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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky

    Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State. “So it would be a direct voice of the people determining how the vacancy is filled,” Republican Senate President Robert Stivers said while pres

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  • USCNN

    He killed a man 26 years ago in Missouri. His husband secretly worked with investigators to get a confession

    Timothy Stephenson had an enviable life: He was married to a doctor, and they shared a $2 million home with their twin daughters in a peaceful California suburb. But Stephenson harbored a dark secret.

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  • USUSA TODAY

    Giant green anaconda found dead in the Brazilian Amazon, possibly killed by gunshot

    Despite multiple reports, the snake is not the same as the one discovered in the Ecuadorian Amazon while filming "Pole to Pole with Will Smith," professor Bryan Fry, leader of that expedition told USA TODAY.

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  • USAssociated Press

    He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

    Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his cellphone and began a social media broadcast of an anti-police rant. “Why y’all trying to kill me?” Lowery asked several Paterson police officers on his Facebook Live video feed.

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  • BusinessMoneywise

    Mom of two says she can't afford olive oil or bread — even though she and her husband both work full-time

    On the plus side, she's learned to bake her own bread.

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  • USMyrtle Beach Sun News

    Horry County hotel evacuated and closed. Guests notified that it will shut down for weeks

    Horry County officials were notified Thursday afternoon about the hotel’s decision. Guests were removed from the SC hotel.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession

    A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city’s famous Holy Week procession. “Unfortunately, up to now we have not received any help or answers,” Figueroa said.

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