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The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in South Dakota has ruled a sex crime conviction doesn’t require that there’s an actual victim. The court last week upheld the conviction of a man stemming from a sting operation during the 2017 Sturgis motorcycle rally. Carlocito Slim argued he was just looking …

Stocks clawed back losses on Friday, with the S&P 500 fending off a brief entry into bear market territory, its first in 20 years.  The S&P closed up one point, or 0.01%, to 3,901, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9 points, or 0.03%, to 31,262. The tech-heavy Nasdaq …

California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers in the state.  The increase is required by a state law passed in 2016. But it comes at a good time for Democrats in the nation’s …