His lawyers submitted the application to Justice Clarence Thomas, who oversees emergency matters from Florida and other Southern states.
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U.S. Mint likely to put Lewiston’s Bernard Lown on a dollar coin in 2024
The inventor of the defibrillator, educated at Lewiston High School, to represent Maine in the American Innovations coin program
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Flint water crisis charges dropped for 7 former officials
The city started using water from the Flint River in 2014 but failed to treat it for its corrosive qualities.
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The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a parody.
The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.
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Iconic Goodwill stores get serious with online treasures for thrifters
GoodwillFinds, a newly incorporated shopping venture, is making roughly 100,000 donated items available for purchase online and expanding Goodwill’s internet presence.
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Three physicists share Nobel Prize for work that could make computers super fast
Their work settles a debate about quantum mechanics between Albert Einstein and famed physicist Niels Bohr. It turns out Einstein was wrong.
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Trucker strike raises concerns about disrupted food delivery in New England
A Massachusetts industry group representing about 400 nursing homes and assisted living residences said Tuesday that the truckers’ strike has raised concerns but that she has not heard of any missed deliveries.
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Supreme Court hears case that could affect minority voting power across U.S.
In the latest showdown over the federal Voting Rights Act, lawsuits seek to force Alabama to create a second Black majority congressional district.
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Retreating Russians leave their comrades’ bodies behind
Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they left the bodies of their comrades in the streets.
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Musk offers to end legal fight, pay $44 billion to buy Twitter
However, the social media giant has options and doesn’t have to accept the Tesla CEO’s offer.