2024 09:25am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A bill that would have allowed people with lengthy prison terms to petition a court to consider reducing their sentences after serving a minimum of 15 years was defeated in the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday. This is the third consecutive year that a so-called secon Things to know about Idaho's botched execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech 02/29/2024 12:07am • KUNA, Idaho (AP) — For nearly an hour, Thomas Eugene Creech lay strapped to a table in an Idaho execution chamber as medical team members poked and prodded at his arms and legs, hands and feet, trying to find a vein through which they could end his life. After eight attempts Wednesday, the prison The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next 02/28/2024 10:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision to consider whether former President Donald Trump should be immune from prosecution in his federal 2020 election interference case could push a trial close to Election Day — or even beyond this year. The announcement Wednesday was a victory for Tr Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line 02/28/2024 07:22pm • KUNA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. Creech, 73, has been in prison half a century, convicted of Warlord involved in hundreds of murders repatriated to Colombia after serving US drug sentence 02/28/2024 01:12am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso was repatriated Tuesday after serving a drug trafficking sentence in the United States and being denied several requests to be sent to Italy, where he also has citizenship. Mancuso arrived in Bogota’s El Dorado Airport on a charter flig Louisiana moves closer to final passage of tough-on-crime bills that could overhaul justice system 02/27/2024 08:47pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state's GOP-dominated legislature barrels ahead with a package of bills — ranging from e