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The coalition’s report presents several recommendations to incentivize reforms at the state and local levels.

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The measure signed Wednesday would also prohibit the teaching of “divisive concepts,” including that someone should feel guilty because of their race or gender. Republicans said the programs deepen divisions and promote a particular political viewpoint. But opponents said it is a rollback of hard-won advances and programs that welcome underrepresented student populations.

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Fifty-three-year-old Brett McAlpin was sentenced Thursday to more than 27 years in federal prison. The sixth and final former officer who pleaded guilty is former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield. He will be sentenced later Thursday. 

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Michael Corey Jenkins and his mother Mary Jenkins (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 

Daniel Opdyke was sentenced Wednesday to 17.5 years in federal prison. Two other former deputies, Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton, were sentenced Tuesday. The other fired officers will learn their punishment later Wednesday and Thursday. 

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This $418 million settlement, expected to go into effect by July pending judicial approval, marks a significant shift in loosening the powerful trade group’s grip on America’s housing market.

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All six of the former officers pleaded guilty to several federal charges in August. They admitted subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racist torture last year. Elward admitted to shoving a gun into Jenkins’ mouth and firing in a “mock execution” that went awry.

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The justices seemed broadly skeptical Monday during nearly two hours of arguments that a lawyer for Louisiana, Missouri and other parties presented accusing officials in the Democratic administration of leaning on the social media platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view. The court’s decision in this and other social media cases could set standards for free speech in the digital age.

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The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security

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Families participating in the Childcare & Development Block Grant program will now face a cap on co-payments, limiting them to no more than 7% of their income.

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Biden says he's grateful for Fudge's “contributions toward a housing system that works for all Americans.”

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