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HERE are some of the most recent death notices to be published in the Worcester News.

Ninth Circuit eases path to citizenship for some children of naturalized U.S. citizens FacebookTwitterEmail The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. residents who were under 18 when a 1952 law was in effect were eligible for citizenship through their parents, protecting them from deportation.Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle With key votes from two appointees of former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court eased the path to citizenship Thursday for some children of naturalized U.S. ci...

Updated: 1:16 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 Holabird Academy social studies teacher Sidney Thomas is Baltimore City Public Schools 2021 Teacher of the Year.District CEO Sonja Santelises on Thursday surprised Thomas as she was teaching her class."Sidney Thomas is a dynamic teacher. Her commitment to racial equity and to supporting students as they learn is exceptional. Her unwavering passion for the work is precisely what the students of city schools need and deserve." Santelises said in a state...

The ongoing trial of a former Minnesota police officer charged in the death of George Floyd last year has the attention of people here in Floyds birthplace of Fayetteville.  Floyd, 46, a Black man, died May 25, 2020, while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prosecutors alleged in opening statements Monday that Officer Derek Chauvin killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes; more than two minutes of which Floyd was unresponsive as a crowd filming the arrest pleaded ...

When it comes to size, there’s no debating that the 9 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the biggest of its kind — in geography, population and case filings. Covering nine Western states, including California, and two U.S. territories, the federal jurisdiction decides law for some 65 million residents — nearly twice as many as the next largest circuit in the nation. But how big is too big? The debate over whether to split the behemoth 9 th Circuit in half has raged among lawmakers and le...

March 12, 2021 A federal appeals court upheld death-row inmates Robert Lee Walden’s convictions in the rapes of three Tucson woman within weeks of each other in 1991, and the murder of one of his victims. It rejected Walden’s claims that he should have been tried separately for each crime and that police influenced witnesses in the case. (Photo by Tim Evanson/Creative Commons) WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Friday upheld the convictions of an Arizona death-row inmate for the rapes o...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Gun enthusiasts view AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle upper receiver parts and kits at a 2015 gun show in Del Mar, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Ruling that struck down California ban on large-capacity gun magazines is vacated for rehearing SAN DIEGO — A recent appellate court decision that struck down California’s ban on possessing large-capacity gun magazines has been vacated as a broader panel of the court readies to rehear the San Diego-ba...

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has moved to vacate the decision of a three judge panel that ruled California’s ban on the acquisition and possession of ammunition magazines that can hold more than ten rounds violated the Second Amendment, granting a motion to rehear the case with a broader pool of judges in an opinion released Thursday afternoon. While on the surface this may look like bad news, it’s not unexpected. Virtually every pro-Second Amendment ...

Bakersfield ICE critic who alleges retaliation for free speech allowed to sue over detention FacebookTwitterEmail Edith Mata, a Bakersfield College student, speaks to a circle of supporters of Bakersfield activist Jose Bello outside the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco in 2019. Bello was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement two days after performing a poem criticizing immigration policies.Gwendolyn Wu / The Chronicle 2019 An undocumented immigrant activist who was jail...

Trump administration can limit food stamp money to poorest Californians, court rules FacebookTwitterEmail An electronic benefit transfer card, which food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press The Trump administration does not have to provide an additional $60 per month in food stamp benefits to poor Californians who now receive the maximum nationwide amount under the nutrition prog...