Tag: State
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Netflix’s ‘Electric State’ Is No Hit, but the Streamer Doesn’t Mind
Read Latest News Netflix spent over $275 million to make “The Electric State,” a sci-fi action adventure film starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt and a slew of sentient robots. Had it opened in theaters, instead of on its service as it did on March 14, the film would almost certainly be declared a giant…
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Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
Read Latest News People vote at a polling station in Allenton, Wisconsin, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Alex Wroblewski | AFP | Getty Images A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two weeks before the state’s…
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The salary you need to be considered middle class in every U.S. state
Read Latest News A six-figure household income doesn’t necessarily make you rich — in many cases, it just means you’re middle class. The upper bound of what’s considered middle class for households exceeds $100,000 in every U.S. state, according to a SmartAsset analysis of 2023 income data, the most recent available from the U.S. Census…
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New York City Can’t Allow Noncitizens to Vote, Top State Court Rules
Read Latest News A New York City law that would have allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections was declared unconstitutional on Thursday by the state’s highest court, which overwhelmingly upheld a lower-court ruling. The law, which was passed in 2021 but never went into effect, would have given the city’s roughly 800,000 legal permanent…
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Kansas Voters Will Decide Whether to Hold Open Elections for State Supreme Court
Read Latest News The Kansas Supreme Court, made up mostly of jurists appointed by Democrats, has long served as a check on the Republican-dominated Legislature. The justices have established a statewide right to abortion. They have told Republican leaders that they were not spending enough on schools. And they have weathered repeated attempts to tip…
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The average Social Security payment in every U.S. state: map
Read Latest News Depending on your work history and other savings, Social Security income may be a crucial part of your retirement strategy. In fact, 77% of current retirees in the U.S. rely on Social Security income to make ends meet, according to a recent Bankrate survey. But not everyone gets the same amount. In…
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The average student debt balance in every state
Read Latest News Nearly 43 million Americans owe a total of $1.6 billion in federal student loans as of the end of 2024, according to Department of Education data. A number of factors determine how much debt borrowers wind up with and how quickly they’re able to pay it off, including how expensive their schooling…
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Mayor Adams’s Biggest Backer in the State Capitol Endorses Cuomo
Read Latest News On Sunday, an assemblywoman who leads the Brooklyn Democratic Party and who has been a key backer of Mayor Eric Adams endorsed his main rival in the upcoming mayoral election, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The decision by the assemblywoman, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, is one of the clearest signs yet that the…
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Rejected by Washington, Federal Workers Find Open Arms in State Governments
Read Latest News Where the federal government sees waste, states see opportunity — both to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration and to recruit some much-needed talent. In the weeks since the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, began eliminating jobs, state and local governments have been actively recruiting federal workers impacted by…
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How long $1.5 million in retirement savings lasts in every U.S. state
Read Latest News Many people consider roughly $1.5 million the “magic number” for retirement savings, according to a Northwestern Mutual survey of 4,588 Americans. But how long that much money lasts depends on where you live. In addition to Social Security payments, $1.5 million would last a household just 17 years in Hawaii, likely falling…
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After Elon Musk Delaware exit, state weighs overhaul of corporate law
Read Latest News Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk turned Delaware’s corporate…
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Trump’s Clash With Maine Gov. Janet Mills Fuels Tensions Across State
Read Latest News Before President Trump chastised Gov. Janet Mills of Maine at the White House last month, and before his administration started investigating Maine’s education system, the seeds of their conflict over transgender athletes had been planted by a state legislator. Representative Laurel Libby, a Republican from Auburn, Maine, had posted on Facebook about…
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State Senator Didn’t Use Runway Lights Before Fatal Plane Crash, U.S. Says
Read Latest News A 2023 plane crash that killed a state senator from North Dakota, his wife and two of their children was most likely caused when the senator — who was piloting the plane — became disoriented while taking off at night without runway lights, federal aviation investigators said on Thursday. The senator, Doug…
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Trump Pardons Ex-Tennessee State Senator Imprisoned for Campaign Fraud
Read Latest News President Trump has pardoned an imprisoned former Tennessee state senator who was two weeks into a 21-month sentence for his role in a campaign finance fraud scheme. Inmate records show that the former lawmaker, Brian Kelsey, a Republican, was released from a minimum-security satellite camp at FCI Ashland in Kentucky on Tuesday,…
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China’s commerce ministry held talks with Walmart: State media says
