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President Trump tees off on '60 Minutes' again, threatens CBS broadcast licenses

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NEW YORK — The CBS news-magazine "60 Minutes" is not going easy on President Donald Trump and the commander-in-chief is noticing.

Trump went after the program Sunday in a social media post after seeing two critical stories regarding his handling of the Russia-Ukraine war and his proposal to annex Greenland.

"Almost every week, 60 Minutes, ...Read more

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Pennsylvania man charged with attempting to kill Gov. Josh Shapiro told police he hated him and would have beaten him

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Harrisburg man charged with the attempted homicide of Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family for setting three fires in the Pennsylvania governor's residence turned himself in to State Police on Sunday afternoon and admitted to "harboring a hatred" toward Shapiro, according to the criminal complaint.

Cody Balmer, 38, of ...Read more

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Health groups urge RFK Jr. to reinstate injury center staff

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WASHINGTON — A group of more than 40 organizations is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate staff who were purged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

In a letter sent to Kennedy on Friday, first shared with CQ Roll Call, the groups ...Read more

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Most Americans like Trump's tariff goals -- but not his approach, poll finds

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Most Americans think President Donald Trump has the right instinct when it comes to tariffs — but his execution is another story, according to new polling.

In the latest CBS News/YouGov poll, a slim majority of respondents, 51%, said they like what Trump is trying to accomplish on tariffs and trade, while 49% said they dislike it. However, a ...Read more

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Rachel Morin case: Defense team rests after calling one witness

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BALTIMORE — Lawyers defending Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, the man accused of killing Rachel Morin, rested their case after calling one witness, Megan Waltimyer — the digital forensic scientist who rebuilt Morin’s phone.

Waltimyer is on recall as she testified earlier in the case for the prosecution.

The defense questioned ...Read more

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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson plea hearing set for May 5 in federal corruption case

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BOSTON — A plea hearing has been scheduled in the federal public corruption case against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who has agreed to plead guilty to two charges tied to a kickback scheme the feds say she carried out at City Hall.

Fernandes Anderson, 46, is expected to plead guilty to one count of aiding and abetting wire...Read more

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El Salvador president says he won't return migrant deported to his country because of Trump administration error

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WASHINGTON — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said in the Oval Office on Monday he has no intention of returning a Maryland man mistakenly deported to his country by the Trump administration and being held in a mega prison.

“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States,�...Read more

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Analysis: How Gov. Wes Moore is rewriting the narrative on Maryland's economy

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BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore recently signed the largest budget in state history, which includes more than a dozen new taxes and fees. But he continues to tout a tax cut for the middle class.

The Democratic governor’s Republican critics have quickly pounced on what they see as gaslighting. Senate Minority Whip Justin Ready, who ...Read more

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Closing the courtroom door: How a 2025 bill could impact access to legal hearings in Nevada

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LAS VEGAS — A bill being considered by the Nevada Legislature aims to close family court hearings to increase privacy, but opponents say it is unnecessary legislation that could hinder transparency of elected officials and harm people who can’t afford an attorney.

Senate Bill 432, sponsored by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, sets ...Read more

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Mike Rogers kicks off second Michigan campaign for US Senate seat

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DETROIT — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is launching his second campaign for the U.S. Senate on Monday, after narrowly losing the 2024 race to Democrat Elissa Slotkin by about 19,000 votes.

Rogers on Monday formally entered the race for the Republican nomination. The 61-year-old Brighton native represented a mid-Michigan district in the U.S. ...Read more

Senator vows to go to El Salvador if Trump administration doesn't return Maryland man

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As the Trump administration continues to stall on a judge’s directive to return a mistakenly deported Maryland man, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Monday morning that he would take matters into his own hands later this week.

Van Hollen, a Democrat representing Maryland, said in a statement that he had requested a meeting with Salvadoran ...Read more

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Democratic Leader in Georgia House takes helm of party dispirited by election losses

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ATLANTA — Without a word spoken, Georgia state Rep. Carolyn Hugley stood up from her front-row desk in the House chamber, pivoted on her heel and marched toward the back door. Almost every other member of the House Democratic caucus followed in a parade behind her.

It was the penultimate day of this year’s Legislative session, and Hugley ...Read more

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Rachel Morin case's verdict likely today. Here's what's happened so far.

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BALTIMORE — A verdict in the trial for Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, the man charged with killing Rachel Morin on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in August 2023, is expected today after prosecutors rested their case last week.

The prosecution, Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey and Deputy State’s Attorney David Ryden, closed ...Read more

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Removed Confederate monuments in Maryland to remain hidden, despite Trump executive order

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BALTIMORE — The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation, won’t be returning to its former perch in Baltimore’s Canton Square, despite an executive order last month from President Donald Trump.

Neither will the four Confederate monuments removed from their ...Read more

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Pennsylvania man charged with attempting to kill Gov. Josh Shapiro told police he hated him and would have beaten him

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PHILADELPHIA — The Harrisburg man who is charged with attempted homicide of Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family for setting three fires in the residence turned himself in to State Police on Sunday afternoon and admitted to "harboring a hatred" toward Shapiro, according to the criminal complaint filed Sunday.

Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, ...Read more

Doral, Miami-Dade's Venezuelan stronghold, to empower cops in Trump immigration crackdown

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MIAMI – Doral is poised to formally align itself with the federal government on immigration enforcement, bringing the largest Venezuelan-American city in the country into the fold of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

On Wednesday, the Doral City Council is expected to authorize the city to partner with Immigration and ...Read more

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Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez and 3 other women prep for space

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Six female celebs — including pop songstress Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, author Lauren Sánchez — are slated to blast off Monday morning in a Blue Origin rocket headed for the edge of space.

Flying along with the three household names will be former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, activist and ...Read more

All-female Blue Origin crew with Bezos' fiancee, Katy Perry, Gayle King launch to space

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Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sánchez led an all-female crew including pop singer Katy Perry and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King for a short trip to space this morning.

Riding on Bezos’ Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket, the six women, which also included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn, lifted off from the company’...Read more

Accra is a tough city to walk in: how city planners can fix the problem

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Humans are walking beings. Walking is intrinsically linked to our physical development from childhood and enables our connections with people and places. We can say it is essential to our physical and mental well-being.

Walking can also help create inclusive and sustainable cities. Most western cities incorporate this need in their ...Read more

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Fired FDA communications staff worry about impact on public health

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WASHINGTON – Vera Rosenthal, a health communications specialist at the Food and Drug Administration, woke up to an email April 1 informing her that she had been affected by the Trump administration’s “Reduction in Force” effort and no longer had a job at the agency.

About a half hour later, she got out of bed to take her border collie ...Read more