Category: State News

Missing 2-Year-Old Girl Is Found Dead in Detroit, After Her Disappearance Sparked Massive Search

July 6, 2023
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LANSING, Mich.—A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search. Wynter Cole Smith’s body was discovered in the evening near a municipal airport that is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) northeast of downtown Detroit, Chief Ellery Sosebee of the Lansing Police Department…

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Wisconsin Governor Partially Vetoes State Budget, Increases School Funding for 40 Decades

July 6, 2023
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers partially vetoed the new state budget on July 5, allowing for increased funding for public schools for the next four centuries. The Democratic governor, who is himself a former state education secretary and teacher, signed off on the two-year $99 billion spending plan after making a number of amendments—51 partial vetoes in…

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Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested After Trying to Flee in Patrol Car

July 6, 2023
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CORDELE, Ga.—A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia was shot and killed Wednesday and the suspect tried to flee in the deputy’s patrol car, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it is investigating the shooting, which left 26-year-old Deputy Tyee Browne dead. The suspect, 25-year-old Croshawn Cross, was charged with murder and other crimes. “A…

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Supreme Court Rules Against Norfolk Southern Railway in Pennsylvania Case

July 6, 2023
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In a fractured ruling that may invite a future constitutional challenge, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld by 5–4 a unique Pennsylvania law that requires companies to face litigants in its state courts when they register to do business in the state. Pennsylvania is reportedly the only state with this kind of law. The court vacated…

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1 Dead, 2 Injured in Texas Grain Elevator Collapse

July 6, 2023
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One person has died and two others were transported to hospital after two grain elevators collapsed in Tynan, Texas, on July 4, according to officials. The incident occurred on the site of R & R Commodities, just off Highway 359 between Mathis and Skidmore in Bee County on Tuesday night, according to KIII-TV. Two of the grain…

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2 New Jersey Firefighters Died Battling a Blaze Deep in a Ship Carrying 5,000 Cars

July 6, 2023
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NEWARK, N.J.—Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port, Newark’s fire chief said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to seven vehicles already on fire when they reached the 10th floor of the cargo ship at Port Newark…

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Scraps $100 Million Private School Voucher Program for Low-Income Kids

July 6, 2023
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has ditched plans to pursue a $100 million private school voucher program in the state’s annual spending plan amid a deadlock between Republican and Democratic leaders. Mr. Shapiro announced the decision to pull the program to pay for tuition at private and religious schools—known as the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success scholarship program—in…

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California Hotel Workers Back on the Job After Strike, but Union Warns More Walkouts Are Possible

July 6, 2023
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Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend were back on the job Wednesday. But their union warned that more walkouts could come at any time. No progress was reported in negotiations between employers and Unite Here Local 11, which represents bellhops, front desk agents, room attendants, cooks, servers, and…

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Rip Currents Prompted 200 Rescues in Virginia and North Carolina Over the July Fourth Weekend

July 6, 2023
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Strong rip currents prompted lifeguards to pull about 200 swimmers from the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia and North Carolina over the holiday weekend. Tom Gill, chief of the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service, told The Virginian-Pilot that the city’s more than 180 rescues were high even for a holiday weekend. Mr. Gill said that…

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Maryland Panel Approves $2.9 Million Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent 32 Years Behind Bars

July 6, 2023
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ANNAPOLIS, Md.—A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation Wednesday for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two murders he did not commit. John Huffington was pardoned by former Gov. Larry Hogan in January. The former governor cited prosecutorial misconduct in granting a full innocence…

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