Category Archives: National News

US says record-low refugee admissions partly due to pandemic
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Biden administration said Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic and the difficulty of reversing Trump administration policies were responsible for the record-low number of refugee...
Syndicated Author Oct 05, 2021

FBI raids offices of New York City police sergeants union
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal agents raided the offices Tuesday of a New York City police union, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, and the Long Island home of its bombastic leader, who has clashed with ...
Syndicated Author Oct 05, 2021

Workers at all of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants go on strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Work at all of the Kellogg Company's U.S. cereal plants came to a halt Tuesday as roughly 1,400 workers went on strike, but it wasn't immediately clear how much the supply of Froste...
Syndicated Author Oct 05, 2021

$699.8M Powerball jackpot won, ticket sold in California
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the lucky winner of the nearly $700 million jackpot prize, ...
Syndicated Author Oct 05, 2021

J&J seeks US clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward expanding its booster campaig...
Syndicated Author Oct 05, 2021

Ex-Facebook employee says products hurt kids, fuel division
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant's products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. while its executives refuse to make...
Syndicated Author Oct 05, 2021

US official in Haiti apologizes for treatment of migrants
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A top U.S. official on Friday apologized for how Haitian migrants were treated along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it's not how border officials or the Department of Home...
Syndicated Author Oct 01, 2021

Judge questions whether those arrested on Jan. 6 are treated unfairly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rejecting the recommendation of prosecutors, a federal judge sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter to probation on Friday and suggested that the Justice Department was being too hard on those wh...
Syndicated Author Oct 01, 2021

Former President Jimmy Carter quietly marks 97th birthday
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Ex-President Jimmy Carter, the oldest former U.S. chief executive ever, will quietly mark his 97th birthday at home in southwest Georgia on Friday, an aide said.Slowed by age in rec...
Syndicated Author Oct 01, 2021

US auto sales slump, stalled by car computer chip shortage
DETROIT (AP) - In a normal month before the pandemic, Con Paulos' Chevy dealership in Jerome, Idaho, sold around 40 new vehicles. In September, it was only six. Now he's got nothing new in stock, and ...
Syndicated Author Oct 01, 2021
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