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Judge faces legal quagmire in teen texting suicide trial

A juvenile court judge now finds himself at the center of a legal quagmire: Should he set a legal precedent in Massachusetts by convicting young woman of manslaughter for encouraging another teen to take his own life through dozens of text messages? Or should he acquit her and risk sending a message that her behavior was less than criminal?

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Health chief, 4 others charged with manslaughter in Flint

Five people, including the head of Michigan's health department, were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires' disease.

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McKinney grad named to rural affairs USDA post

An Indiana native and graduate of Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has been named to a U.S. Department of Agriculture post overseeing rural issues. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday that Anne Hazlett will lead the USDA's rural development agencies.

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Judge to hear challenge to new Indiana abortion restrictions

A federal judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit seeking to block a new Indiana law that makes it tougher for girls under age 18 to get an abortion without their parents’ knowledge. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky say portions of the new law are unconstitutional.

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9th Circuit upholds block on Trump’s travel ban

Another U.S. appeals court upheld a decision blocking President Donald Trump's revised travel ban Monday, dealing the administration another legal defeat as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a separate case on the issue.

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Canvassers charged in fake, fraudulent voter registrations

Twelve employees of a Democrat-linked group focused on mobilizing black voters in Indiana are accused of submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications ahead of last year’s general election to meet quotas, according to charging documents filed Friday.

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