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Israel to swear in government, ending Netanyahu’s long rule
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel is set to swear in a new government on Sunday that will send Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in office and a political crisis that...
Syndicated Author Jun 13, 2021

Governor: Texas building new border barrier; no details yet
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has offered no details on his plans to construct new barrier along the border with Mexico while also launching an aggressive campaign to arrest m...
Syndicated Author Jun 11, 2021

Trial begins for Marine accused in soldier’s hazing death
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - To hear a military prosecutor tell it, U.S. Marine Mario Madera-Rodriguez was tasked with smashing open the bedroom door of a U.S. Army Green Beret with a sledgehammer and then tur...
Syndicated Author Jun 11, 2021

Biden to return diverted border wall money, spend down rest
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump's signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status that enabled it to bypass environmental regulations unde...
Syndicated Author Jun 11, 2021

G-7 gathers to pledge 1B coronavirus vaccine shots for world
CARBIS BAY, England (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greeted world leaders on a wooden boardwalk atop the freshly raked sand of Carbis Bay to open the Group of Seven summit Friday, offering...
Syndicated Author Jun 11, 2021

DOJ seeks internal probe on seizure of Democrats’ data
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has asked for an internal investigation after revelations that former President Donald Trump's administration seized phone data from House Democrats in 2018 as...
Syndicated Author Jun 11, 2021

Florida bans ‘critical race theory’ from its classrooms
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's state Board of Education banned "critical race theory" from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said would shield schoolchildren from curricula ...
Syndicated Author Jun 10, 2021

Senators eye $579B in new infrastructure spending, $1T plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as part of a $1 trillion package. It could be rolled out as soon as Thursday as nego...
Syndicated Author Jun 10, 2021

Biden lays out US vax donations, urges world leaders to join
ST. IVES, England (AP) - President Joe Biden called on global leaders Thursday to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world after he promised the U.S. would don...
Syndicated Author Jun 10, 2021

N. Carolina ban on Down syndrome abortions goes to governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina senators approved a bill on Thursday to bar women from getting abortions on the basis of race, sex or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.With the Senate's party-...
Syndicated Author Jun 10, 2021
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