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Sea route near Oman is expanding to facilitate more traffic through Strait of Hormuz, US Navy says

Saturday, June 27 by SRN News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that a route through the Strait of Hormuz near Oman's shores is expanding to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic. The announcement by the Joint Maritime Information Center... Read More.

Dangerous weather hampers firefighters and leads to fireworks bans in western US

Saturday, June 27 by SRN News

Hot, dry and windy conditions are fueling a fast-moving wildfire in Utah, forcing the governor to declare an emergency and restrict fireworks as critical weather across the West gives way to mounting concerns that anything could cause a spark. Firefighters are facing more challenges... Read More.

States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage them for health plans

Saturday, June 27 by SRN News

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them,... Read More.

Complaint seeks answers on Scouting America’s transgender policy after Pentagon deal

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - A gay rights activist is suing the Department of Defense to answer a simple question: Did Scouting America actually agree to ban transgender members in a deal with the Pentagon? James Dale, who filed a complaint in a New York City... Read More.

Polygamous sect leader convicted of abuse charges after girls found in trailer on Arizona highway

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was convicted Friday on state child abuse charges after girls were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. Someone alerted authorities about the... Read More.

Newly released video shows Connecticut prison officers striking inmate before he died

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut prison inmate J'Allen Jones was suffering a mental health crisis in 2018 when correctional officers struck him multiple times, stripped him naked, put a spit bag over his head and sprayed pepper spray at his face shortly before he... Read More.

A Minnesota man accused in a $250M fraud scheme has been taken into custody in Somalia

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Authorities say a Minnesota man charged with helping to orchestrate a $250 million fraud scheme has been taken into custody in Somalia. Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 42, of Burnsville, Minnesota, was taken into custody Thursday in Mogadishu, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said... Read More.

New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

New Mexico's attorney general on Friday opened a criminal investigation to determine whether U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque. The extraordinary inquiry comes less than a week after... Read More.

Texas state school board approves mandated reading list including Bible passages

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

June 26 (Reuters) - The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved mandated reading lists for public school children that include passages from the Bible - the latest effort by leaders there to infuse the education system with conservative and religious ideals. The Republican-dominated... Read More.

California appeals court upholds Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, but says he must be resentenced

Friday, June 26 by SRN News

LOS ANGELES (AP) - An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered his trial judge to resentence him. A three-judge panel from the California's 2nd District Court of Appeal unanimously issued the decision. "We... Read More.

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Sea route near Oman is expanding to facilitate more traffic through Strait of Hormuz, US Navy says

Dangerous weather hampers firefighters and leads to fireworks bans in western US

States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage them for health plans

Complaint seeks answers on Scouting America’s transgender policy after Pentagon deal

Polygamous sect leader convicted of abuse charges after girls found in trailer on Arizona highway

Newly released video shows Connecticut prison officers striking inmate before he died

A Minnesota man accused in a $250M fraud scheme has been taken into custody in Somalia

New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets

California appeals court upholds Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, but says he must be resentenced

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