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(L) Screenshot taken of video provided by Charlotte Area Transit System. / (Background) Law enforcement stand guard outside of the state capitol building in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 17, 2021 (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

N.C. lawmakers work to eliminate cashless bail with ‘Iryna’s law,’ following gruesome train stabbing caught on camera

Following the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train last month, North Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation aimed at ending cashless bail for violent offenses — citing the need to strengthen public safety and prevent similar incidents in the future.

(L) US President Donald Trump (L) and Texas Governor Greg Abbott look on during a meeting with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025, following devastating flooding that ocurred in the area over the July 4 weekend. At least 120 people are dead and more than 170 still missing, following July 4 holiday weekend floods that ravaged the central Texas Hill Country -- including a river bank cluttered with children's summer camp cabins. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) AURORA, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 05: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker listens as Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall on August 05, 2025 in Aurora, Illinois. Democratic Texas lawmakers left the state on Sunday to prevent a quorum from being reached during a special session called to redistrict the state in favor of Republican candidates. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Sources: Texas Democrats set to return as Gov. Abbott concludes special redistricting session

According to sources who reached out to the press, Texas House Democrats who left the state to block a vote on the proposed new congressional maps are now planning to return. They believe they have succeeded in their goal of stopping the first special session called by Governor Greg Abbott.

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during an announcement of "LA Rises," a new public-private philanthropic initiative to support Los Angeles area wildfire recovery during a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Gov. Newsom Served With Recall Petition Calling For His Removal Following L.A. Fires Catastrophe

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been served a recall petition to remove him from office following outrage regarding the Southern California fires.

NORTHWOOD, OHIO - NOVEMBER 1: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stands to the side of the stage before speaking during a campaign event with Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Bernie Moreno on November 1, 2024 in at Spartan Northwood Warehouse in Northwood, Ohio. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Republican Bernie Moreno are deadlocked in the final stretch of the Ohio Senate race drawing more ad spending than any other Senate race in history. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

DeSantis Calls Special Session To Plan Enforcement Of Trump’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Crackdown

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative session to strategize how the state will implement President-elect Trump’s anti-illegal immigration agenda within the first 100 days of his term, emphasizing the importance of upholding the rule of law after the previous administration treated illegal immigration as an exception to enforcement.

Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. - The Court on April 14 temporarily preserved access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Utah Abortion Ban Will Remain Blocked Until Lower Court Assesses Its Constitutionality

Utah’s Supreme Court upheld an abortion ban on Thursday, keeping Utah’s previous abortion law in effect while the case challenging the ban’s constitutionality proceeds in the lower court.

Arizona's Supreme Court Revives 1864 Law Banning Abortions, Causing Backlash PHOENIX, ARIZONA - APRIL 17: Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 abortion ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona House Republicans blocked the Democrats from holding a vote to overturn the 1864 abortion ban revived last week by the Arizona Supreme Court. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Arizona: Senate Passes Repeal of 1864 Abortion Ban

The Arizona State Senate voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban that was recently ruled enforceable by the Arizona Supreme Court.