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Biden to Meet Republicans Proposing $618 Billion Virus Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus aid, about a third of what he’s seeking. The Republicans propose slimmer benefits, including $1,000…
Michigan Approves Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Tunnel Permits
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Michigan’s environmental agency is approving the construction of an underground tunnel to house a replacement for a controversial oil pipeline in the Great Lakes. State officials have awarded permits to Enbridge for the $500 million…
Democrats to ‘Act Big’ on $1.9T Aid; GOP Wants Plan Split
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are rejecting a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks. Democrats and the White House appear ready to leave their GOP opponents behind and push the sweeping economic…
Virus Variant From South Africa Detected in US for 1st Time
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time. South Carolina officials say two such cases have been diagnosed in the state. Viruses mutate constantly, and…
Robinhood Lawsuit 2021: Class Action Filed Against App After Restriction of Gamestop Stock Trades
(FOX TV Digital Team) - Robinhood is facing class-action lawsuits after the company’s response to the surge in trading involving GameStop and AMC, according to Fox Business. On Thursday, Robinhood and other trading platforms announced they would be restricting those…
US Economy Shrank 3.5% in 2020 After Growing 4% Last Quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stuck in the grip of a viral pandemic, the U.S. economy grew at a 4% annual rate in the final three months of 2020 and shrank last year by the largest amount in 74 years. For 2020…
Oscar and Emmy-Winning Actor Cloris Leachman Dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cloris Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for “The Last Picture Show” and Emmys for her comedic work in “The Mary…
Man Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Kidnap Michigan Governor
DETROIT (AP) — One of six men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Ty Garbin appeared in federal court in Grand Rapids, a few hours after prosecutors filed a plea…
US Boosting Vaccine Deliveries Amid Complaints of Shortages
(AP) - President Joe Biden says the U.S. is ramping up vaccine deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early…
Auschwitz Survivors Mark Anniversary Online Amid Pandemic
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Holocaust survivors will commemorate their lost loved ones and world leaders will issue pleas for tolerance on Wednesday as the world marks the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Nazi German extermination camp is…
148th Fighter Wing Returns Following Deployment to U.S. Capitol for Biden Inauguration
DULUTH, Minn,- Members of the 148th Fighter Wing have returned to the Twin Ports following their deployment to the Capitol. -- part of the 25,000 National Guard troops sent there for President Joe Biden's…
GOP Largely Votes Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have voted overwhelmingly against moving forward with Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. The Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss the trial, allowing the case on "incitement of insurrection" to move forward. Yet…
Rate of Guns Seized at Airport Checkpoints Jumped in 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — There were fewer air travelers in the United States last year, but a higher percentage of them were carrying guns. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that screeners found 3,257 firearms on passengers or in their carry-on…
Biden to Drop Trump’s Military Transgender Ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military. Doing so would dump a ban ordered by his predecessor, Donald Trump, in…
Budweiser Joins Coke, Pepsi Brands in Sitting Out Super Bowl
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time since 1983, when Anheuser-Busch used all of its ad time to introduce a beer called Bud Light, the beer giant isn’t advertising its iconic Budweiser brand during the Super Bowl. Instead, it’s…
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