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WASHINGTON – A decades-long effort to keep politicians from drawing district lines that entrench themselves and their parties in power faltered Monday at the Supreme Court, as justices sidestepped the question of when extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional. In considering ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A long-awaited report on marijuana will recommend that New York legalizes the drug, the state’s top health official said Monday. While the report has not yet been finalized, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said its authors reached ...

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With undergraduate degrees in theater and English, plus a minor in documentary film, Greta K. Kolcon started law school, planning on a “JD-advantaged” career as the head of an arts organization. But that all changed after a short stint as ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is resolving partisan redistricting cases from Wisconsin and Maryland without ruling on the broader issue of whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party. The justices unanimously ruled against Wisconsin Democrats ...

WASHINGTON – If Roger Stone and Michael Caputo told investigators what they said publicly, they could have real problems. The Washington Post’s Manuel Roig-Franzia and Rosalind S. Helderman broke a significant story Sunday that added to the list of undisclosed ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday the president might pardon his jailed, onetime campaign chairman and others ensnared in the Russia investigation once special counsel Robert Mueller’s work wraps up, if he believed they were treated ...

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Another defendant in the 5 LINX fraud case is considering a plea agreement offered by federal prosecutors. Jeb Tyler, a former 5 LINX vice president, is scheduled to be in U.S. District Court on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate David G. ...

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The FBI agent who was removed from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign for sending anti-Trump texts intends to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and any other congressional committee that asks, his attorney said in ...

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Jill Cicero, the outgoing president of the Monroe County Bar Association, on Thursday announced a new effort to confront gender bias in the legal profession. During remarks at the MCBA’s annual dinner at the Hyatt Regency Rochester, Cicero said her ...

A Rochester man imprisoned more than five years for a drive-by shooting was freed Wednesday after a key witness refused to testify and state Supreme Court Judge Alex R. Renzi dismissed all charges. Phillip H. Owens, 32, was accused of ...

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WASHINGTON – A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail – a major blow for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and ...

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A man who was convicted of sexual abuse for fondling children’s feet in two libraries has been granted a new trial because the evidence used against him included a videotaped statement and grand jury testimony that should have been suppressed. ...