Florida bill to ban marrying first cousins fails to pass

Florida is one of more than a dozen states where marrying your first cousin is still legal.
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Florida is one of more than a dozen states where marrying your first cousin is still legal.
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The Hill
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Democratic Rep. John Garamendi on Tuesday said the Iranian regime is “still in place” amid repeated strikes from the Trump administration signaling little change for the conditions in the Middle East. “Well, it‘s certainly been successful in taking out the leadership. However, we should by now realize that there is depth in the leadership. There‘s...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday as bankers stared down the evolving economic blowback from the war in Iran. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of bank officials responsible for setting borrowing costs, maintained its baseline interest rate at a range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent. FOMC officials voted 11-1 to...

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