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WASHINGTON — People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military, according to new rules issued by the Pentagon on Tuesday. The guidance signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth updates a list of … Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two men accused of homicide and facing a potential death sentence if convicted asked Pennsylvania’s highest court Tuesday to restrict a county prosecutor’s pursuit of the death penalty, accusing him of misusing it to pressure defendants into guilty pleas or get them to turn state’s evidence. The two defendants filed a petition … Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge on Tuesday set a February trial date for a man who faces the death penalty if convicted on charges of killing three people and wounding three others in a daylong series of shootings in Memphis that was livestreamed on social media. Shelby County Judge James Jones Jr. scheduled Ezekiel … Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was among those questioned under oath this month after release of a new documentary about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor, according to a court filing. Jordan’s deposition Friday came in a federal lawsuit brought by former student athletes … Read more

Wall Street dipped in premarket trading Tuesday, but indexes remained near record highs on another big day for corporate earnings reports. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.1% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were each off 0.2%. Homebuilders were the early winners, with D.R. Horton climbing nearly … Read more

NEW YORK — A horse carriage driver was acquitted Monday of animal cruelty in a modern trial about the old-fashioned coaches that meander through New York’s Central Park. A six-person jury found Ian McKeever not guilty of overworking a horse called Ryder, who collapsed en route back to his stable on an 84-degree Fahrenheit (29-degree … Read more

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — Search teams located the site of an airplane crash that killed three people near Yellowstone National Park using the last known location of the smart watch from one of the victims, authorities said Monday. The single-engine Piper PA-28 aircraft left Montana’s West Yellowstone Airport just before midnight on Thursday, according to … Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Authorities on Monday asked for members of the public to provide surveillance footage and details from eyewitnesses as they investigate the fatal shooting of an Ole Miss freshman football player in a Memphis neighborhood after a pool party. Corey Adams, an 18-year-old defensive lineman from New Orleans, was found with a gunshot … Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. immigration authorities on Monday denied reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the country on a green card. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that Luis Leon, 82, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia immigration office, where he went to replace his lost … Read more

LOS ANGELES — Authorities are looking into whether grenades recovered from a Santa Monica apartment complex were the cause of an explosion last week at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility that killed three members of its arson and explosives unit. The three members had assisted local police following the discovery on Thursday … Read more