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House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — House Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line ...
Illinois Supreme Court considers whether a fetus can be a murder victim

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - In 2007, Reginald Lane shot and killed Jwonda Thurston, his pregnant girlfriend. For the murder, he was sentenced to life in prison, following state statute for someone ...
Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides faith leaders

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - As Republican-governed states across the nation advance myriad bills targeting transgender young people, America's faith leaders are starkly divided in their assessment....
Marine veteran who fatally choked NYC subway rider Jordan Neely surrenders on manslaughter charge

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A man who kept a chokehold around the neck of an agitated fellow passenger in the New York City subway, leading to the other rider's death, turned himsel...
Hundreds of thousands to be evacuated as Bangladesh and Myanmar brace for severe cyclone

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas ...
Title 42 has ended. Here's what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to ap...
Trump's sexual assault verdict marks a rare moment of accountability. And women are noticing.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Cassandra Nuñez and her grandmother cast their first ballots in a U.S. presidential election in 2016. She was a first-year college student; her grand...
'Crisis pregnancy centers' could face legal action

By Hannah Meisel
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois would become one of the first states to make so-called crisis pregnancy centers subject to the same consumer fraud standards as car dealerships, r...
Migrants rush across U.S. border in final hours before Title 42 expires

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press
May 12, 2023 1:00 am - MATAMOROS, Mexico — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that th...
Video of plump Chicago snapping turtle dubbed 'Chonkosaurus' goes viral

Associated Press
May 11, 2023 1:00 am - Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “...

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