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Texas wants Planned Parenthood to repay millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements, fines

by PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

Planned Parenthood argues the attempt to recoup at least $17 million is a new effort to weaken the organization.

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Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old used gun to shoot teacher

by BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

The case is one of three legal efforts seeking accountability, including the teacher’s $40 million lawsuit that accuses the school system of gross negligence.

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Mar-a-Lago property manager pleads not guilty to charges in Trump’s classified documents case

by CURT ANDERSON and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

He pleaded not guilty to scheming to try to delete security footage sought by investigators.

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Georgia court website publishes, then takes down, list of criminal charges against Trump

by KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press August 15, 2023

Court officials in Atlanta published a list of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump

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How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible Georgia charges against Trump

by KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press August 15, 2023

A district attorney is widely expected to use Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law to charge Trump and others for allegedly conspiring to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

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Russia’s central bank makes huge interest rate hike to try to prop up falling ruble

by DAVID McHUGH Associated Press August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

Russia’s ruble has tumbled. What does it mean for the wartime economy?

Nation & World, News

Mobile morgue arrives to assist in identification of 101 confirmed dead in Maui wildfires

by CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

A week after a blaze tore through historic Lahaina, many survivors started moving into hundreds of hotel rooms set aside for displaced locals while donations of food, ice, water and other essentials poured in.

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How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump

by KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

The indictment district attorney Fani Willis brought late Monday against Trump and 18 associates was the most sprawling case detailing the former president’s desperate efforts to remain in power after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.