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alifornia would end what lawmakers called an archaic distinction between spousal rape and other forms of sexual assault under identical bills backed by proponents on Monday.

Here’s who will get $1,400 stimulus checks with House set to approve $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill

There has been a change in who will get stimulus checks in Washington’s next big relief package, as President Joe Biden last week agreed to new income limits. The shift came after moderate Democratic senators voiced concerns about money going to people who aren’t in dire need.

Serial killer who was spared execution is killed in prison

A California serial killer known as the “I-5 Strangler” in the 1970s and 1980s has been killed in the prison where he was serving multiple life sentences, state correctional officials said Monday.

Arturo Di Modica, sculptor of Wall Street bull, dies at 80

The artist who sculpted Charging Bull, the bronze statue in New York which became an iconic symbol of Wall Street, has died in his hometown in Sicily at age 80. Arturo Di Modica died at his home in Vittoria on Friday evening, the town said in a statement on Saturday.

COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse

The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update.

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