Sunday, April 28, 2024

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Chief Justice Roberts Declines To Read Question On Whistleblower

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has declined to read an impeachment trial question by Republican Sen. Rand Paul about the intelligence community whistleblower whose co...

Commerce Secretary: China Virus Could Bring Jobs Back To US

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross suggested Thursday that the viral outbreak in China might offer an unexpected benefit for the U.S. economy: It could encourage Amer...

Hillary Clinton Atttempting To Hide From Tulsi Gabbard’s Lawsuit

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Hilary Clinton is doing her best to avoid getting served with Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit, according to a report by The Post. Democratic presidential...

AP Exclusive: Woman Who Says Trump Raped Her Seeks His DNA

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NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is ...

Federal Reserve Proposes Loosening Rules On Bank Investments

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve approved a proposal Thursday to loosen a financial-crisis era rule that prevents banks from investing in venture capital funds. The proposa...

US Reports 1st Case Of Person-to-person Spread Of New Virus

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The individual is married to the Chicago woman who...

Jared Kushner Says Administration Does Not Support Annexing Settlements Before Israel’s Elections In March

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jared Kushner, an architect of the Trump administration’s peace plan, said the administration would not support the immediate annexing of West Bank settlements an...

Winning $396.9 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Florida

BONITA SPRINGS, FL (VINnews) - One lucky ticket sold in Florida matched all six numbers in the Powerball Wednesday night, according to lottery officials. That ticket ended up be...

Dershowitz Says His Trump Impeachment Defense ‘Distorted’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz now says his headline-dominating argument against impeaching the president was ‘distorted.’ In a day-af...

Bloomberg Unveils Super Bowl Ad Focused On Gun Violence

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will use his Super Bowl ad to highlight his efforts to combat gun violence as he blankets the airwaves against...

El Al Suspends All Flights To China Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel’s El Al Airlines will stop flying to China for two months due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The airline announced that its flight arriving fr...

What The Democratic Presidential Candidates Have Said About Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Democrats running for president have hewed to the party line in criticizing the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan rolled out by President Donald Trump: Unilater...

Biden Under Pressure To Prove He Can Handle Trump’s Attacks

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of GOP attacks over his son's business overseas and facing piling pressure ...

Tight Security Promised For Super Bowl 54 In Miami

MIAMI (AP) — Florida and federal law enforcement agencies preparing for the Super Bowl this Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens say they are ready for anything, including ...

‘I Thought I Was Going To Die.’ Tenants Flee High-Rise Fire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters made a dramatic ladder rescue of a man about to jump from a burning Los Angeles apartment building on Wednesday and helicopters plucked people from ...

Dershowitz: Ukraine ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Not Impeachable

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking shift from President Donald Trump's claims of “perfect” dealings with Ukraine, his defenders asserted Wednesday at his Senate trial that a trade of ...

Buyers Move To Used Vehicles As New Autos Hit Record Prices

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DETROIT (AP) — The average sale price of a new vehicle hit a record of just over $39,000 late last year, a figure that chased many buyers out of the market and into used vehicles, ...

Trump: New Trade Deal With Canada, Mexico To Boost US Growth

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico that he said replaces the “nightmare" of a Clinto...

Residents Leap From Windows After Fire Erupts In 25-story Los Angeles hi-Rise Residential Tower

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles firefighters rescued terrified residents from the rooftop of a 25-story high-rise apartment building where a fire broke out on a sixth-floor balcony...

Trump Rally Rouses New Jersey Shore Town To Life

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WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Winter typically leaves many parts of New Jersey’s shore deserted, complete with blinking traffic lights and shuttered boardwalk shops, but President Donald T...