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Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Louisiana's new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments was temporarily blocked on Tuesday by a judge who called it "unconstitutional on its face and in all applications."A multi-faith group of Louisiana families with children in public schools sued the state to challenge the law, HB 71, which mandates that public schools -- from kindergarten to the collegiate level -- display […]

Coos County Sheriff's Office (HAUSER, Ore.) -- A search is underway for a 5-year-old boy in Oregon who has been missing since Saturday.Joshua McCoy went missing from his home in Hauser, according to the Coos County Sheriff's Office. He and his mother had taken a nap Saturday afternoon, but when his mother woke up around 5:30 p.m. local time, Joshua was missing, according to the sheriff's office.Joshua has autism and […]

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- The suspect accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus has waived his right to a jury trial.The judge granted the defense's motion for a bench trial for the suspect, Jose Ibarra, during a hearing in Athens-Clarke County on Tuesday.The bench trial is scheduled to begin on Friday before Judge H. Patrick Haggard, who will render a verdict in the case.Jury selection had […]