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Biden to hold first formal news conference next week
WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) – President Joe Biden will hold his first formal news conference on March 25 at the White House. That’s according to press secretary Jen Psaki. A time has not yet been...
Syndicated Author Mar 16, 2021

US: Despite threats, foreign hackers didn’t disrupt election
U.S. officials found no evidence that foreign actors changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process in last November's presidential election, according to government reports Tuesday affirming...
Syndicated Author Mar 16, 2021

Britain’s Prince Philip returns home after treatment
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Prince Philip returned to Windsor Castle on Tuesday, following a month in the hospital during which he was treated for an infection and underwent a heart procedure.Philip, 99, ...
Syndicated Author Mar 16, 2021

Russia threatens to block Twitter in a month
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities said Tuesday they would block Twitter in a month if it doesn't take steps to remove banned content, a move that escalates the Russian government's drawn-out standoff ...
Syndicated Author Mar 16, 2021

Actor Yaphet Kotto dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) – Yaphet Kotto, the commanding actor who brought tough magnetism and stately gravitas to films including the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” and “Alien,”...
Syndicated Author Mar 16, 2021

Immigrant teens to be housed at Dallas convention center
DALLAS (AP) - The U.S. government plans to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers at a convention center in downtown Dallas as it struggles to find space for a surge of migrant children at the border w...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2021

Maryland announces more community-based priority vaccines
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland is setting aside more priority COVID-19 vaccine appointments for residents in communities around mass vaccination sites, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday.Earlier this m...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2021

Coastal Virginia and North Carolina prepare for tourists
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Business owners in Virginia Beach and North Carolina's Outer Banks are looking forward to a tourist season that is expected to rebound from the losses suffered during the pa...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2021

2 charged in assault of Capitol officer who died after riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether i...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2021

Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers?
DETROIT (AP) - The world's major automakers have made something abundantly clear: They believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead. Yet for that to happen, they'll need t...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2021
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