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US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, and in...
Syndicated Author Feb 17, 2021

South Carolina House passes bill banning most abortions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, following the lead of other states with similar measures that would go into effec...
Syndicated Author Feb 17, 2021

100 million Americans brace for more cold, ice and snow
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the nation's midsectio...
Syndicated Author Feb 17, 2021

FEMA opens mass vaccine sites as bad weather hampers efforts
FEMA opened its first COVID-19 mass vaccination sites Tuesday, setting up in Los Angeles and Oakland as part of an effort by the Biden administration to get shots into arms more quickly and reach mino...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021

Tyler Perry, Clintons attend memorial for actor Cicely Tyson
NEW YORK (AP) - Tyler Perry and Bill and Hillary Clinton were among the attendees of a private memorial service for Cicely Tyson at Harlem's famed Abyssinian Baptist Church.Gospel singer Bebe Winans s...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021

Seattle woman, 90, walks 6 miles through snow for vaccine
SEATTLE (AP) - A rare winter storm that dumped a foot of snow on Seattle couldn't keep a 90-year-old woman from her first appointment for the coronavirus vaccine.The Seattle Times reports that Fran Go...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021

Biden heads to Wisconsin to rally support for virus relief
WASHINGTON (AP) - Biden is embarking on his first official trip as president to refocus Congress on coronavirus relief and to cement public support for his $1.9 trillion aid package.With his prime-tim...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021

Biden extends ban on housing foreclosures to June 30
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. The moratorium on foreclosures of federally g...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021

Winter’s wrath: bitter cold, no power and a deadly tornado
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - At least three people were found dead early Tuesday after a tornado tore through a seaside town in North Carolina at the rough edge of a winter storm that left millions without po...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021

Senate panels call former Capitol Police chief to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has announced its first hearings to examine the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, calling in the former chief of Capitol Police and the former heads of security for the House a...
Syndicated Author Feb 16, 2021
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