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Food head at FDA resigns, citing numerous job cuts in division

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Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who oversaw the agency’s banning of the food dye Red No. 3 earlier this year, stepped down on Monday, citing widespread cuts across the agency that he said will make it hard to implement the types of changes the Trump administration is seeking, according to a ...Read more

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Tragedy in Kentucky: What we know about the 12 victims who died in the weekend floods

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Raging floodwaters over the weekend have claimed the lives of 12 people across Kentucky as of 6 p.m. Monday. Here’s what we know about the victims:

Clay County

The coroner’s office identified 73-year-old Donald Keith Nicholson as the death reported in Clay County. After trying to drive through water, Nicholson exited his vehicle and was ...Read more

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Air-traffic union analyzing safety impact of FAA firings

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A union representing air safety personnel said it’s reviewing the fallout from a slew of firings late Friday that affected U.S. Federal Aviation Administration employees, just a few weeks after the worst U.S. civil aviation disaster in decades.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which represents air-traffic controllers, ...Read more

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Protesters gather outside Rocky Mountain National Park to support federal workers

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Roughly 100 people gathered in a snowstorm near the east entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park on Monday morning to protest a federal hiring freeze that could imperil operations at one of Colorado’s most iconic and beloved destinations.

Protesters held signs and led chants on the roadside and one man was arrested, though the altercation ...Read more

Georgia parents slam AG Carr's lawsuit, saying it puts disability services at risk

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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is facing mounting criticism from parents of children with disabilities after he joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal rule that added “gender dysphoria” to a list of conditions protected from discrimination.

The parents launched a campaign warning that Georgia’s involvement in the ...Read more

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U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero left office Monday night amid President Trump's makeover of the federal justice system

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U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero — the first woman of color to serve as the Philadelphia region’s top federal prosecutor — said Monday night that she was leaving the office as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to make swift changes to the nation’s federal justice system.

Romero, who was appointed in 2022 by then-...Read more

'I cry some.' As floodwaters recede, people in Eastern Kentucky dig out of mud, debris

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HAZARD, Ky. — Michael Deaton had been keeping an eye on the North Fork of the Kentucky River Saturday as it swelled behind her house in Hazard, Saturday evening, but was still caught off guard when the water spilled over the banks.

The cold muddy water had surrounded her car before she realized it, and when a police officer came to her door ...Read more

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Ex-Gov. Pat Quinn calls on Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker to push ethics reforms after Michael Madigan conviction

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Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday challenged Gov. JB Pritzker, a fellow Democrat, to use his bully pulpit to strengthen Illinois’ weak ethics laws, saying a “top-to-bottom overhaul” is needed after the federal corruption conviction of their former state party chairman, ex-Speaker Michael Madigan.

Quinn, the last Democratic Illinois...Read more

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Great Unconformity protection efforts stalled, but advocates hopeful

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Las Vegas locals began a project in the 1990s to protect a geological marvel at the edge of town. They made educational signs and were joined by politicians including late Sen. Harry Reid and then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, but the area was vandalized soon after.

Thirty years later, groups are no closer to increasing protections for the ...Read more

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Minnesota cannabis agency begins accepting applications for pot businesses

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Eighteen months after Minnesota legalized marijuana for adult use, the state’s new cannabis agency will officially begin to accept applications Tuesday for the first round of marijuana business licenses. The licenses will be awarded to qualified applicants in lotteries later this spring.

The opening of the application window marks a key ...Read more

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Hundreds rally in Long Beach to protest President Trump and Elon Musk

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Long Beach for a "Not My President" rally on Presidents Day to protest the Trump administration and Elon Musk's role in it.

Outside City Hall, protesters waved American and Mexican flags and homemade signs with messages such as "Impeach Trump," "Felon + Elon = Treason" and "I've seen smarter ...Read more

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From Philly to Bucks, protesters rally against Trump and Musk on Presidents Day: 'Not a king!'

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Activists in Philadelphia and Bucks County spent Presidents Day demonstrating against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who is attempting a significant overhaul of the federal government.

The local protests — which coincided with other demonstrations nationwide — come roughly one month into Trump’s second administration ...Read more

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NYC Council Speaker Adams demands Mayor Eric Adams' resignation

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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called on Mayor Adams to resign Monday, becoming the latest top-ranking city official to demand he step down as a push for his forcible removal also began taking shape.

The speaker, who stopped short of demanding the mayor’s resignation after he was indicted on corruption charges in September, said in a ...Read more

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Some 2,000 protesters blast Trump at Wash. Presidents Day protest: 'No billionaires, no kings'

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Not their president.

On Monday, Feb. 17 — Presidents Day — thousands of protesters condemned President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk, head of the Trump-created Department of Government Efficiency, at a demonstration near Tivoli Fountain on the Capitol Campus in Olympia.

Many lined Capitol Way, holding signs and chanting — “The ...Read more

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'Not My Presidents Day' protesters gather across Bay Area

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Anger at the Trump administration bubbled over across the Bay Area as hundreds gathered for “Not My Presidents Day” to protest alleged anti-democratic actions by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The Monday protests — with large groups in San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco — were part of a ...Read more

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey pushes back on Trump administration order to end DEI in schools

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Gov. Maura Healey signaled an intent to resist an order from the U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration threatening to pull federal funding from schools that do not erase any trace of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in a statement Monday.

“Diversity, equity and inclusion make our education system, our ...Read more

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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco enters the 2026 California governor's race

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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on Monday launched his campaign for California governor, painting himself as a law-and-order conservative who can right a state in decline after decades of mismanagement by Democratic leadership.

Before hundreds of supporters gathered in Riverside, Bianco, 58, said the California dream had "turned into a ...Read more

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Columbine High School shooting survivor dies decades after tragedy. Her tenacious spirit is remembered

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While Columbine High School shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter’s life was shaped by tragedy, the tenacious woman worked hard to ensure tragedy did not define her.

Hochhalter was 17 when her life shifted from teen clarinet player to among the most injured survivors of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. The high school junior was ...Read more

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Protesters rally against Donald Trump at California Capitol. 'We're all under attack'

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Xochil Pasillas became overwhelmed with emotion when asked why she decided to join several hundred protesters Monday at California’s Capitol building in Sacramento in a demonstration against President Donald Trump and his administration.

She remembers Trump’s first term in the White House, but Pasillas said this time it’s much worse. Her ...Read more

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Larry Keefe, who planned Florida migrant flights, to head immigration board

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TALLAHASSEE — Larry Keefe, who coordinated flights that took about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, will again have his hands in Florida’s immigration enforcement.

The Florida Cabinet appointed him executive director for the new State Board of Immigration Enforcement on Monday.

The board was created by a bill passed by the ...Read more