Tag: United States government
Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money
<p>NEW YORK — The government’s key COVID-19 relief program for small businesses has run out of money. </p>
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US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase
Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies...
Top US general urges greater racial diversity in military
<p>WASHINGTON — The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among...
‘Anxious to see you:’ JFK letters to Swedish lover auctioned
BOSTON — Love letters that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier are going up...
Boeing crash victims’ families push for changes at FAA
<p>WASHINGTON — Family members who lost relatives in the second deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max met Wednesday with top officials of the...
Top court spurns appeal in Ball State student’s 1994 killing
MUNCIE, Ind. — The U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed a central Indiana man's appeal of his life sentence for fatally shooting a Ball State...
Maryland business owner pleads guilty to tax evasion
<p>BALTIMORE — The owner of a Maryland physical therapy business is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to not paying...
Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money
NEW YORK — The government’s key COVID-19 relief program for small businesses has run out of money.
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Salvage crews removing fuel from capsized lift boat
<p>NEW ORLEANS — Salvage crews have begun removing fuel from a lift boat that capsized off the Louisiana coast in a storm last month,...
Top US general urges greater racial diversity in military
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among...