Category Archives: National News

Bob Dole to lie in state at Capitol as nation honors senator
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Bob Dole's casket will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday as congressional leaders honor the former Republican presidential candidate and World War II veteran who serv...
Syndicated Author Dec 06, 2021

Trump-backed Perdue challenges Kemp in Georgia GOP primary
ATLANTA (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue will challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for governor, he announced Monday, setting up a bitter 2022 Republican primary fight while Democrat Stacey...
Syndicated Author Dec 06, 2021

NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers
NEW YORK (AP) - All private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the mayor announced Monday, imposing one of the most aggressive vaccine ru...
Syndicated Author Dec 06, 2021

Thousands of Air Guard, Reserves don’t meet vaccine deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 11,000 members of the Air National Guard and Reserve did not meet Thursday's deadline to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and could begin to face consequences if they don't get th...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021

DAs, retailers say California needs stronger shoplifting law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Spurred by a recent run of large-scale smash-and-grab robberies, prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California's governor and attorney general that t...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021

Biden signs stopgap funding bill to keep government running
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law the stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government running through Feb. 18, after congressional leaders defused a partisan ...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor vetoes GOP abortion bills
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed five Republican-authored anti-abortion bills on Friday, two days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could cu...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021

US employers added a sluggish 210,000 jobs in November
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain in nearly a year.But Friday's report from the Labor Department also show...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021

Baldwin to ABC about shooting: ‘I didn’t pull the trigger’
NEW YORK (AP) - Alec Baldwin told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing Thursday that he did not pull the trigger on a prop gun he was holding on a New Mexico film set when it went off, k...
Syndicated Author Dec 01, 2021

Fed survey finds supply-chain shortages boosting inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) - Many parts of the country were hit by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages in November, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.In a survey of business conditions around the c...
Syndicated Author Dec 01, 2021
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