Margaret Stafford

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  • Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” in the Stories of Cinema Exhibit of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures officially opens its doors to the public on Sept. 30. Photographer: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLifestyle

    Man indicted in theft of ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore and are now worth $3.5 million

    By Margaret Stafford and The Associated Press
  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin introduces the B-21 Raider stealth bomber at Northrop Grumman Dec. 2, 2022, in Palmdale, Calif. Under a proposed rule change, foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles of eight military bases. The new rule would affect eight bases, including three that are tied to the B-21 Raider (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Politics

    U.S. set to crack down on foreign ownership of land near military sites after Chinese firm tries to build factory near Air Force base

    By Margaret Stafford, Tara Copp, and others
  • FILE – South Dakota philanthropist T. Denny Sanford speaks with reporters, Feb. 3, 2007, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday, April 6, 2023, that affidavits from an investigation into child pornography allegations against the billionaire philanthropist Sanford must be unsealed. Sanford, the state’s richest man, was not charged after the South Dakota attorney general’s office said its investigation into the allegations found no prosecutable offenses within the state’s jurisdiction. (AP Photo/Carson Walker, File)Lifestyle

    A court just ruled that documents related to child pornography allegations against the richest man in South Dakota must be unsealed

    By The Associated Press and Margaret Stafford