Read Latest News A Walmart Supercenter in Burbank, California, on Nov. 21, 2024. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images China’s Ministry of Commerce has held talks with Walmart after the U.S. retail giant reportedly requested price cuts from Chinese suppliers to offset tariff costs, a state-backed media outlet said Wednesday. The…
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Judge Orders U.S.A.I.D. and State Dept. to Pay Funds ‘Unlawfully’ Withheld
Read Latest News A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds” that the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development owed to grant recipients and contractors, requiring it to pay for work completed in the first several weeks of President Trump’s term. The ruling,…
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13 People Injured as School Bus Overturns on Garden State Parkway
Read Latest News A school bus with at least 30 passengers on board overturned on the Garden State Parkway near Montvale, N.J., on Monday evening, injuring 13 people, the authorities said. According to the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the bus overturned on the northbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway north of Exit 171…
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Supreme Court nixes challenge to state climate suits against oil firms
Read Latest News A person walks past the Supreme Court on June 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about…
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investors weigh the state of the U.S. economy
Read Latest News U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Monday as investors await a busy week of key economic data and take in the state of the U.S. economy after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend. At 4:20 a.m. ET, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell more than six basis points to 4.253%.…
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State Republicans Eager to Climb on Cost-Cutting Bandwagon
Read Latest News Clamoring to capitalize on the MAGA base’s excitement over Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, Republican officials in more than a dozen states have moved to start their own versions. But they want everyone to know they’ve already spent years cutting costs. “We were DOGE before DOGE was cool,” Gov. Ron DeSantis…
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State Street teams up with Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater on new ‘All Weather’ ETF
Read Latest News State Street has teamed up with Bridgewater Associates for an ETF that will give regular investors a chance to buy a version of one of the massive private investment firm’s longstanding strategies. The SPDR Bridgewater All Weather ETF (ALLW) launched Wednesday and is based off an investing approach of Bridgewater’s created in…
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State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
Read Latest News Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions, in what could be a blow to the U.S. government’s efforts to build partnerships and gather intelligence, American officials say. The department also plans to lay off…
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U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad
Read Latest News What’s the air quality in New Delhi, Jakarta or Buenos Aires? Until Tuesday, the United States Embassy in those cities could have told you. But the Trump administration has effectively shut down a global air quality monitoring program, ending more than a decade of public data-collection and reporting from 80 embassies and…
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Why Trump’s Speech to Congress Tonight Isn’t a State of the Union Address
Read Latest News President Trump’s address later on Tuesday to a joint session of Congress may look like a State of the Union speech and sound like a State of the Union speech, but it will not be one — at least not technically. Under the Constitution, the president is mandated “from time to time”…
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N.Y. State Police Investigate Death of Another Inmate at Upstate Prison
Read Latest News The State Police are investigating the death of a prisoner over the weekend in a facility near the central New York prison where another inmate was fatally beaten by guards in December. Prison officials said on Saturday that an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Marcy, N.Y., near Utica,…
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Theater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Captain America’ Screening in Washington State
Read Latest News Two people watching “Captain America: Brave New World” alone in a movie theater in Wenatchee, Wash., on Tuesday night began hearing strange creaking and moaning. In a film where an absurd amount of furniture is smashed, dramatic final breaths abound and fighters grunt through mortal combat, the sounds fit right in. But…
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State Street, Apollo team up to launch first of its kind private credit ETF
Read Latest News Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images There’s a new ETF in town. SPDR SSGA Apollo IG Public & Private Credit ETF (PRIV) will trade Thursday at the NYSE. This fund intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade debt securities, including a combination of public credit…
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In the Trump Era, Crafting a State Budget Becomes More Complicated
Read Latest News Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey proposed a $58 billion budget on Tuesday that would keep spending roughly flat as the state braces for potentially drastic reductions in federal funding, including Medicaid. State officials acknowledged that drafting the final budget of Mr. Murphy’s second term had proved challenging amid uncertainty in…
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Trump’s Transportation Dept. Targets Blue State Priorities
Read Latest News The Department of Transportation delivered a blow to big transportation projects in the two most populous blue states last week when it moved to revoke its approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program and announced a review of California’s high speed rail project the next day. The D.O.T.’s moves arrive amid…
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State Election Officials Seek to Avert Deeper Funding Cuts
