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More parents facing charges for their children's e-motorcycle crashes

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Parents in a growing number of communities are being held criminally responsible when their children are involved in serious accidents involving electric motorcycles.

Videos of the practice often emerge on social media showing groups of children illegally riding e-motos, often performing dangerous stunts on busy roads.

In California, it is illegal for children under 16 to ride e-motos, which have a higher-powered motor than electric bikes.

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Veterans ask federal judge to block Trump's arch unless Congress approves it

With the Trump administration signaling that work on the triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery could begin two weeks from Thursday, opponents of the project urged a federal judge to issue an order blocking the construction unless it is authorized by lawmakers. The request for a preliminary injunction comes a day after the Justice Department filed notice with a federal judge indicating that construction on the arch could begin on Nov. 5, immediately after the National Capital Planning Commission is set to grant its final approval of the project.

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Supreme Court rules New Hampshire can ban use of student IDs for voters

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections. The justices granted a Republican-backed emergency appeal and blocked the use of student IDs as a backup method of identification. New Hampshire passed a law this year that said student IDs would no longer be an expressly accepted form of identification for obtaining a ballot. The secretary of state then issued guidance barring them as a backup way to prove a voter's identity.