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Coin Shortage Hits Retailers, Laundromats, Tooth Fairy
A convenience store chain is offering a free beverage or sandwich in exchange for them. A laundromat owner drove 4 hours across state lines to get $8,000 worth. A young girl in Illinois wrote the toot...
Aug 18, 2020
Then There Were 5: Mississippi Group Narrows Flag Options
JACKSON, Miss. - A group recommending a new Mississippi state flag chose five final designs Tuesday - three with a magnolia blossom, one with a magnolia tree and one with a shield that has wavy lines ...
Aug 18, 2020
Top NBC Exec Ron Meyer Leaving After Settlement With Woman
NEW YORK - NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer, a Hollywood power player, is leaving the entertainment company after revealing he received threats of extortion following a settlement with a woman wit...
Aug 18, 2020
Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter To Address Democratic National Convention
Former President Jimmy Carter is making his first appearance at a presidential nominating convention in eight years. Organizers of the Democratic National Convention announced Tuesday that Carter and ...
Aug 18, 2020
Cities Sue Census Bureau Over Ending 2020 Head Count Early
ORLANDO, Fla. - More than a half-dozen cities, counties and civil right groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, saying there was no justification for its decision to cut the 2020 census short by...
Aug 18, 2020
Virus-Induced Spending Spurs Sales At Home Depot, Walmart
NEW YORK - Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot for supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at a time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring sales for the...
Aug 18, 2020
Senate Panel Concludes Russia Interfered In 2016 US Election
WASHINGTON - The Trump campaign's interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a "grave" counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as ...
Aug 18, 2020
Trump To Pardon Women’s Suffrage Leader Susan Anthony
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a women's suffrage leader arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote.Trump's move co...
Aug 18, 2020
Michelle Obama To Highlight Biden’s Character In DNC Speech
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama will call Joe Biden a "profoundly decent man" who will "tell the truth and trust science" in her Monday night convention speech, seeking to draw a sharp contrast between Pr...
Aug 17, 2020
Democrats Claim ‘Big Tent’ In First Convention In Pandemic
NEW YORK - Joe Biden and the Democrats are highlighting the party's inclusive "big tent" Monday night as their 2020 National Convention gets underway with a lineup that features as many former Republi...
Aug 17, 2020
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