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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A federal judge ruled Friday that Illinois’ restrictions on the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors are unconstitutional and barred the state from enforcing the law. State officials “have come nowhere near” demonstrating that the law passes constitutional muster, said U.S. District Court …

ATLANTA – A man wanted in Florida in the death of his ex-girlfriend climbed an 18-story crane Wednesday at a construction site and remained perched there Thursday afternoon as authorities tried to talk him down. The man got onto the crane around 5 p.m. Wednesday and indicated he was contemplating …

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – A welder’s torch sparked an explosion in an underground gas tank Friday evening, hurling a 1,000-pound asphalt chunk into the air that killed a passing driver, authorities said. At least two others were injured in the blast, including the welder and a passenger in the victim’s vehicle. …