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The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play
The North Carolina elections board ousted its widely respected executive director Wednesday in a partisan move that will put ...
Missouri poised to become first U.S. state to exempt stock sale profits from income taxes
Investors who profit from selling stocks, real estate and other assets soon could reap an even larger benefit in Missouri, ...
Federal judge rules Georgetown scholar’s wrongful arrest case will stay in Virginia
A federal judge has ruled that a Georgetown scholar’s petition challenging the constitutionality of his arrest should be ...
3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating ...
What to know about the conclave to elect the next pope
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a ...
Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial. The prior jury never heard about her
Days into Harvey Weinstein ‘s first sexual assault trial in 2020, prosecutors privately spoke for the first time with a ...
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting new flag ban laws
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ ...
Local students sign to Metro Power for apprenticeships
Two students at Calvary Christian School have signed with Metro Power to begin their careers in the electrical industry. Today, Hudson Edwards and Noah Tankersley were ...
Alabama lawmakers vote to ban cellphone use in K-12 public schools
Alabama will soon join the states that have banned or restricted the presence of cellphones in schools. The Alabama Senate on Wednesday voted 30-2 for the bill to prohibit ...
Lawsuit over Burger King Whopper ads to move forward, judge determines
( NewsNation) — A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit claiming Burger King misleads its customers with advertisements that ...
Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts
An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave ...
House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as they run into resistance ...