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Amazon, Microsoft Wage War Over The Pentagon’s ‘War Cloud’
Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first "war cloud" computing system. But Amazon's early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be sl...
Syndicated Author Jul 09, 2019

Federal Court: Trump Can’t Ban Critics From Twitter Account
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump can't ban critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of p...
Syndicated Author Jul 09, 2019

Texas Billionaire H. Ross Perot Dies Aged 89
DALLAS - H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot...
Syndicated Author Jul 09, 2019

Amy McGrath Running For Mitch McConnell’s US Senate Seat
WASHINGTON - Amy McGrath, a Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky, has set her sights on an even more formidable target: Senate Majority Leader Mi...
Syndicated Author Jul 09, 2019

Barr Says He Sees A Legal Path For Census Citizenship Query
EDGEFIELD, S.C. - Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he sees a legal path to adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite a Supreme Court ruling that blocked its inclusion, at...
Syndicated Author Jul 08, 2019

Kobach launching run for US Senate in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is launching a campaign to run for the U.S. Senate next year.Kobach filed paperwork Monday with the Federal Election Commission forming ...
Syndicated Author Jul 08, 2019

Iran Breaches Key Uranium Enrichment Limit In Nuclear Deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday began enriching uranium to 4.5%, just breaking the limit set by its nuclear deal with world powers, while it is still seeking a way for Europe to help it bypass U.S. sanc...
Syndicated Author Jul 08, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein Facing Sex Trafficking Charges
NEW YORK - Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a secret deal, federal prosecutors made another run at putting the billionaire financier behind bars on sex charges, accusing him...
Syndicated Author Jul 08, 2019

He’s 100, She’s About To Turn 103, And They Just Got Married
(CNN) – Newlyweds John and Phyllis Cook are celebrating their new lives together at their Ohio senior living facility. John is a World War II veteran who just turned 100, and Phyllis will turn 1...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2019

Armed Utah Teachers Practice Responding To School Shootings
SPANISH FORK, Utah - Nancy Miramontes had 30 seconds to find the gunman. The Utah school psychologist weaved through a maze of dusty halls before spotting him in the corner of a classroom, holding a g...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2019
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