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N.Y. man who threatened Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 3 months in prison

A New York man who made threatening phone calls to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office last year has been sentenced to three months in prison. Joseph Morelli of Endicott was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty this year to transmitting interstate threatening communications stemming from voicemails he left for the Georgia Republican in March 2022, the…

South Carolina’s all-male Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban

Just months after the exit of its sole female justice, the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld restrictions that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. The 4-1 decision means the state’s abortion ban, which Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law in May, can go into effect. The decision brings…

Public safety: SCOTUS upholds Biden regulation for ‘ghost guns’

First Look Public safety: SCOTUS upholds Biden regulation for ‘ghost guns’ In a rare win for gun reform advocates, the Supreme Court reinstated a Biden administration rule to rein in the proliferation of firearms without serial numbers. The number of ghost guns reported at crime scenes has increased tenfold in five years. | View caption…

Soldier charged with murdering his wife after reporting her missing in Alaska

A U.S. soldier was charged with murdering his wife in Anchorage, Alaska, four days after he reported her missing to police. Army Spc. Zarrius Hildabrand, 21, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, as well as tampering with evidence, according to the Army and court records. Saria Hildabrand was first reported missing on Monday,…

India’s Modi survives no-confidence vote over his handling of ethnic violence

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday easily defeated a vote of no-confidence taken by the opposition over his handling of a deadly ethnic conflict in Manipur, and in a two-hour speech dismissed the move as a vain attempt to “defame India.” More than 180 people have been killed, many hundreds more wounded and…

How floods brought attention to long overlooked mobile home parks

First Look How floods brought attention to long overlooked mobile home parks Despite being disproportionately affected by natural disasters, mobile home parks have long been overlooked by United States policymakers. But after the recent bouts of flooding, urgency is rising to protect the parks as a source of affordable housing. | View caption Hide caption…