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Ex-Michigan health chief charged with manslaughter in Flint
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's former health director was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires' disease during the Flint water crisis as pro...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2021

Census halts efforts to comply with Trump citizenship order
The director of the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday indefinitely halted efforts to comply with President Donald Trump's order demanding data on who is in the country illegally after receiving blowback...
Syndicated Author Jan 13, 2021

Trump impeached by House after Capitol riot in historic second charge
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with "incitement of insurrection" over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol. With ...
Syndicated Author Jan 13, 2021

Amazon seeks to keep Parler app offline
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has asked a federal judge to deny a request to reinstate the cloud-service account for social media network Parler, claiming Parler shrugged off police vi...
Syndicated Author Jan 13, 2021

YouTube suspends Trump’s channel for at least a week
HONG KONG (AP) - YouTube has suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's channel for at least a week amid concerns over "ongoing potential for violence," making it the latest platform to limit the preside...
Syndicated Author Jan 13, 2021

House opens impeachment proceedings, National Guard on hand
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in an unprecedented House vote Wednesday, a week after a mob of loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol in a de...
Syndicated Author Jan 13, 2021

Officer with knee to George Floyd’s neck to be tried alone
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to George Floyd's neck for minutes will be tried separately from the three other former officers accused in his death, accordin...
Syndicated Author Jan 12, 2021

US to soon require all arriving passengers to get COVID-19 test
NEW YORK (AP) - Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirement ex...
Syndicated Author Jan 12, 2021

US prosecutors weighing sedition charges in Capitol insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI warned law enforcement agencies ahead of last week's breach of the U.S. Capitol about the potential for extremist-driven violence and prosecutors are now weighing sedition ch...
Syndicated Author Jan 12, 2021

COVID fears grow in Capitol as three lawmakers test positive
WASHINGTON (AP) - Within a span of about 24 hours, three House Democrats announced they tested positive for COVID-19, prompting concern that last week's insurrection at the Capitol has also turned int...
Syndicated Author Jan 12, 2021
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