Read Latest News Alarmed by cuts already made to federal agencies that help safeguard elections, and fearful that more could be coming, a bipartisan group of the nation’s top state election officials has appealed to Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, for help. In a rare move, the ordinarily restrained National Association of Secretaries…
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How big of a home $300,000 can buy you in every U.S. state
Read Latest News The amount of space a $300,000 budget buys you in the U.S. housing market can vary wildly depending on your location. In Hawaii, $300,000 covers just 443 square feet, about the size of a 53-foot-long domestic shipping container. But in West Virginia, the same budget stretches to 2,185 square feet, offering four…
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Michigan State and lessons from the old school
Read Latest News ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Know what’s old school? Standard, 3-by-5, index cards. Thin blue lines. Sturdy. Stackable. That’s how this men’s basketball season began for Michigan State. Each player was handed an index card and told to write personal goals for the season. Everything from statistical improvements to taking on larger roles…
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How long $1 million lasts in retirement in every U.S. state
Read Latest News How long $1 million lasts in retirement varies widely across the U.S. — stretching more than 80 years in some states but running out in less than 20 in others. Those are the findings of a recent GOBankingRates analysis, which examined how far $1 million in retirement savings plus Social Security benefits…
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Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
Read Latest News Anyone who has sat through a third-grade science class knows there are three primary states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Microsoft now says it has created a new state of matter in its quest to make a powerful machine, called a quantum computer, that could accelerate the development of everything from…
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State Cracks Down on Bad Behavior in Legal Cannabis Trade
Read Latest News Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at a new effort by state regulators to stop people who manipulate the cannabis market using tactics such as trafficking illegal products into licensed stores. We’ll also get details on today’s court hearing about dropping the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. New York State…
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Texas, California are biggest state losers in Trump’s tariffs
Read Latest News Trucks line up outside of the Bayport Container Terminal at the port of Houston in Seabrook, Texas, US, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Mark Felix | Bloomberg | Getty Images Texas and California have lately been at odds over both political and economic ideologies, but when it comes to both the existing…
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State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
Read Latest News Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk, has been advising President Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents. The department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects…
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State Dept. to Designate Latin American Cartels as Terrorist Groups
Read Latest News The Trump administration plans to designate more than a half-dozen criminal groups with roots in Latin America as foreign terrorist organizations, said five U.S. officials with knowledge of the imminent action. The move, to be carried out by the State Department, follows an executive order President Trump signed on Jan. 20 calling…
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A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity
Read Latest News Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part of the whole shift to a more casual lifestyle,” said Timothy Jay, a professor emeritus of psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass. Dr. Jay has spent…
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State Attorneys General to Sue Over Musk’s Access to Government Systems
Read Latest News Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said Thursday that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had afforded young aides to Elon Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems. President Trump’s administration calls the program the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE,…
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Hochul Moves to Shield N.Y. Doctors Who Send Abortion Pills Out of State
Read Latest News Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signed a bill on Monday intended to give the state’s health care providers an extra layer of protection to shield them from prosecution in states that ban abortion. The newly signed law comes days after a New York doctor was indicted in Louisiana for prescribing and…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons
Read Latest News Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is blocking those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in state jobs, ignoring President…
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State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
Read Latest News The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted last week. The waiver, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seemed to allow for the distribution of H.I.V. medications, but whether the waiver extended to…
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Medicaid state portals down, Sen. Wyden says
Read Latest News Medicaid reimbursement portals were down Tuesday in all 50 states on the heels of a funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration of federal grants and loans, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, separately said that his state’s “Medicaid payment system has been turned off.” “Doctors and…
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State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs
