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Whitmer administration rescinds rule she ignored at bar
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Monday rescinded a rule that limits restaurant tables to no more than six people, a day after she apologized for ignoring the C...
Syndicated Author May 24, 2021

Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8M in legal fees
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gordon Sondland, the Trump administration's ambassador to the European Union and a pivotal witness in 2019 impeachment proceedings, sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Mond...
Syndicated Author May 24, 2021

Blinken off to Mideast to push peace talks after Gaza truce
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to the Middle East on Monday to press the Israelis, Palestinians and regional players to build on and strengthen last week's Gaza cease-fi...
Syndicated Author May 24, 2021

White House working with dating apps to add vax badges
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and "super swipes" for people who've gotten their coronavirus shots. The Biden administration said Friday i...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021

Handwritten example of famous Einstein equation gets $1.2M
BOSTON (AP) - A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he writes out his famous E = mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million, about three times more than it was expected to get,...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021

Biden bestows Medal of Honor on Korean War veteran
President Joe Biden awarded his first Medal of Honor on Friday to a 94-year-old retired Army colonel for bravery under enemy fire more than a half-century ago in the Korean War. It took a policy chang...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021

White House offers GOP lower $1.7T infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House put forward a $1.7 trillion infrastructure counteroffer Friday to Senate Republicans, dropping from President Joe Biden's sweeping $2.3 trillion proposal "in the spir...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021

7 nooses halt construction at Connecticut Amazon warehouse
WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) - Amazon has temporarily shut down a new warehouse construction site in Connecticut after a seventh noose was found hanging over a beam, a series of incidents local police called "...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021

Ford CEO: Electric vehicle demand will transform industry
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - A new electric version of Ford's immensely popular F-150 pickup truck might just be the catalyst that hastens America's transition from gasoline to battery-powered vehicles. Jim...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021

Minnesota AG’s office to prosecute case in Wright’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday that he will lead the prosecution of a former suburban police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the...
Syndicated Author May 21, 2021
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