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FILE - This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for carrying out the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. The most prominent step on the death penalty by an administration led by a president who pledged during campaigning to eradicate capital punishment came this week when it asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence. (FBI via AP, File)
Biden's silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray

By Michael Tarm Jun. 18, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is the latest sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
GOP needs new health care target; 'Obamacare' survives again

By Alan Fram Jun. 18, 2021 12:35 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Diversity finds another enemy: The Florida Supreme Court In a...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
Anderson Herald Bulletin. May 26, 2021. Editorial: Setting an example on redistricting Groups such as Common Cause and...

A student looks for his document stating a negative COVID-19 self-test as a teacher waits at the entrance of the school in Athens, Monday, May 10, 2021. More than 1.1 million pupils and 127,300 teachers returned to school on Monday as primary and junior high school reopened its doors with mandatory home self-tests. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
Greece welcomes young students back to school; courts reopen

By Elena Becatoros May. 10, 2021 07:37 AM EDT

Fidel Martinez stands for a portrait at one of his former worksites in Minneapolis on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Martinez worked for a demolition contractor in the fall of 2020, demolishing several Walgreens stores and other structures. Martinez said the contractor owed him and his co-workers more than $20,000. His boss kept telling him the money was coming, but he would get his paychecks weeks late, and many of them he didn't get at all. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it

By Alexia Fernández Campbell And Joe Yerardi May. 04, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Daily Record. April 25, 2021. Editorial: Victims have waited long enough, open Pennsylvania’s courtroom doors ...

Some push to kill off PA regulations halted during pandemic

By Mark Scolforo Apr. 27, 2021 08:11 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania put on ice hundreds of state government regulations during the pandemic, but policymakers are starting to weigh whether any...

Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 02:13 AM EDT
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. April 1, 2021. Editorial: Court’s ruling narrower than many think This week’s ruling from...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Mar. 19, 2021 04:16 PM EDT
New London Day. March 18, 2021. Editorial: Legislative approval of deal looks like a good bet The deal announced...

Republican state Sen. Kelly Anthon addresses the House State Affairs Committee, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. The committee approved legislation aimed at trimming an Idaho governor's powers during declared emergencies while increasing the Legislature's power. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)
House panel OKs legislation to trim Idaho governor's powers

Keith Ridler Mar. 17, 2021 03:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2015 file photo, Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, then head of Israel's ZAKA rescue service, center, stands stands at the scene of a shooting attack by a Palestinian gunman, in Jerusalem. On Sunday, March 14, 2021, the Israeli police announced that the force's major crimes unit, Lahav 433, had opened an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against Meshi-Zahav. In recent days, some 20 people have come forward with claims that he was a savage sexual predator who assaulted men, women and children for years. (AP Photo Oded Balilty, File)
Sex abuse allegations pile up against Israeli rescue chief

By Ilan Ben Zion Mar. 16, 2021 02:07 AM EDT

Seattle teachers' union balks at school return plan

Mar. 01, 2021 02:46 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle public teachers’ union has filed unfair labor practice complaints against the city school district over actions it took to try to...

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
AG nominee Garland vows Capitol riot will be top priority

By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 22, 2021 12:56 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb. 7, 2021. Editorial: Gov. Wolf’s Pa. budget includes bold proposals. Now it requires bold action ...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2021 08:53 AM EST
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ Feb. 10 The Greenwood Commonwealth on state...

Venezuelan Michael Ostis, 33, repairs a bicycle, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Colombia said Monday it will register hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and refugees currently in the country without papers, in a bid to provide them with legal residence permits and facilitate their access to health care and legal employment opportunities. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Venezuelan migrants welcome new Colombian protection measure

By Manuel Rueda Feb. 09, 2021 08:44 PM EST

Christina Bollo of Urbana, Illinois, holds a sign as she protests the execution of Corey Johnson, near the Federal Correctional Complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty

By Michael Tarm Feb. 07, 2021 07:45 AM EST

Recent Kansas editorials

Jan. 05, 2021 09:10 AM EST
The Kansas City Star, Jan. 3 A 5-foot-9-inch, 250-pound white male accused of sexually assaulting dozens of mostly poor Black women is at...

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2018, then-acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan speaks to reporters at the Kentucky Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Ky. Acting on suggestions from hospitals, doctors and patients, U.S. health officials on Dec. 10, 2020, are proposing changes to medical privacy rules that could ease information sharing in crisis situations. (AP Photo/Adam Beam, File)
Medical privacy changes would smooth info sharing in crises

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Dec. 10, 2020 11:00 AM EST