Read Latest News The U.S. State Department office that funds the clearance of unexploded munitions around the world has asked humanitarian demining organizations funded by the department to cease operations “effective immediately,” according to a surprise announcement early Saturday. The email, sent at 6:26 a.m. by Karen R. Chandler, head of the State Department’s Office…
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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide
Read Latest News U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of state, looks on, on the day he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new…
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The state of the LA housing market following the wildfires
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First Officer Convicted Under A Washington State Law Gets 16-Year Sentence
Read Latest News A police officer in Washington State was sentenced Thursday to more than 16 years in prison for killing a man during an attempted arrest in 2019, cementing the first conviction under a state law that made it easier to prosecute police officers for using deadly force. The officer, Jeffrey Nelson, was found…
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Ranking 134 college football teams after 2024 season: Ohio State No. 1, Arizona State’s big rise
Read Latest News The 2024 college football season is over. With Ohio State’s 34-23 win against Notre Dame, the longest season in history is in the books, from pre-Labor Day weekend to MLK Day. I’ve done this exercise since 2017, and last year was the toughest final ranking I faced because of bowl opt-outs. Well,…
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Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s Secretary of State, Is Running for Governor
Read Latest News Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic secretary of state of Michigan, on Wednesday announced a run to succeed the term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, plunging into a high-profile and competitive contest to lead one of the nation’s pre-eminent battleground states. “It’s clear that too many feel left out in the cold, their voices drowned out…
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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Ohio State was always the best, but Buckeyes made sure to keep it interesting
Read Latest News ATLANTA — And now, 12 thoughts from the last night of the first 12-team College Football Playoff. 1. Way back on Dec. 4, a few days after Michigan’s fourth consecutive win against Ohio State, a reader asked me whether the Buckeyes fan base would forgive Ryan Day if he turned around and…
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Ohio State tops Notre Dame to cap inaugural 12-team CFP with first national title in 10 years
Read Latest News ATLANTA — Ohio State broke in another new playoff system for college football by winning it all, rising from the wreckage of a devastating rivalry game loss and running through a gantlet of blue bloods to a national title. Will Howard completed his first 13 passes on the way to 231 yards…
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Marco Rubio Is Confirmed by Senate as Secretary of State
Read Latest News The Senate confirmed Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, on Monday as America’s 72nd secretary of state, putting a former political rival of President Trump at the helm of American diplomacy. Mr. Rubio, 53, was unanimously confirmed in a 99-to-0 vote, becoming the first Latino to occupy the job and Mr. Trump’s…
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Who will win the College Football Playoff title game? Ohio State favored over Notre Dame
Read Latest News Two of college football’s biggest brands will face off for a national title Monday night when Notre Dame and Ohio State meet in the College Football Playoff Championship Game in Atlanta. Who will come out on top? The Athletic’s writers make their picks for who will raise the trophy. Matt Baker: The…
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Notre Dame, Ohio State and the Southern flavor powering two Midwestern CFP finalists
Read Latest News ATLANTA — Georgia native Anthonie Knapp knew Notre Dame was in Indiana when the offensive lineman decided to take a recruiting visit. Exactly where in Indiana? “I didn’t know, like, closest cities?” said the freshman offensive tackle from Roswell, Ga., who grew up a Bulldogs fan. That’s better than his teammate Jaylen…
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State Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity
Read Latest News After a campaign year in which Republicans portrayed Democrats as deeply out of step with the mainstream on transgender issues, Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the country have filed dozens of proposals aimed at limiting the extent to which trans people can be recognized according to their gender identity. The flood of…
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U.S. Finds Pattern of Excessive Force by Louisiana State Police
Read Latest News The Louisiana State Police for years engaged in a statewide pattern of excessive force during arrests and pursuits, including the unjustified use of stun guns, according to a Justice Department report released on Thursday. The department’s civil rights division issued the report days after federal prosecutors said they would not bring charges…
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State Farm offers homeowners in fire areas a chance to renew insurance policies.
Read Latest News State Farm, the largest homeowners insurance company in California, jolted residents last year by announcing it would not renew 30,000 policies. That included about 8,100 homeowners in communities ravaged by the current wildfires, state officials said. But facing pressure after the wildfires caused catastrophic damage, the insurer said on Wednesday that it…
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State Attorneys General Ask Courts to Preserve Biden-era Gun Control Measures
Read Latest News More than a dozen state attorneys general, all Democrats, asked on Thursday to join federal legal efforts to preserve two Biden-era gun control policies, a signal of partisan legal fights to come as President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to power. The two policy shifts are different. One would require buyers at gun…
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What do opposing coaches think about Notre Dame’s chances against Ohio State?
