Colorado electors appeal ruling that binds them to Clinton
DENVER (AP) - Two Colorado electors are appealing a judge's ruling that they must vote for the presidential candidate who won their state's popular vote. The electors filed an appeal with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver after a federal judge Monday ruled they had to follow Colorado law and vote for the…
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Iowa Supreme Court upholds rezoning of Field of Dreams site
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for a baseball complex to be built at the "Field of Dreams" site in Dyersville. Friday's ruling upholds a lower court decision that the City Council acted properly when it rezoned the property from agricultural to commercial. Some Dyersville residents had…
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In confession, Roof said he planned to kill self
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Dylann Roof told FBI agents in his confession to killing nine black church members in Charleston last year the he planned to kill himself but changed his mind when no police officers showed up immediately after the shooting. Roof was arrested the following day in North Carolina. His recorded confession was played…
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Former astronaut, US Sen. John Glenn of Ohio has died at 95
(AP ) - Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has died in Ohio. He was 95. Glenn became a national hero in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Hank Wilson with the John Glenn School of Public Affairs says Glenn died Thursday afternoon at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus.…
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Ohio House committee votes to pass 20-week abortion ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio House committee has voted to pass a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. The committee voted Wednesday night to pass the ban, which now heads to the full House for consideration Thursday. That follows House approval Tuesday night of the so-called heartbeat bill, which would prohibit abortions…
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