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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

Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top Army leader defended the Pentagon's response to the Jan. 6 unrest at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because they ...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2021

NY lifts more COVID-19 rules as it hits vaccination mark
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining so...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2021

MLB threatens pitchers with 10-game bans for altering balls
NEW YORK (AP) - Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commis...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2021

Cracker Barrel unveils new “Diversity and Inclusion Strategy”
Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– Cracker Barrel is announcing a number of changes it hopes will help everyone feel welcome at their restaurants. The chain saying on its website it’s been on...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2021

Fla. governor signs bill requiring moment for school prayer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited a South Florida Jewish temple to denounce anti-Semitism and stand with Israel, as the Republican governor cloaked himself in religion Monday ...
Syndicated Author Jun 14, 2021

Texas power grid manager issues weeklong conservation alert
DALLAS (AP) - On the cusp of summer, the electric power grid manager for most of Texas on Monday issued its second conservation alert since the deadly February blackout, calling on users to dial back ...
Syndicated Author Jun 14, 2021
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