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Lawyers for one of the defendants in the trial of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have asked prosecutors for a plea deal, Arbery family attorney Lee Merritt told CBS News. Merritt said the prosecution “turned it down — flat out.” The request came from attorneys for William “Roddie” Bryan — the …

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week, reaching a new pandemic low of 268,000. U.S. jobless claims dipped by 1,000 last week from the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The applications for unemployment aid are a proxy for layoffs, and their …

A New York State ethics panel voted Tuesday to rescind approval of former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 memoir, potentially setting up a legal showdown over millions of dollars in proceeds from the book. Members of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics voted 12-1 for a resolution stating that Cuomo’s July …