Three University of Wyoming swimmers killed and two injured in highway crash

Three University of Wyoming swimming and diving team members died in a car crash Thursday afternoon, the school announced.  The single-vehicle crash unfolded at the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Red Mountain Road between Livermore and Virginia Dale, Colorado, near the Wyoming-Colorado border, the university said in a news release.  The students were identified…

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Alabama IVF ruling: lawmakers are planning legislation to ‘protect’ IVF after state Supreme Court ruling, sources say. Here’s the latest

CNN  —  Fallout continues in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling last week that frozen embryos are children – an unprecedented decision that critics say could have a chilling effect on access to IVF treatments in the state. Here are the latest developments: A bipartisan effort is underway in the Alabama House and…

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Trump’s lawyers call for dismissal of classified documents case, citing presidential immunity – Boston Herald

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution even as that sweeping argument has so far in failed in federal appeals courts in a separate case. In one of a slew…

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RFK Jr. slams Maine’s Bellows as ‘partisan hack’ in lawsuit

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sued Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows after election officials barred the independent presidential candidate from collecting ballot access signatures inside polling places during the March 5 presidential primary. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Bangor, Maine  Wednesday, slams Bellows as a “Democrat partisan hack” who is “disinterested in…

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Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan – Boston Herald

By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE (Associated Press) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip, according to a long-awaited postwar plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was swiftly rejected Friday by Palestinian leaders and runs counter to Washington’s vision for the war-ravaged enclave. Prime…

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Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling – Boston Herald

By PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY (Associated Press) When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind. By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state separation, while delighting religious…

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