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Trump advisers discuss penalties for nations that move away from the dollar
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s economic advisers are considering ways to actively stop nations from shifting away from using the dollar — an effort to counter budding moves among key emerging markets to...Read more
'Bizarre': Why did Rand Paul miss the Ukraine foreign aid vote?
Kentucky’s U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was among three senators who missed Tuesday’s vote on the $95 billion foreign aid package providing weapons and equipment to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Two days later and his office won...Read more
Mike Pinder, Moody Blues' last surviving original member, dies at 82
Mike Pinder, a founding member and keyboardist of prog rock band the Moody Blues, has died. He was 82. Pinder was the last surviving original member of the band.
He passed away Wednesday at his Northern California home, ...Read more
Mass. Legislature sends Gov. Healey $426 million shelter bill that caps stays at nine months
BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers shipped Gov. Maura Healey a spending bill Thursday that hands her $426 million to spend on emergency shelters over the next year-plus and caps families’ time in the system at nine ...Read more
Pecker at hush money trial says Trump feared trysts would hurt image, but didn't mention Melania
NEW YORK — Donald Trump never mentioned worrying about his wife, Melania, getting wind of his alleged trysts with porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal — only his future in politics, a Manhattan ...Read more
Columbia facing lose-lose decision as Gaza protest encampment deadline looms; Ilhan Omar on campus
NEW YORK — As a deadline for Columbia University administrators and protesters to iron out a deal to clear a Gaza encampment edges closer, university officials are facing a lose-lose decision if students continue to ...Read more
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment inside Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC
NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a small encampment inside the Fashion Institute of Technology in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, demonstrators stormed into The Museum at FIT on W. 27th ...Read more
California battery storage increasing rapidly, but not enough to end blackouts, Gov. Newsom says
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is crucial to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was still not enough to avoid blackouts during heat waves.
...Read more
Trump’s immunity arguments at Supreme Court highlight dangers − while prosecutors stress larger danger of removing legal accountability
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 25, 2024, in a case that will change the course of American history. That case is Trump v. United States, in which the justices have been asked to decide whether and ...Read more
AFRAM 2024: Busta Rhymes, Big Daddy Kane and the Time to headline festival
BALTIMORE — Busta Rhymes is headlining AFRAM 2024 again, but this time, the Grammy Award-winning artist will be performing in person.
As the coronavirus pandemic raged in 2021, the rap star was part of a virtual all-...Read more
Amy Duggar King hopes cousin Josh Duggar is feeling 'torture' while behind bars
Amy Duggar King hopes that her cousin Josh Duggar, who is behind bars for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse materials, is suffering for his actions.
“I hope every day there is absolute torture for him,” the ...Read more
'Net neutrality' to return under narrowly approved FCC rule, reversing Trump-era policy
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a rule which will reclassify broadband internet as a telecommunications service subject to federal oversight, reestablishing the so-called “ net neutrality” policy ...Read more
DHL to pay Chicago-area drivers $8.7 million in EEOC racial discrimination settlement
DHL has agreed to pay $8.7 million to resolve a long running lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the delivery company discriminated against Black workers in the Chicago area.
The EEOC ...Read more
Astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center as 1st crew for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It’s not just another ride for a pair of veteran NASA astronauts who arrived to the Space Coast ahead of their flight onboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita �...Read more
USS George Washington aircraft carrier leaves Norfolk to begin a new chapter in Japan
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier departed Thursday from Naval Station Norfolk, embarking on a monthslong journey to its new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan, where it will begin a new chapter.
The Washington and ...Read more
Barbra Streisand drops first new song in 6 years in response to rise in antisemitism
NEW YORK — Barbra Streisand has released her first new song in six years, saying she aims to bring awareness to the recent “rise in antisemitism around the world today.”
The 82-year-old Brooklyn native — and ...Read more
MSU students set up encampment to pressure university to divest from Israel
Michigan State University students joined students across the nation in setting up an encampment on campus Thursday to pressure the university to divest in Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
The students said they ...Read more
Biden campaign opens Hillsborough office, says it's serious about Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign gave another indication Thursday that it’s serious about winning Florida.
The campaign announced that it will open a field office in Hillsborough County — ...Read more
USC cancels 'main stage' commencement ceremony
LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, capping a dramatic series of moves that began last week after it informed valedictorian Asna...Read more
Key Bridge collapse: First large ships leaves Port of Baltimore using deeper temporary channel
BALTIMORE — The first of 11 ships trapped for a month behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge left the Port of Baltimore Thursday using an alternate shipping channel that opened earlier in the morning.
The ...Read more
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