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Can public money go to private schools? Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a law that would put public money into infrastructure grants for private schools, attorneys for a public education advocacy group argued Tuesday to the state Supreme Court. But one attorney representing the state and one representing private schools argued that public schools were not harmed by the $10 million …

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Judge rules escape charge against convicted murderer Cavalcante can proceed to trial

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — A district judge said Friday that Pennsylvania prosecutors have sufficient grounds to continue to press escape and other charges against a convicted murderer captured last year after two weeks on the run. The judge found there is enough evidence to forward to county court for trial all of the charges against Danilo Cavalcante, including burglary, …

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