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Florida gov heeds call from Texas, Arizona for border help
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis castigated the Biden administration for creating "a disaster and an emergency" at the nation's border with Mexico and said Wednesday that he would se...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

Aide says former Homeland Security head Tom Ridge had stroke
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge suffered a stroke Wednesday at his home in suburban Washington, D.C., a longtime aide to the former Pennsylvania governor said....
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

Lawyer: US drops lawsuit, grand jury probe over Bolton book
The Justice Department has abandoned its lawsuit against John Bolton, former President Donald Trump's onetime national security adviser, over his book that officials argued disclosed classified inform...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

US ends Trump-era asylum rules for victims fleeing violence
The U.S. government has put an end to two Trump administration policies that made it harder for Central American immigrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum. Attorney General Merrick Garl...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

COVID-19 cases delay long-awaited Royal Caribbean cruise
MIAMI (AP) - Royal Caribbean International is postponing for nearly a month one of the highly anticipated first sailings from the U.S. since the pandemic began because eight crew members tested positi...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

Hours after 4 killed in Chicago, 5 more hurt in shooting
CHICAGO (AP) - Five people standing outside on Chicago's West Side were shot in a violent end to a day that began with a mass shooting on the city's South Side that left four people dead and four more...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

N Korea’s Kim looks much thinner, causing health speculation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has long been a source of morbid fascination in rival South Korea, which sits in the shadow of Kim's 1.2-million-strong army and...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

‘Two great powers’: Biden, Putin plunge into hours of talks
GENEVA (AP) - With stern expressions and polite words before the cameras, President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin plunged into hours of face-to-face talks Wednesday at a lush lakeside Swiss ma...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2021

Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer
A day after her interview for a part-time job at Target last year, Dana Anthony got an email informing her she didn't make the cut. Anthony didn't know why - a situation common to most job seekers at ...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2021

More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019
NEW YORK (AP) - A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 -...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2021
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