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A new bridge being built in Miami will replace a heavily traveled older one. The infrastructure bill designates $40 billion for bridge repair, replacement and improvement. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package just passed by Congress will modestly help the economy in the short run while priming the country for slightly stronger growth in coming decade...

As a wind swept leaves past the steps of the Kenosha county courthouse last week, the streets were sparsely trafficked as another day of proceedings came to a close in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three people last year, wounding one and killing two. The muted scene around the courthouse stood in stark contrast to the chaotic scene that played out in the Wisconsin city on the night...

An Indonesian parliamentary commission gave its nod for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s nominee to lead the armed forces as the country seeks increased security to reopen its economy following the pandemic, and as maritime territorial disputes heighten. General Andika Perkasa, 56, will oversee the army, air force and navy, including the marines. His father-in-law, retired General A. M. Hendr...

Unannounced law enforcement visits last weekend to high-risk Arkansas sex offenders, who are prohibited from participating in trick-or-treating, turned up a small percentage of violations, with most registered offenders complying, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Corrections officers visited 1,224 homes over two days, resulting in 113 violations, including Halloween decora...

Someone called the Whitefish Police Department after a bear got into a neighbor’s garbage and dragged it onto a neighbor’s property. The caller said the neighbor wasn’t putting the garbage away and she wanted them to clean up the mess. Another caller reported a bear walking north on U.S. 93. Someone reported a Chevy pickup truck with an extended cab was weaving all over the road as it drove s...

PHOTO PROVIDED From left, Tammy Weber, Jeffrey Marshall, and Matthew Parker are pictured. WILLIAMSPORT — Marshall, Parker & Weber, LLC, an elder law and estate planning law firm for over 40 years, has been named as a “Best Law Firm” in the two categories of Trusts & Estates Law and Elder Law for 2022 by U.S. News — Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” This is the 9th consecutive year that t...

Re “The Texas abortion law could open a door for progressive causes” (Ideas, Oct. 31): As an activist for reproductive rights, I was in Washington this week rallying at the Supreme Court against SB8. This Texas law bans virtually all abortions and empowers private citizens — but, importantly, not state officials — to sue anyone they believe assists a Texan in obtaining an abortion after six w...

DON THOMPSON / Associated Press An appeals court has formally ended a lawsuit that in 2018 temporarily suspended a California law that allows adults to obtain prescriptions for life-ending drugs, a gap that advocates blamed Thursday for a significant drop in its use that year. California lawmakers made the lawsuit moot last month when they reauthorized and extended the law until 2031 while re...

LANCASTER (CBSLA) – Neighbors in an area near Lancaster are wondering why the state won’t keep convicted child rapist Lawtis Rhoden in prison and out of their small community. People who live near the proposed property on 25th Street East have posted signs in the area that read “Keep sexually violent predators out of our neighborhood.” READ MORE: That’s what the Megan’s Law website calls Rh...

Idaho's Odd Couple was back at it Friday. Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin reportedly claimed that Gov. Brad Little broke the law by recently traveling to Florida without appointing her as acting governor. The pair, both Republicans, have previously clashed over McGeachin's use of temporary powers during Little's absences. "Regardless of his reasons, he left the state of Idaho without a governor for...