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State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Read More NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new rule imposing residency requirements on most U.S. House and Senate hopefuls won’t achieve some Tennessee Republican lawmakers’ goal of nudging at least one GOP candidate backed by President Donal...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has publicly signed into law a 15-week abortion ban that shortens by more than two months the current window available to legally terminate a pregnancy. Within minutes of his office announcing that he had received the bill (HB 5), approved by the Legislature in March, DeSantis held a bill signing ceremony and rally at a Kissimmee church. The new law, which goes into effect ...

This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Richard Moore, who was sentenced to death in the 1999 fatal shooting of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg County, S.C. Moore is one of three death row prisoners in South Carolina who have run out of appeals in the past year, leaving the state Supreme Court to set and then stay their executi...

This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Richard Moore, who was sentenced to death in the 1999 fatal shooting of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg County, S.C. Moore is one of three death row prisoners in South Carolina who have run out of appeals in the past year, leaving the state Supreme Court to set and then stay their executi...

This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Richard Moore, who was sentenced to death in the 1999 fatal shooting of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg County, S.C. Moore is one of three death row prisoners in South Carolina who have run out of appeals in the past year, leaving the state Supreme Court to set and then stay their executi...

This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Richard Moore, who was sentenced to death in the 1999 fatal shooting of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg County, S.C. Moore is one of three death row prisoners in South Carolina who have run out of appeals in the past year, leaving the state Supreme Court to set and then stay their executi...

Credit: sebra/ Adobe Stock More than 36 law firms across Europe will soon welcome Ukrainian law students to their offices for three-month internships as part of an initiative spearheaded by academics and lawyers who specialise in arbitration. The initiative was founded and is being led by Patricia Louise Shaughnessy, a professor at Stockholm University in Sweden deeply involved in the interna...

NEWS RELEASE ST. PAUL — Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington announced today that Thomas Smith is the new DPS Assistant Commissioner for Law Enforcement. Mr. Smith, began his new duties on April 13, succeeds Booker Hodges who was recently named chief of the Bloomington Minn. Police Department.Mr. Smith has 39 years of experience in law enforc...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A Florida bill that prohibits doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will be signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis. Thursday, the Florida governor will sign the bill from Nacion de Fe, a church in Kissimmee. It was one of the most bitterly disputed issues of the 2022 legislative session. "We are here today to protect life. We are here to defend thos...

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, Feb. 1, 2022, in Miami. DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state moves to join a growing conservative push ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could limit access nationwide. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined...