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Washington — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who helms the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested Chief Justice John Roberts appear before the panel on May 2 to answer questions about ethics rules governing the Supreme Court and potential reforms following a series of revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’ close ties to a …

Southwest Airlines has resumed flights after grounding all planes in the U.S. following a technology glitch. In a statement at 11 a.m. Eastern time, the budget carrier said it had “resumed operations” after requesting a ground stop Tuesday morning “to work through data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure.” …

Latonya Allen was chaperoning her daughter’s Sweet 16 party at a small dance studio in Dadeville, Alabama, when rumors started spreading that someone had a gun. Allen temporarily stopped the party, turned the lights on and told people if they were over 18 and had a gun they had to …