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Biden’s Strategy to End Hunger in US Includes More Benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is laying out its plan to meet an ambitious goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030, including expanding monthly benefits that help low-income Americans bu...
Syndicated Author Sep 27, 2022

U.S. Sanctions ‘Brazenly Corrupt’ Bosnian State Prosecutor
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government imposed sanctions Monday on a Bosnian state prosecutor who is accused of being complicit in corruption and undermining democratic processes in the Western Balkans...
Syndicated Author Sep 26, 2022

Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden
MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday.Snowden is one of...
Syndicated Author Sep 26, 2022

Prosecutors to Begin Florida School Shooter Trial Rebuttal
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will begin their rebuttal case Tuesday, challenging his attorneys' contention that he mur...
Syndicated Author Sep 26, 2022

Georgia Voting Equipment Breach at Center of Tangled Tale
ATLANTA (AP) - The tale of breached voting equipment in one of the country's most important political battleground states involves a bail bondsman, a prominent attorney tied to former Presid...
Syndicated Author Sep 26, 2022

‘Serial’ Host: Evidence that Freed Syed was Long Available
The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for two decades said Tuesday that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that's...
Syndicated Author Sep 21, 2022

High Inflation in Sight, Fed to Signal More Rate Hikes Ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) - Last month, when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at an economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he issued a blunt warning: The Fed's drive to curb inflation ...
Syndicated Author Sep 21, 2022

Biden: Russia ‘Shamelessly Violated’ UN Charter in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia has "shamelessly violated the core tenets" of the international body with its war in Ukraine as he sum...
Syndicated Author Sep 21, 2022

US Embassy in Cuba to Process Full Immigrant Visas in 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration said Wednesday that the U.S. Embassy in Cuba will begin processing full immigrant visas in early 2023, making it easier for Cubans to reunite with family mem...
Syndicated Author Sep 21, 2022

Video Shows ‘Unauthorized Access’ to Ga. Election Equipment
ATLANTA (AP) - A Republican Party official in Georgia told a computer forensics team to copy components of the voting system at a rural elections office two months after the 2020 election and spent ne...
Syndicated Author Sep 20, 2022
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