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Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants

The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns with the government’s reading of immigration law.

Next step for NBA is hiring women in positions of power

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sees one simple way for both the NBA and women to mark real progress in the league. Hire more women in positions of power.

Ohio districts put issue of school safety on voters’ ballots

One school district wants funding to expand mental health services. The district next door wants to hire more school resource officers. Another neighboring district wants both.

UN’s Nikki Haley to leave in latest Trump shake-up

In the latest shake-up for President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley abruptly announced Tuesday she is resigning at the end of the year, raising fresh questions about the Trump team and about the outspoken diplomat’s own political ambitions.

Court mood is jovial as Kavanaugh takes his place on bench

Brett Kavanaugh took the bench with his new Supreme Court colleagues for the first time Tuesday in a jovial atmosphere that was strikingly at odds with the tension and rancor surrounding his high-court confirmation.

Students settle suit alleging excessive force at school

A Pittsburgh-area school accused of creating a culture of verbal abuse and excessive force that allowed resource officers to shock students with stun guns and body slam them reached a settlement Tuesday in a civil-rights lawsuit.

Officers wear pink badges for breast cancer awareness

Officers with an Ohio city police department are wearing pink police badges this month to raise awareness for breast cancer.

Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh, family

Associated Press WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in – again, for the

Trump calls on Chicago to embrace stop-and-frisk policing

President Donald Trump drew an enthusiastic response from a law-and-order crowd Monday, advocating the use of “stop and frisk” policing and saying he has directed the Justice Department to work with local officials in Chicago to stem violence in the nation’s third-largest city.

Police chase ends in suspect crashing car, dying

Police in Ohio say a man they were chasing in an alleged shoplifting case crashed into a garbage truck and has died.

Openings slated in homicide trial in woman’s Lake Erie death

Opening statements are slated Tuesday in the homicide trial of a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she’d accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat.

Pa. animal welfare workers save 71 beagles crammed in small home

Animal welfare workers removed 71 beagles from a cramped house in rural Pennsylvania, where officials say a woman had been breeding them without a license before she died last month.

Social media lights up with SpaceX satellite launch

When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up.

Ohio to release 14,000 pheasants for hunters

Associated Press COLUMBUS More than 14,000 ring-necked pheasants will be released at 24 public

Kasich blames both parties for tumult over Kavanaugh

Associated Press WASHINGTON Picking up the pieces after a contentious nomination battle, the