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Florida is set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer to tying record 0
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- October 20, 2026
MIAMI — MIAMI (AP) — Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shooting of Indian River County
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Appeals court blocks start of takeover of healthcare operations in Arizona prisons 0
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- October 20, 2026
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court has put on hold a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in Arizona’s prisons that was scheduled to start Monday. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order late Friday blocking the start date as Arizona corrections officials are appealing the takeover, also known as a receivership. The court
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Man who took bird from Las Vegas’ Flamingo casino could face prison if convicted 0
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- October 20, 2026
LAS VEGAS — A visitor from Canada maliciously harmed a flamingo at an iconic Las Vegas hotel by removing the bird from its enclosure and taking it to his room earlier this year, prosecutors said Monday at the man’s trial. His attorney said it was a drunken act and no harm was intended. Mitchell Fairbarn
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Minnesota teen accused of plotting terror attack at Mall of America to remain jailed 0
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- October 20, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old from Minnesota who prosecutors say planned a terror attack at the Mall of America and who was arrested after buying an AK-47 from an undercover FBI employee must remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Monday. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an American-born U.S. citizen of Somali descent, won’t be released because he’s
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Parents of school shooting victim hire attorneys to probe school plans, gun purchase 0
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- October 19, 2026
The parents of one of three children killed in last week’s shooting at an elementary school in Oregon have hired attorneys to investigate the school’s protocols and how the teenage gunman got his weapon. Rhoam Summer, 5, was one of three children killed along with a teacher in the attack Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary
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Supreme Court to hear case on race in middle school admissions 0
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- October 19, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. The case involves admissions to four selective middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, a diverse suburb of Washington, D.C.
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