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A West Virginia bill to remove marital exemption for sexual abuse wins final passage 03/08/2024 05:14pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� Certain sexual assaults against a spouse would be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a bill passed Friday by the Republican-dominated House of Delegates. The bill would remove marriage as a defense to first- and third-degree sexual assault. The House pa Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Transcript of President Joe Biden���s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden���s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, I� Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term 03/08/2024 03:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing ���resentment, revenge and retribution" and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Reveling in the pol Takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address: Combative attacks on a foe with no name 03/07/2024 11:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the presidency, a forum that almost always favors the speaker in a one-way conversation with millions of Americans. Most of the speeches are instantly dissected, and almost as quickly forgotten. But this is a most Transit crime is back as a top concern in some US cities, and political leaders have taken notice 03/07/2024 09:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some U.S. cities, and so are efforts to persuade public officials to take the issue seriously. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she would task 750 members of the National Guard with helping patrol the nation��� New Orleans' mayor says she's not using coveted city apartment, but council orders locks changed 03/07/2024 07:47pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to change the locks on a coveted city-owned apartment in its latest dispute with Mayor LaToya Cantrell, whose use of the French Quarter property drew scrutiny and figured in a failed recall effort. The newly flaring dispute centers on Iowa House OKs bill to criminalize death of an "unborn person" despite IVF concerns 03/07/2024 06:59pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Republicans in Iowa's House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would criminalize the death of an ���unborn person��� ��� over Democrats��� concerns about how it might apply to in vitro fertilization, after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considere Houston police chief apologizes for department not investigating 264K cases due to staffing issues 03/07/2024 05:04pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Houston���s police chief pledged on Thursday to restore public trust in his department following revelations that more than 264,000 cases, including over 4,000 involving sexual assault, were dropped in the past eight years due to a lack of personnel. Last month Chief Troy Finner ann Crew of the giant Icon of the Seas cruise ship rescues 14 people adrift in the sea 03/07/2024 04:41pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� The crew of what is considered the world's largest cruise ship rescued 14 people clinging to a small boat adrift on the ocean, authorities said. Passengers aboard the Icon of the Seas captured video of the crew using a small vessel to ferry the group to the safety of the cruise ship o Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columns 03/07/2024 04:25pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. National Institute of Sta 8 teens wounded by gunfire at Philadelphia bus stop in city's 4th transit shooting in as many days 03/06/2024 10:50pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. The previous three shootings each invo How George Mason professors are challenging students to find new ways to predict peak bloom dates 03/06/2024 09:26pm • Several George Mason University professors have turned what started as a way to make statistics exciting for students into a competition to determine who can develop a model to accurately predict when cherry blossoms around the world will reach peak bloom. Jonathan Auerbach, an assistant professo Caucus chaos makes Utah last state to report Super Tuesday results 03/06/2024 08:26pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� For the second time in a decade, a decision by the Utah Republican Party to select its presidential nominee through community caucus meetings instead of a traditional primary left many voters confused and frustrated as the nation waited until just after midnight for the state Gov. Gavin Newsom's campaign donor says his Panera Bread restaurants will follow minimum wage law 03/06/2024 08:24pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Panera Bread restaurants he owns will start paying workers at least $20 an hour on April 1 after controversy over whether a new state minimum wage law for fast food workers applies to his businesses. Califo 6 of the Best AI ETFs to Buy Now 03/06/2024 07:00pm • The ongoing artificial intelligence, or AI, arms race has seemingly ushered in a new era of technological innovation and stock market growth. "We expect the AI market to reach over half a trillion dollars in value in 2024 even amid a slowdown in venture capital funding, as organizations across vario