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March 13, 2024

Voters in 2020 battleground state lean towards Trump in 2024: poll

A new poll showed former President Donald Trump ahead of President Biden by a 5.4-point margin among likely North Carolina voters after Super Tuesday.

March 13, 2024

Voters elect Columbia County commissioner to fill Georgia House vacancy

In Georgia's State House District 125, voters selected Columbia County Commissioner Gary Richardson over conservative commentator C.J. Pearson to fill a vacant seat.

March 13, 2024

Florida man arrested after allegedly attacking victim with machete: 'I don't wanna go back to jail'

A Florida man was arrested after he stabbed his roommate with a machete and a small knife following a dispute over a cell phone, according to deputies.

March 13, 2024

'Late-term fetus' discovered in Virginia pond, police immediately launch death investigation

Authorities in Virginia have opened a death investigation after a deceased baby was found in a pond in Leesburg. Police are seeking the public's help to find answers.

March 13, 2024

Senate Republicans introduce Laken Riley Act, urge immediate consideration of 'commonsense' bill

Two Senate Republican on Tuesday introduced the Laken Riley Act, a measure requiring ICE to arrest and detain illegal immigrants charged with local theft or burglary.

March 13, 2024

Suspect in LSU student attack claims victim's romantic history 'crucial' to defense

A lawyer representing one of LSU student Madison Brooks's alleged rapists claimed it's crucial to speak to a man Brooks supposedly had consensual sex before the alleged rape

March 13, 2024

Georgia men charged with bombing woman's home, planning to use python to eat her daughter

Two Georgia men were indicted after allegedly bombing a woman's home and plotting to have a "python eat the victim's daughter," prosecutors said.

March 12, 2024

Former Alabama Republican US Rep. Robert Terry Everett dies at 87

Former Republican Congressman Terry Everett, who represented Alabama's 2nd District for eight terms, passed away at the age of 87.

March 12, 2024

Florida man arrested, charged with sexual assault a month after release, registering as sex offender: sheriff

A Florida man who finished a prison term on Dec. 31, 2023, for sexually assaulting a child, allegedly raped a woman in February as she walked home.

March 12, 2024

This couple lost their home after police seized their cash. A jury awarded them $1 million

Alabama police raided Greg and Teresa Almond's home in 2018 without a warrant, seizing cash and valuables. Now a jury has awarded the couple $1 million in damages.