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The man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana to have an abortion he pleaded guilty to one count of rape on Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to life in prison. Gerson Fuentes, 28, was charged with two felony rape in an indictment filed in Franklin County, Ohio, last year in a case that made national headlines following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Fuentes, a Guatemalan national, confessed to raping the girl in an interview with police, according to documents filed in Franklin County Municipal Court. He was charged with the rape of a minor and…

Republican Ken Paxton, who was suspended as Texas attorney general in May following his impeachment trial by the GOP-controlled state House, does not plan to testify in his Senate trial, his lawyer says. His lead attorney, Tony Buzbee, said in a statement that Paxton was "impeached by the kangaroo court in the Texas House of Representatives" and that Paxton "will not dignify the House's illegal action by testifying."“The House has ignored precedent, denied him the opportunity to prepare his defense, and now wants to ambush him on the floor of the Senate,” Buzbee said Monday in the statement. "They were…

TO soccer fan was seriously injured over the weekend after being stabbed during a violent fight that broke out in the stands of Levi's Stadium during a CONCACAF Gold Cup match between Mexico and Qatar. The Santa Clara Police Department issued a statement Monday requesting any information related to the stabbing in Levi's Stadium on Sunday night which resulted in the hospitalization of a man with an apparent stab wound. Mexico fans fight in the stands during a match against Qatar during the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Levi's Stadium on July 2, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Alvaro Avila/Jam Media/Getty…

A proposed amendment to enshrine abortion access in the Ohio Constitution is almost certain to appear on the November ballot, after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates submitted the required number of signatures on Wednesday.The groups, Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom and Protect Choice Ohio, had until Wednesday to collect about 413,000 valid signatures (10% of the total votes cast in the last gubernatorial race, under Ohio law) on at least 44 of the 88 counties in the state to have the amendment placed on the ballot.State officials must now review the signatures for duplicates and other potential errors. (Signatures may…