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WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted down a proposed constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court at nine seats, with the measure falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. The vote was 212-206. All but one Democrat voted against it, as openness…
A federal judge reinforced the constitutional right to birthright citizenship Wednesday, blocking President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to limit it. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in a 35-page ruling that Trump’s August order seeking to limit which people born in the U.S. can…
PORTLAND, Maine — Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Platner, who won the nomination in…
In one of the largest basketball-related penalties ever levied against an NBA franchise in the league’s history, the NBA on Wednesday fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and star Kawhi Leonard $700,000, suspended the team’s owner, Steve Ballmer, and two top executives and stripped…
Authorities in California are searching for a teenager accused of killing a baby last month that was conceived as a result of her father’s sexual abuse, law enforcement officials said. Officials with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said they were also searching for the 14-year-old’s…
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended the fifth day of deliberations with no verdict, saying Wednesday they were deadlocked a second time — and the judge could declare a mistrial if they’re deadlocked a third time. Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan sent…
Two people were killed and others were injured, including three police officers, after a shooting in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, officials said. The suspected shooter is also dead, police Sgt. Garrett Parten said. Police responded to an “active shooting” near 15 E. Grant St. at…
Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. A cause of death was not given. “It is with profound sadness that we…
“Avengers: Doomsday” going into production without a finished script did not faze directors Joe and Anthony Russo. As the former recently told the Associated Press: “We always view the script as a living organism.” “We’re improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors,” Joe maintained. “We like to see what…
Hollywood is living through “the friggin’ salad days,” as Ryan Reynolds puts it, after experiencing the biggest summer at the box office since COVID, thanks to blockbusters like “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey.” Last month, the “Deadpool” star personally congratulated the cast and…