Cameron Soto, 28, could have received a life sentence for selling drugs that resulted in a death.
Carol Semple
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Plan for free national park access for wounded veterans is approved
Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined with a New Hampshire colleague to propose the measure.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Virus aid talks in Congress get hung up on business liability
Republicans initially proposed a sweeping 5-year liability shield to protect companies and organizations from COVID-19-related lawsuits, but Democrats roundly dismissed that approach as a danger to workers.
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Biden’s health team offers glimpse of his COVID-19 strategy
The president-elect hopes to return the federal response to a more methodical approach, seeking results by applying scientific knowledge in what he says will be a transparent and disciplined manner.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Kansas hospital runs out of staff, as virus creates acute rural crisis
The COVID-19 crisis in small towns nationwide is particularly acute because they hospitals don’t have much of a bullpen – or many places to send patients with regional hospitals full.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
‘The people have spoken’: Michigan judge rejects lawsuit from disavowed Trump attorney
The judge notes that the case seems to be ‘more about the impact of their allegations on People’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government.’
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
With Giuliani in hospital with COVID, lawmakers who met with him scramble
The New York mayor recently attended long meetings in battleground states, to help the president try to subvert November’s vote, without wearing a mask.
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House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
Supporters say the bill would help reverse adverse effects of the decades-long ‘war on drugs,’ while opponents call it a hollow political gesture.
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Biden adjusting agenda to reflect narrow divide in Congress
Democrats acknowledge that big legislative accomplishments are unlikely, even in the best-case scenario in which the party gains a slim majority in the Senate.
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COVID-19 relief: What’s on the table as Congress seeks deal
The path forward is cluttered with obstacles, including a tight time frame and hard feelings from months of futile talks and a poisonous election.