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Heirs Gain New Shield From Predatory Real Estate Speculators

Mae Lee Massey stand in front of her brick row house childhood home in The Bronx.

Tweaks in a state law guiding how property gets divided after its owner dies stand to make a big difference for heirs whose family homes are targets for predatory real estate speculators. The changes to New York’s 2019 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act went into effect Friday and were prompted by an investigative series […]

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U.S. Secret Service director resigns amid fury over agency failures in protecting Trump

Cheatle’s resignation follows an intense congressional hearing where Democrats and Republicans demanded she step down after they grew dissatisfied with her answers about how a gunman was able to get within shooting range of the former president.

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Fired UIHC resident faces sentencing for violating patient privacy laws

A fired University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics resident is now facing sentencing for violating federal patient privacy laws at two Iowa hospitals. Dr. Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez Roman, 34, formerly of Iowa City, was indicted in April on a charge of wrongfully obtaining individually identifiable health information under false pretenses for personal gain or malicious […]

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Chancellor who oversaw Pa. state university restructuring to resign in October

The chancellor of Pennsylvania’s state-owned university system said he will resign in October after overseeing a partial restructuring of the 10-school system as it faced enrollment declines. In an open letter to students and faculty, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Chancellor Dan Greenstein said he is resigning to pursue a “compelling opportunity … […]

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Iowa six-week abortion ban to take effect Monday, judge orders

The Iowa law banning most abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy will take effect Monday, July 29, an Iowa district judge ruled Tuesday. District Judge Jeffrey Farrell said in an order that the injunction currently blocking the law from enforcement will be lifted at 8 a.m. Monday. The order comes a day after […]

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