Read Latest News It’s not just a lot of college football fans who have warmed up to Notre Dame these days. Rival football coaches seem to love Marcus Freeman’s team too. “I don’t think people realize how good of a team Notre Dame is,” said one defensive backs coach who faced the Irish in the…
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New York State Senator Quits D.N.C. Leadership Fight
Read Latest News James Skoufis, a little-known New York state senator whose long-shot campaign to lead the Democratic National Committee failed to catch fire, has dropped out of the race and endorsed Ken Martin, the Minnesota Democratic chairman who has drawn the most support so far. Mr. Skoufis, 37, had pitched himself as a party…
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Ohio State fans and Ryan Day: From love to hate to love again, with an asterisk
Read Latest News Let me tell you about my sister-in-law the proud Ohio State Buckeye. She grew up less than an hour away from campus. She graduated in 1998. Her three siblings attended Ohio State. Her parents too. And when it comes to Ohio State football, she is both fervent in support and gentle in…
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5 Takeaways from Hochul’s State of the State Address
Read Latest News In her fourth State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York laid the foundation for her re-election message, hoping to connect with disaffected Democrats who voted against the party in the last presidential election and to woo them back as she stares down a tough fight for a second…
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Biden administration will announce it’s lifting state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba
Read Latest News A man with a tattoo depicting late revolutionary hero Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara wears a T-shirt with colors of the U.S. flag in downtown Havana, Cuba, October 18, 2024. Norlys Perez | Reuters The Biden administration on Tuesday is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism,…
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Biden Will Remove Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Read Latest News President Biden will remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, U.S. officials announced on Tuesday, as a part of a deal that is expected to free protesters jailed during a sweeping 2021 crackdown by the Communist government. The decision by Mr. Biden is the latest in a number of…
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Hochul’s State of the State Address Will Examine New York’s Future, and Her Own
Read Latest News As Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York prepares to deliver her State of the State address on Tuesday, her priorities seem firmly focused on the voter frustrations that fueled Donald J. Trump’s election to the presidency in November. Over the last month, Ms. Hochul has announced proposals to cut taxes for parents,…
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Hochul’s State of the State Address Will Examine New York’s Future, and Her Own
Read Latest News As Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York prepares to deliver her State of the State address on Tuesday, her priorities seem firmly focused on the voter frustrations that fueled Donald J. Trump’s election to the presidency in November. Over the last month, Ms. Hochul has announced proposals to cut taxes for parents,…
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New York Could Be the Next State to Limit Students’ Cellphone Use
Read Latest News Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York on Monday announced her intention to limit access to cellphones in schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade as part of her latest push to address children’s reliance on the devices. In a statement, which provided no other details, the governor said she would include…
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The Pitched Battles for Partisan Control in State Legislatures
Read Latest News In Minnesota, Democratic legislators are threatening to stay away from the state capitol this week to prevent Republicans from trying to claim control of the House of Representatives. In Michigan, Republican senators, who are just one seat behind the Democrats, want a special election as soon as possible to fill a seat…
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Newsom Suspends State Environmental Rules for Rebuilding After Fires
Read Latest News Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a broad executive order that aims to make it easier to rebuild after the fires by suspending California’s costly and time-consuming environmental review process for homeowners and businesses whose property was damaged or destroyed. The order is likely to be the first of several permit streamlining measures…
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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Ohio State, Notre Dame can give first 12-team Playoff storybook ending
Read Latest News ARLINGTON, Texas — And now, 15 thoughts from Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24 and Ohio State 28, Texas 14 — two much-needed, much-enjoyed fourth-quarter finishes in the College Football Playoff semifinals. 1. The camera operators for the mammoth video board at AT&T Stadium love their crowd shots. There were several between…
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Nobody is more Ohio State than Jack Sawyer. The Cotton Bowl’s defining play had to be his
Read Latest News ARLINGTON, Texas — Jack Sawyer stood on the stage after winning the Cotton Bowl with a smile on his face and a hand holding up one side of Ohio State’s infamous “Ohio Against The World” flag. Quarterback Will Howard held the other end as coach Ryan Day celebrated a 28-14 win against…
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College Football Playoff championship first look: Notre Dame-Ohio State in a battle of big brands
Read Latest News The first national championship game of the 12-team College Football Playoff is a television executive’s dream. Notre Dame (14-1) and Ohio State (13-2) will meet on Jan. 20 in Atlanta, the epicenter of SEC country, but for the second straight year, there won’t be an SEC team involved in the CFP final.…
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Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman used everything to beat Penn State — even James Franklin comments
