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Stocks fall for a 3rd day; Bitcoin sinks after a wild ride
Wall Street racked up more losses Wednesday as the stock market pulled back for the third straight day. The broad sell-off went beyond stocks, with the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash
Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls.Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been homebound fo...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers
NEW YORK (AP) - The operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. Colonial Pipeline said Wednesday that after ...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Navajo Nation surpasses Cherokee to become largest US tribe
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The Navajo Nation has by far the largest landmass of any Native American tribe in the country. Now, it's boasting the largest enrolled population, too. Navajos clamored to enro...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Reversing Trump, Buttigieg reinstates local hiring program
WASHINGTON (AP) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday reinstated an Obama-era pilot program that aims to aid minority and disadvantaged people by ensuring local hiring for public work...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Pennsylvania voters impose new limits on governor’s powers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to curb their governor's emergency powers, approving constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers angry over Dem...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Texas governor signs law banning abortions early as 6 weeks
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed a law that bans abortions in Texas before many women even know they are pregnant and differs singularly from similar efforts nationw...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Biden, in Netanyahu call, urges `significant de-escalation’
President Joe Biden greatly increased the pressure on Israel to end the war with the Palestinians that has killed more than 200 people, telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call We...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

House looks to OK Jan. 6 commission, Senate GOP dubious
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is poised to vote on a 9/11-style commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a first step toward creating an independent, bipartisan panel that would...
Syndicated Author May 19, 2021

Hogan signs college athlete endorsement bill, sports betting
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland is the latest state to approve a law allowing college athletes to earn money from endorsements after Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation Tuesday.The Republican governor ...
Syndicated Author May 18, 2021
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