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Budget office expects $2.3T deficit before Biden relief plan
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Congressional Budget Office says the federal government is on track for a $2.3 trillion deficit this year, down roughly $900 billion from last year when the coronavirus pandemic l...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools
Facing criticism that President Joe Biden has not acted aggressively enough on reopening schools, the White House on Thursday said it's aiming for a full reopening but will defer to science experts on...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

At least 5 killed in massive crash on icy Texas interstate
DALLAS (AP) - At least five people were killed and dozens injured Thursday in a massive crash involving 75 to 100 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate, police said, as a winter storm dropped freezing r...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

GOP attacks Dems’ $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill from all angles
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are attacking the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as too costly, economically damaging and overtly partisan, an all-angles attempt to derail new Presiden...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

RFK Jr. kicked off Instagram for vaccine misinformation
Instagram on Wednesday banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, from repeatedly posting misinformation about vaccine safety and COVID-19. Kennedy Jr. has a...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Driver who plunged off Wisconsin ramp thankful to be alive
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A driver who survived when his pickup truck plunged about 70 feet (21 meters) off a slippery interchange exit ramp in Wisconsin said he feels thankful to be alive. Richard Lee Oliver,...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Driver sentenced to 2 days for doing doughnuts on Bay Bridge
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Virginia man will serve two days in jail for doing doughnuts on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland. Gary Montague Jr., of Dumfires, Virginia, entered an Alford plea to disor...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Bill takes aim at ICE detention centers in Maryland
Photo Credit – AP ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers heavily debated a bill concerning ICE detention centers on Wednesday, including testimony from a previous detainee who spoke about her ...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Report: TikTok sale pushed by Trump is shelved
The Biden administration has "indefinitely" shelved a proposed U.S. takeover of the popular video app TikTok, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Last year, the Trump administration brokered a ...
Syndicated Author Feb 10, 2021

Fox News gives satirist Greg Gutfeld a weeknight talk show
NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News Channel says it is giving a weeknight talk show this spring to its hard-edged satirical personality, Greg Gutfeld, in a further expansion of its opinion programming. Gutfeld, ...
Syndicated Author Feb 10, 2021
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