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An organization that won a Nobel Peace Prize for its support of Holocaust refugees is on a list of organizations whose staff may be denied entry to Israel.
The FBI was unable last year to get access to the contents of more than half the electronic devices seized for evidence, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday.
The FBI was unable last year to get access to the contents of more than half the electronic devices seized for evidence, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday.
The FBI was unable last year to get access to the contents of more than half the electronic devices seized for evidence, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday.
Voting Rights for Millions at Risk in Supreme Court Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a monumental case that will impact voting rights.
The case, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), challenges a procedure the state of Ohio uses to remove voters from the registration rolls based on their failure to vote. The precedent set by this Supreme Court case will have ramifications for voting rights for generations and, if the court decides against APRI, it could potentially harm entire swaths of the voting public.
APRI argues that Ohio’s voter purge procedure violates the National Voter Registration Act—sometimes called the Motor Voter law—which prohibits a state from removing a person from the voter registration rolls because of that person’s failure to vote. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with APRI that Ohio’s removal procedure violates federal law, which prompted Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in. Under Ohio’s process, if a registered voter does not vote or update their registration during a two-year period, the county board of elections will send...
Elite gymnast Maggie Nichols says she was the first to report abuse by Larry Nassar to USA Gymnastics.
Residents were waking up to numerous structural fires reported in one neighborhood in Montecito, where a gas line broke, officials said.
The year's first major rainstorm is testing areas where scorched land has lost vegetation that could soak up the water.
An investigation is under way, but there is no initial indication of sabotage or other interference, two officials said.
A flash flood watch remains in effect overnight through Thursday night as a big storm is expected to pound Southern California.
