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Wisconsin courts to consider Trump’s election lawsuits
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Donald Trump's effort to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin returns to the courtroom on Thursday, with hearings in federal and state lawsuits seeking to invalidate hu...
Syndicated Author Dec 10, 2020

Johns Hopkins: Census records show founder owned slaves
Johns Hopkins University, whose researchers have been at the forefront of the global response to COVID-19, announced on Wednesday that its founder owned slaves during the 19th century, a revelation fo...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which includ...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Trump tries to revive stalled drug discounts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is trying to revive the president's stalled election-eve plan to send millions of Medicare recipients a $200 prescription discount card. A person familiar wi...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Pentagon set to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on small scale
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon's initial allotment of coronavirus vaccine will be administered at 16 defense sites in the United States and abroad, with health care workers, emergency service personne...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

US govt, states bring antitrust action against Facebook
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Wednesday sued Facebook, seeking forced divestment of its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services. In a separate case, 48 states and districts accused the com...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is back in the middle of Capitol Hill's confusing COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago.Brazi...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

US Oct. job openings increase to 6.7 million but hiring slows
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers advertised slightly more job openings in October, but hiring slipped as a resurgence of COVID-19 threatens the economic recovery. And the number of Americans fired or ...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Judge dismisses Flynn case following pardon from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but noted that a pardon Flynn received from the pre...
Syndicated Author Dec 08, 2020
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