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Michigan judge sentences Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in the parking lot

By ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters, ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring arrives. Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart and ...

Bondi orders federal inmate transferred to Oklahoma for execution

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump's newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, has ordered the transfer of a federal inmate to Oklahoma so he can be executed, following through on Trump's sweeping executive order to more actively support the ...

Salt Lake City names leaders for 2034 Olympic organizing committee

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah House speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Brad Wilson is the new CEO of the Utah Olympic organizing committee. The group, which is hosting the Winter Games in 2034, announced its leadership team Friday. Fraser Bullock will serve as executive chair and ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postpones 3 executions scheduled for this year

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state's unofficial death penalty moratorium once again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that had been scheduled for this year. The governor's announcement again cited the state's inability to secure the drugs ...