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The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the ...

74-year-old man becomes oldest inmate executed in modern Florida history

By DAVID FISCHER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida's modern history on Thursday, and the state is scheduled to execute another 74-year-old inmate next month. Dusty Ray ...

Montana DEQ works toward impairment designation for Big Hole River

By AMANDA EGGERT/Montana Free Press The Big Hole River, a blue-ribbon fishery that's become a focal point in a years-long debate over nuisance algae growth, is poised to receive an impairment designation. At an open-house meeting in Divide on Tuesday, the Montana Department of Environmental ...

A giraffe named Gracie escaped in Texas. No one can seem to find her

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press A giraffe named Gracie is missing in Texas, and the search for her has become a tall order. Gracie, who is about 3 years old, has been missing for nearly two weeks after escaping her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch in the Texas Hill Country, said Vic ...

DeWine vetoes bill requiring photo ID for mail voting in Ohio

By ANDREW TOBIAS/Signal Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a new Republican-passed bill that would have required Ohioans to show a photo ID to vote by mail. DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for ...

17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A coalition of 17 states and a trade association representing U.S. wholesalers and distributors have sued California to block the enforcement of a stringent recycling law that aims to reduce plastic packaging waste. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, argues that ...