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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats renewed their efforts Wednesday to muscle through the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, setting up a fight with Republicans that could bring partisan tensions to a climax in the evenly split Senate and become a defining issue for President Joe Biden.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — GOP lawmakers on Wednesday made good on their promise to check the authority of fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine by issuing the first override of his term after a yearlong battle over how the state should respond during a health emergency.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada legislative committee introduced a proposal Wednesday to end the death penalty with nearly identical language to a 2019 bill that stalled and never received hearings in the state Senate or Assembly.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) _ Shoe Carnival Inc. (SCVL) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $7.4 million.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that its staff saw Ethiopian government troops shooting and killing four men whom soldiers forced off a civilian bus on a road in the embattled region of Tigray.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republicans who demanded tax code changes before approval of the supplemental budget are angry that Democrats are planning to proceed with majority-only votes for the two-year budget, with or without GOP support.

SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday:

CT Boston/Norton MA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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415 PM EDT Wed Mar 24 2021

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415 PM EDT Wed Mar 24 2021

.TONIGHT...Showers. Areas of fog. Not as cool with lows in the

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GARNER, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's State Highway Patrol says that possible charges could be filed after a 6-year-old boy was believed to have been struck by a truck in the Garner area.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Florida sheriff's deputies killed a man who opened fire on them early Wednesday as they treated a gunshot victim, officials said. The victim also died.

NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Thursday, March 25, 2021

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA

416 PM EDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT

THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet.

* WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Coastal Waters

extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and

Nantucket. Читать дальше...

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — The governor signed legislation Wednesday making Virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, a dramatic shift for the commonwealth, which had the second-highest number of executions in the U.S.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A prominent highway construction trade association on Wednesday came out against a state plan to toll up to nine major bridges around Pennsylvania in need of repairs as lawmakers move to block the plan, although Gov. Tom Wolf's top transportation official disputed the trade association's criticisms.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan high school basketball referee was charged with assault Wednesday for putting his hands on a coach and pushing him with about a minute left in a close game.

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The vice president of San Francisco’s school board is under fire for tweets she wrote in 2016 that said Asian Americans use “white supremacist” thinking to get ahead and were racist toward Black students.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Federal judge rejects Ohio's effort to force Census Bureau to release redistricting data early.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iowa Democrat’s quest for Congress to overturn her state-certified defeat for a House seat is prompting awkward divisions within her party, months after its members reacted with uniform fury at Donald Trump’s unfounded drive to reverse his presidential election loss.

The tirade allegedly started after she refused to wear a mask.

Shea and Syd McGee are the breakout stars of Netflix's "Dream Home Makeover." Here's their story, plus their tips for designing your own home.

Krispy Kreme doughnuts aren't the only freebie your COVID-19 vaccination can get you in San Francisco.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A proposal in North Dakota to shield schools and teachers from lawsuits arising from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional and would spur costly and unwinnable legal fights, attorneys and education officials told state lawmakers Wednesday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president has received his first shot of the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, a move the government hopes will encourage more people to seek the Chinese vaccines, which are the only ones currently available in the country.

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were: