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AP Exclusive: Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr says the Justice Department will seek to reinstate the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Barr told The Associated Press ...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

Maryland Will Deploy 270 Drop Boxes To Help Collect Ballots
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland's elections board says that voters will be able to drop their ballots at hundreds of drop boxes rather than mailing them or casting them in person. WJZ reported Wednesday tha...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

Chiefs To Prohibit Native American Imagery At Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs will prohibit the wearing of Native American headdresses, face paint and clothing at Arrowhead Stadium. They also are discussing the future of the iconic toma...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

Trump Wants Supreme Court To Allow Him To Block Others On Twitter
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics from his personal Twitter account.The administration said in a high-court filing Thursday that Trump's @realdonaldtrump...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of coronavirus under a new state law signed Thursday.Lawmakers passed the bill last month, a...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

Pelosi Tells Fellow Democrats ‘It’s All Riding On Wisconsin’
MADISON, Wis. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a stark reminder to Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday about the importance the battleground state plays in th...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

Trump Appeals As Judge OKs Manhattan DA Getting Tax Returns
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for Manhattan's top prosecutor to get President Donald Trump's tax returns, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena iss...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

US Jobless Claims Jump Back Above 1 Million In Face Of Virus
WASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose to 1.1 million last week after two weeks of declines, evidence that many employers are still slashing jobs as the co...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Charged In Border Wall Scheme
NEW YORK - Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme "We Build The Wall." The charges were con...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2020

President Trump: US demands restoration of UN sanctions against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will demand Thursday that all United Nations sanctions be reimposed against Iran, President Donald Trump announced. "It's a snapback," President Trump said Wednesda...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2020
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