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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five years after Brian Spaulding’s parents found him fatally shot in the home he shared with roommates, his slaying remains a mystery that seems increasingly unlikely to be solved as Portland, Oregon, police confront a spike in killings and more than 100 officer vacancies. The detective assigned to investigate the death […]

A Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the shots weren’t safe, a prosecutor said Monday.

Funding for most government agencies is about to expire and lawmakers in Washington are scrambling to prevent a government shutdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The compromise, announced by the West Virginia lawmaker and a Democratic aide, seemed to clear the way for the Senate […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis city council members are considering passing a city ordinance to prevent retail stores within the city limits from selling puppies and kittens. The legislation proposed by Memphis Animal Services comes after news that Petland is planning to open a store at The Commons at Wolfcreek. Petland is the only national pet […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn — A group of animal rights activists and animal lovers are planning to protest Saturday, trying to stop the opening of a Petland store at The Commons at Wolfcreek. The group has already collected well over 10,000 signatures on a ‘Say No to Petland in Memphis’ petition now circulating online. The woman behind […]

When the Supreme Court weighs the fate of “Obamacare,” arguments will revolve around arcane points of law like severability — whether the justices can surgically snip out part of the law and leave the rest.

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Standing on the sidelines of her son’s soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when asked how she would rate President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office. Overall, Biden is doing well, she said after a few minutes of thought. But she acknowledged her judgment is […]

Oracle, the tech giant expected to bring thousands of jobs to Nashville with a $1.2 billion investment, is among dozens of companies nationwide to oppose “harmful legislation” toward the LGBTQ community, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump’s fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president’s actions were dangerous. Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked the incoming president from receiving intelligence briefings and withheld federal […]

The COVID-19 legislation has been held up after months of dysfunction, posturing and bad faith. But talks turned serious last week as lawmakers on both sides finally faced the deadline of acting before leaving Washington for Christmas.