Tag: Government and politics
‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio
<p>MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he's got what it takes to be a U.S. senator. </p>
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Senate Democrats urge Biden to deny funds for Brazil Amazon
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful...
Family asks feds to reopen case on Tamir Rice police killing
CHICAGO — The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014, asked the Justice Department on Friday...
Jury recommends life in prison for Missouri man in 2 deaths
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — A jury recommended on Friday that a Kansas City man receive the maximum sentence for killing two women nearly a decade...
GOP leaders diverge on Trump, putting party in limbo
<p>WASHINGTON — One by one, the Republican leaders of Congress have made the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump.</p>
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LSU reeling amid protracted reviews of sexual assault cases
<p>When LSU's football team emerges from the north end zone tunnel in 102,000-seat Tiger Stadium for its traditional spring scrimmage on Saturday, players will...
Surge in violence rattles Haiti as poverty, fear deepens
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The attack was brazen, streamed live on the internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a Holy Thursday church service, grabbed...
UN: 40 civilian casualties in central Yemen in March alone
CAIRO — The ongoing battle between Yemen's Houthi rebels and government forces in the central province of Marib has caused 40 civilian casualties in...
How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware
<p>BOSTON — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data...
Colorado GOP lawmaker: Slavery policy didn’t impugn humanity
<p>DENVER — Democrats in Colorado have condemned a Republican lawmaker for joking about lynching before saying a 18th century policy designating a slave as...