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U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, lost her bid to penalize Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who called for the arrest of any illegal aliens attending the State of the Union address when the House voted 231-187 to kill a resolution condemning Gosar for the move.

Nicole Morris, 35, a firefighter-paramedic in Vero Beach, Fla., who is seven months pregnant, has been told by her supervisors that she is ineligible for light duty under the terms of a union contract and that she will have to carry out her regular duties until she gives birth.

Callie Schenker, 22, who lives near Bolivar, Mo., said she pulled into her driveway to the sight of her neighbor’s corgi sitting on the back of her one-eyed horse, Cricket, and recorded a 15-second video of the pony and dog riding away into the darkness.

Pedro Bernar-Santiago, 20, was arrested on charges of malicious injury and public intoxication after he was seen kicking and hitting a toilet at a strip club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., causing a flood that seeped into the club’s main lobby, police reported.

Cindy Sue Underwood, 35, an elementary school principal in Wichita Falls, Texas, told parents but not police that three 6-year-olds used a school iPad to take photos as they engaged in sexual acts in a classroom, resulting in Underwood being charged with failure to report abuse, authorities said.

Raheem Oliver, 38, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty in federal court in Virginia to scamming consumers out of nearly $500,000 by operating a fake magazine-subscription company, including telling people they owed fines and legal fees for unpaid subscriptions, prosecutors said.

Onix Afanador, 36, of Pensacola, Fla., was sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated battery on a pregnant woman for deliberately crashing his vehicle into a utility pole in an attempt to kill the woman’s unborn child.