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National

Police confirm 18 dead in Maine mass shootings, only 8 identified

Shelter-in-place orders remain as a massive manhunt is underway for the suspect.

Reversing Trump-era policy, labor board tightens rules around joint employers

Employees of companies like Amazon and McDonald's will now find it much easier to unionize.

People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center in Staten Island, New York, on Oct. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Feds launch joint operation to stem tide of fentanyl trafficking

Operation Apollo, a new joint law enforcement operation, will allow Customs and Border Protection to share intelligence with local, state, and tribal police on fentanyl producers, distributers and traffickers.

Courts & the law

Georgia’s voting maps discriminated against Black voters and must be redrawn, federal judge rules

Finding that Georgia’s electoral system is not “equally open” to Black voters, the judge ruled that Republican-created congressional and state legislative maps must be redrawn in time for the 2024 election.

TikTok wins bid to force arbitration in class action over workplace harms

A class member must enter arbitration with the third-party company she worked for over claims that she suffered emotional harm from viewing disturbing content on TikTok, a federal judge ruled.

The TikTok app icon is seen on a smartphone screen. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

New York training requirement for concealed carry license challenged in Second Circuit

A civil rights lawyer said New York's 18-hour training requirement for a concealed carry license is "excessive" and outside the intent of the Second Amendment.

Wild weather

California sees positive signs for wet winter

El Niño conditions may presage a rainy winter, but nothing is a sure thing when it comes to the weather.

Hurricane Otis leaves at least 27 dead in Mexico

Mexico's government initiated its military disaster relief operation, but analysts and relief experts say the armed forces are vastly underprepared to deal with the situation.

Cars cross a flood-damaged avenue after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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