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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Six Colorado voters who argue that Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency because he engaged in insurrection urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold a judicial ruling that bars him from the state’s Republican primary ballot. The plaintiffs filed the brief as the justices prepare to hear …

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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors have charged dozens of people across the nation with taking part in major drug trafficking operations, including a narcotics ring run by a California prison inmate, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. In all, 195 people from 10 states face drug charges in several cases filed …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Michigan prosecutors told jurors on Thursday that the mother of a boy who carried out a 2021 high school shooting failed to do several “tragically small and easy things” that could have prevented four deaths. Jennifer Crumbley, 45, and her 47-year-old husband James Crumbley, who will be tried separately next month, …

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(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said prison officials had killed Kenneth Smith, a convicted murderer, on Thursday evening, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections. The state has called its new protocol “the most painless and humane method of execution …

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By Tim Reid and Helen Coster (Reuters) – A resolution presented to the Republican National Committee on Thursday to declare Donald Trump the party’s presumptive presidential nominee was abruptly withdrawn hours later after objections from Trump. The RNC, which oversees Republican elections, had been set to consider the proposal next week to declare former President …

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