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A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 9, 2019. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ oversight board of Disney World has voted to claw back authority over the company’s theme park properties. The vote Wednesday, April 26, 2023, by the governor’s appointees voids a last-minute deal that placed control of theme park design and construction decisions Disney’s hands. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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DeSantis' overseas trip overshadowed by fight with Disney
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON - Associated Press
Fri,04/28/23-10:20AM , 390 Reads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hoped his first international trade mission would generate lucrative business deals and boost his foreign policy resume ahead of an expected presidential run.
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Ex-Mississippi prison official pleads to excessive force
Thu,04/27/23-5:31PM , 194 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former case manager with the Mississippi Department of Corrections has pleaded guilty to using excessive force against an inmate, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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This image provided by the Hinds County Sheriff's Office shows Jerry Raynes, who was apprehended in Spring Valley, Texas days after he and three other inmates escaped Saturday night from the Raymond Detention Center near Jackson, Mississippi's capital, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said. Raynes is the second escaped prisoner to be found in a multi-agency hunt. (Hinds County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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2nd Mississippi jail escapee found; arrested in Texas
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,04/27/23-3:04PM , 146 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail last weekend and fled to Texas after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle has been arrested in Houston, authorities announced Thursday.
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In this artist depiction, Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, center, is seated as defense attorney Brendan Kelley stands and speaks, at right, and his father Jack Michael Teixeira is seated in the witness stand, during a detention hearing in federal court, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Worcester, Mass. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy in Teixeira's detention hearing put off an immediate decision on whether he should be kept in custody until his trial or released to home confinement or under other conditions. (Margaret Small via AP)

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Guardsman in leak case wanted to kill a 'ton of people': US
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER AND TARA COPP - Associated Press
Wed,04/26/23-11:01PM , 136 Reads
WORCESTER, Mass.
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