Justices won't hear death penalty case, removing obstacle for federal executions to resume ; This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why. ; Caregivers on the front lines in nursing homes risk health, safety during pandemic; Pelosi, Schumer seek negotiations on new relief bill ; Ex-Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd's death get tentative trial date in March 2021; Senate defense bill may challenge Trump on renaming military bases with Confederate names; Man accused of being 'Golden State Killer' pleads guilty; What we know about Russia's bounties on U.S. troops — and Trump's response; Trump says U.S. intelligence did not find reports of Russian bounties credible; Cam Newton plays for Bill Belichick now, and the possibilities are endless
The law was virtually identical to a Texas statute the court struck down in 2016. But the court's membership has grown more conservative, and partisans on both sides of the issue saw the case as a test of whether the court is going to stand by its precedents on abortion rights.
The court said it would not take up the challenge to new federal death penalty protocols proposed by the Justice Department, which is set to resume executions in July for the first time since 2003.
More than four months into the pandemic, nursing home caregivers say they have been largely left to fend for themselves even as outbreaks of the coronavirus continue to overwhelm facilities across the country.
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Joseph DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty to multiple murders and dozens of other crimes Monday, finally bringing to a close a brutal string of slayings and rapes that terrorized California in the 1970s and '80s.
Here are the events that preceded the intelligence community's conclusion about the bounties, and what President Trump has said about Russia since then.
The Patriots' coach has never had a starting quarterback with Newton's talents, and how he could employ the former MVP should excite football fans everywhere.
