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What to know about the case of a teen found dead on cruise ship

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy under investigation in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship was in federal court at the end of last week, but the reasons for his appearance at the South Florida courthouse have been obscured because of his age. Unlike other cases involving adults, there was no explanation for the teen’s appearance in the Miami federal court docket, or whether he has been charged with a crime, since juvenile cases are closed to the public. Juvenile cases aren’t common in federal court and they often are sent to state courts or ...

Iowa, naturalized citizens settle lawsuit over voter eligibility ahead of 2024 election

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official and a group of naturalized citizens settled a federal lawsuit Wednesday that will prevent the state from relying exclusively on driver’s license records for citizenship data in the three months before an election. The naturalized U.S. citizens sued Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate in late October 2024, alleging he infringed on their rights to vote when he directed election workers to challenge ballots from about 2,000 registered voters in an attempt to prevent people officials identified as possible noncitizens from ...

Winter drilling program in Alaska petroleum preserve can proceed, judge rules

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — ConocoPhillips Alaska can proceed with an oil and gas exploration program in a portion of a vast petroleum reserve in the state after a federal judge refused to block the project, denying a request by opponents who said it was improperly analyzed by the U.S. government ...