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A woman who was a public official in a Michigan community admitted Wednesday that she broke a seal on a ballot box to ensure that votes could not be recounted in her 2020 race, prosecutors said. Kathy Funk, 59, pleaded no contest to misconduct in office, a felony, under an agreement that includes no time in jail. Funk, a Democrat, was the Flint Township clerk in 2020 with responsibility over elections.

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The jury found Vaught, a former nurse, guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication. Last week, a jury found her guilty of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect. After the guilty verdict, the two candidates hoping to replace Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk issued their own statements condemning the prosecution. Candidate Sara Beth Myers issued a statement vowing not to criminally charge medical professionals "for mistakes that amount to civil malpractice." Funk said that Vaught’s homicide conviction means she will never practice medicine again, which is what Murphey’s family wanted.

The homicide conviction of a former Tennessee nurse for a medication error that killed a patient has become a flashpoint in the campaign for Nashville district attorney.

A former township clerk and current county elections supervisor in Michigan has been charged with ballot tampering in the August 2020 primary. Kathy Funk also is charged with misconduct in office, the Michigan attorney general's office said late Friday.

When Republican lawmakers in Tennessee blocked a policy to ease up on low-level marijuana cases, Nashville's top prosecutor decided on a workaround: He just didn't charge anyone with the crime. Meanwhile, in Georgia, the Gwinnett County solicitor vowed not to punish anyone for the crime of distributing food or water to voters in line. Tampa’s chief prosecutor says a law that allows law enforcement to detain protesters until their court date is “an assault on our democracy.”

At age 82, the aviation pioneer was once denied a chance to become an astronaut because of her gender. On Tuesday, her dream of seeing what lies beyond Earth was achieved.

Wally Funk, a member of the Mercury 13 group of women who trained as astronauts, took her first trip into Earth’s orbit Tuesday.

Blue Origin shared a video of the weightless experience showing the four crew floating about the spacecraft and rejoicing at the views of Earth from the large windows.

At 82 years old, Wally Funk became the oldest person to fly to space on Tuesday. Funk was one of four crew members to take a trip to space on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard vehicle . The flight marked Blue Origin’s first human flight to space, making way for civilians to travel to space. READ: Wally Funk to finally to go to space thanks to Jeff BezosFunk was invited on the trip by Bezos. Bezos said Funk was at the top of her class as part of the “Mercury 13 Woman in Space Program” in 1961.

Her pathway to the stars was not an easy one.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos will launch into space in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship.

An 82-year-old Mercury 13 aviator and an 18-year-old physics student will fly on the all-civilian crew.

Her pathway to the stars was not an easy one.

Her pathway to the stars was not an easy one.

Pioneering aviator Wally Funk is set to beat one of John Glenn's spaceflight records.

Heading to space In this 2019 photo made available by NASA, Mercury 13 astronaut trainee Wally Funk visits the Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Funk is being called an “honored guest.” Bezos shared the news of Funk’s selection on Instagram. Mercury 13 FILE - In this 1995 file photo, members of the FLATs, also known as the Mercury 13, gather for a photo as they attend a shuttle launch in Florida. From left are Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman. Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos has chosen Funk, an early female aerospace pioneer, to rocket into space with him later this month.

Branson announced Thursday he'll be aboard his company's space plane on its next test, scheduled for July 11. Bezos is scheduled to fly aboard his New Shepard on July 20.

Wally Funk has been ready to become an astronaut for six decades.

The historic journey will see her become the oldest person to ever fly to space.

"I can hardly wait," said Wally Funk, one of the "Mercury 13" female aviators rejected by NASA in the 1960s, who will finally get to fly in space.

Aviator Wally Funk wanted to be an astronaut in the earliest days of spaceflight. Sixty years later, she'll finally go to space with Blue Origin on July 20.

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has chosen a female aerospace pioneer to blast off into space with him later this month. Wally Funk, denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender, will join Mr Bezos in Blue Origin's New Shephard rocket. The company announced on Thursday that the 82-year-old pilot would be aboard the July 20 launch from West Texas, flying in the capsule for the 10-minute hop as an "honoured guest". She will join Mr Bezos, his brother and the winner of a chari

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has chosen an early female aerospace pioneer — an 82-year-old pilot denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender — to rocket into space with him later this month. Funk is among the so-called Mercury 13 women who went through astronaut training in the 1960s, but never made it to space — or even NASA’s astronaut corps — because they were female. At age 82, Funk will become the oldest person to launch into space. She’ll beat the late John Glenn, who set a record at age 77 when flying aboard space shuttle Discovery in 1998. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

Bringing professional wrestling to the high school is great for what we do here. Its an opportunity for us to be able to make it a very affordable event, Funk said. There is something about a high school gym that is beautiful, she said. They won multiple world titles in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (now known as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE). Its an honor to be in a tag team match with them, Funk said.