Innocence advocates want charges against ex-Detroit cop; prosecutor says review begun
A group of protesters, some of whom spent decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted, called Wednesday for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to review cases involving a former Detroit police homicide detective and...Read more
Massachusetts state auditor again seeks legal action to force Legislature to comply with audit
BOSTON — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio asked Attorney General Andrea Campbell to greenlight a lawsuit against the state Legislature to force the House and Senate to comply with a reignited effort to open up their finances...Read more
New Democrats elect Schneider chair for the 119th Congress
WASHINGTON — The center-left New Democrat Coalition elected Rep. Brad Schneider to be its chair in the next Congress, as the caucus with a reputation for reaching across the aisle to strike deals grapples with how to ...Read more
Pa. Supreme Court rejects Philly's latest attempt to pass its own gun laws
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected another attempt by Philadelphia officials to overturn a long-standing state provision that prevents the city from enacting its own gun laws.
In a 6-0 ...Read more
Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year. How much you'll pay for turkey and sides
Every year the president pardons two Thanksgiving turkeys and then tells Americans how much their dinner may cost.
This year, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the average Thanksgiving meal should cost ...Read more
Massachusetts looks to gain new sanctuary city, debate expected
Massachusetts could add its newest sanctuary city as early as tonight, with a MetroWest town considering a “Welcoming Communities” policy that would sharply limit its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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'We've got to react differently to storms.' NC's Tillis, Cooper seek Helene relief money
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis told his colleagues Wednesday morning that he didn’t think he could get through his prepared testimony on Hurricane Helene “without shedding a tear.”
Instead he submitted his ...Read more
Marty Makary seen as leading candidate for Trump FDA pick
Surgeon and author Marty Makary is seen as the leading candidate to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under President-elect Donald Trump, people familiar with the matter said.
Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns...Read more
Friendship With Hiking Buddy Trips Up Marriage Proposal
DEAR ABBY: I'm a 64-year-old guy. I am single and have two daughters and four grandkids. A young woman ("Sarah"), who is my daughter's age, and I have been hiking buddies for the past five years. I treat her like my third ...Read more
Western NC Democrats warn that funds in state's Helene relief bill won't aid businesses, housing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Western North Carolina Democrats are blasting wide-ranging legislation passed this week that they describe as a power grab shrouded in a disaster relief package.
The disaster-relief portion of state ...Read more
Will new tax on foreign shrimp finally level the playing field on the Mississippi Coast?
South Mississippi shrimp processors hope more customers will buy U.S. shrimp now that federal agencies have finalized a new tax, or duty, on shrimp from four foreign countries.
The U..S. Department of Commerce and U.S. ...Read more
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FDA’s nutrition goals similar to Kennedy’s, experts say
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to helm the Department of Health and Human Services has said he wants sweeping changes to how the United ...Read more
Parmy Olson: Google Chrome's divorce is the DOJ's antitrust warm-up act
News broke this week that the U.S. Department of Justice wants to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell Chrome, its dominant web browser. That has led to much head scratching in the tech industry. Sure, Chrome is an ...Read more
Construction worker victim in Manhattan fatal stabbing spree was to marry in 2 weeks
NEW YORK — Angel Lata Landi, the immigrant construction worker killed in an unprovoked attack cops say was carried out by a homeless man on a stabbing spree across Manhattan, planned to marry in two weeks, the Daily News...Read more
Bipartisan letter calls for Ukraine travel restrictions be lifted for Congress
MONTEREY, Calif. – A bipartisan letter urging the Biden Administration to lift restrictions on members of Congress traveling to Ukraine in order to get a clearer picture of American assistance there, among other goals, ...Read more
'Fat Leonard' to appeal sentence, while retired Navy captain will seek a reduced charge
SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, will appeal the 15-year prison sentence that a San ...Read more
California's rainy season begins with a bomb cyclone bang. Is the state in for a 3rd record wet winter?
The first major atmospheric river storm to hit the West Coast this season is kicking off the rainy season with a bang, as the system rapidly strengthened — to the tune of a bomb cyclone — before pummeling Northern ...Read more
Ukraine will get US landmines as part of $275 million aid package
The U.S. will provide Ukraine with landmines to help slow the advance of attacking Russian and North Korean troops, an announcement that comes as the American Embassy in Kyiv is warning citizens of the potential for “...Read more
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged by US over alleged $250 million bribe plot
NEW YORK — U.S. prosecutors charged Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest people, with participating in a scheme that involved promising to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to ...Read more
Northwest 'bomb cyclone' leaves erratic path of destruction in its wake
SEATTLE — Hours after a massive windstorm howled with gusts up to 74 mph in the lowlands, crews in Western Washington were working Wednesday to restore electricity for over 640,000 customers who lost power overnight.
At...Read more
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