Oher has filed a petition in a Tennessee probate court saying the couple he thought adopted him actually remain his conservators, and he asked for a full accounting of the money earned off the use of his name and story.
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Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices
As the Maui wildfire approached, residents of Lahaina were on their own, with their families and neighbors, to choose whether to stay or to run, and where to run to.
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Maine to provide retirement savings program for residents not eligible through work
A pilot version of the program is scheduled to start this fall, and the full program is expected to be phased in through January 2026.
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Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
However, it’s up to the state Legislature to determine how to bring the policy into compliance, and that leaves slim chances for immediate change in a fossil fuel-friendly state where Republicans dominate the statehouse.
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Mega Millions ticket sold in Florida wins $1.58 billion jackpot, 3rd-largest ever
A Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach sold the single winning ticket.
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Biden pitches his efforts on clean energy, infrastructure as key to reviving manufacturing jobs
The claim that the administration has bolstered U.S. manufacturing is backed by a rise in construction spending on new factories, but factory hiring has begun to slow in recent months.
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DeSantis suspends another elected Democratic prosecutor; appoints a Republican
State Attorney Monique Worrell vowed to seek reelection next year and said her removal was political and not about her performance, suggesting that the governor’s timing was to distract from his stagnant presidential campaign.
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Utah man suspected of threatening Biden is shot and killed as FBI serve warrant
Craig Deleeuw Robertson posted online Monday that he had heard the president was coming to Utah and he was planning to dig out a camouflage suit and ‘clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle.’
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Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80
The Band profoundly influenced popular music in the 1960s and ’70s as they fashioned a new sound immersed in the American past.
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Unprecedented damage from storms this year is upending the insurance industry
The storms in the U.S. were so severe, there were 10 that resulted in damages of $1 billion or more, and Texas was the state most severely effected.