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Bill promotes benefits for women veterans

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced a bill to encourage female veterans to take advantage of health care and other benefits available to them after leaving the military.

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R. Kelly lawyers barred from talking about new evidence

A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday barred attorneys from divulging new evidence in R. Kelly’s child pornography case, saying he wants to ensure the celebrity case isn’t tried in the media.

Biden likely focus of attacks in debate round 2 for Dems tonight

Joe Biden has read all the modifiers in front of his front-runner status: shaky, fragile, vulnerable. He’ll try to leave the debate stage tonight with a more positive adjective attached to his name.

 
Bloody car, Walmart vest lead to suspect in Georgia machete attack

Police say a machete-wielding man accused of attacking a customer in a gas station parking lot was apprehended after he left his Walmart employee vest and name badge behind, and blood stains were later found on his car.

Ohio woman, 79, sentenced to jail for feeding stray cats

A judge wants to take a second look at a 10-day jail sentence given to a 79-year-old woman for refusing to stop feeding stray cats in her suburban Cleveland neighborhood.