Read Latest News MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Before Mitch Jeter’s 41-yard field goal sent Notre Dame to the national championship game, before Christian Gray’s diving interception set it up or before Jeremiyah Love’s mutant performance on a braced right knee, Marcus Freeman stood before his team inside the Diplomat Hotel on Hollywood Beach on Wednesday…
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Rams-Vikings wild-card game moved to State Farm Stadium in Arizona due to L.A. wildfires
Read Latest News By Jourdan Rodrigue, Alex Andrejev and Rebecca Tauber The wild-card playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings on Monday will be moved from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., after multiple wildfires ravaged the Los Angeles County area this week, the NFL announced Thursday. The game…
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Michelle Obama Missed Jimmy Carter’s State Funeral Because of Conflict, Official Said
Read Latest News Former President Barack Obama attended Jimmy Carter’s state funeral on Thursday without his wife, Michelle Obama, although a spokeswoman for the former first lady said she sent her condolences to the Carter family. Mrs. Obama didn’t attend the funeral but sent “her thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who…
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Photos show former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
Read Latest News A picture of U.S. President Jimmy Carter is seen as members of the public sign a condolence book in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images American politicians, foreign dignitaries and family members honored former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral…
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Live Updates: Nation Honors Jimmy Carter, 39th President, at State Funeral
Read Latest News The five living presidents are making a rare simultaneous appearance on Thursday at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. It is unusual for five living presidents to be together in one place. Before 1991, there was only one other period in United States history, around 1861, when more than five presidents were even…
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Biden to deliver eulogy at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
Read Latest News [The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy Thursday morning at the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. The speech at the Washington National Cathedral will serve…
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Man arrested trying to enter U.S. Capitol with machete as Carter lies in state
Read Latest News Former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, U.S., Jan. 7, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein | Via Reuters U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a man trying to enter the Capitol complex with a machete and three knives Wednesday as former President Jimmy Carter lay…
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How much money you need to retire in every U.S. state
Read Latest News Where you retire could change your savings needs by as much as $1.49 million, according to a new analysis by GoBankingRates. In Hawaii, you need around $2.21 million to retire at 65 and cover essential living expenses — including housing, groceries, transportation, utilities and health care — for 25 years. That’s the…
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Carter to Lie in State in Capitol Starting Tuesday
Read Latest News Former President Jimmy Carter, who disavowed the trappings of the imperial presidency and never gave up his humble Georgia roots, will nonetheless be given an elaborate national send-off starting on Tuesday when he is brought to Washington for three days of tributes. Mr. Carter, who died last week at age 100, will…
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Courts in ‘State of Disarray’ on Law Disarming Felons
Read Latest News A federal law makes it a crime for lots of people to have guns. It is, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote in 2019, “no minor provision.” “It probably does more to combat gun violence than any other federal law,” he wrote. “It prohibits the possession of firearms by, among others, convicted…
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State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send $8 Billion in Arms to Israel
Read Latest News The State Department has told Congress that it intends to approve $8 billion in purchases of U.S.-made arms by Israel, the department’s office in charge of arms transfers said on Friday. It could be the final set of arms transfers to Israel by President Biden, and represents a marker of continued support…
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College Football Playoff semifinals first look: Notre Dame or Penn State? Ohio State or Texas?
Read Latest News The first 12-team College Football Playoff is now down to a stage more familiar to the sport’s postseason. Following three days of quarterfinal games, the expanded bracket has reached the semifinals, with a final four filled with blue-blood programs still playing for a shot at the national championship on Jan. 20 in…
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In demolishing Oregon, Ohio State looked like the team it was built to be: the nation’s best
Read Latest News PASADENA, Calif. — Denzel Burke stood on the field, Rose Bowl trophy in his hands and a smile on his face. The cornerback glanced down at the trophy to soak in the moment. Ohio State had just defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl in a dominating 41-21 performance that included a 34-0…
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Ohio State makes championship statement against No. 1 Oregon in Rose Bowl rout
Read Latest News No. 8 seed Ohio State handed No. 1 Oregon its first loss in dominant fashion Wednesday, winning 41-21 in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes jumped out to a shocking 34-0 first-half lead thanks to four touchdowns of more than 40 yards in the first 22 minutes.…
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Did targeting non-call cost Arizona State in Peach Bowl vs. Texas? What to know about rule
Read Latest News Texas’ thrilling 39-31 double-overtime win against Arizona State in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals nearly turned twice on potential targeting penalties that were ultimately not called after review. Targeting has been college football’s most controversial rule since it was implemented in 2008, in part because it’s a 15-yard penalty with an ejection,…
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Penn State shuts down Boise State Playoff dreams, Ashton Jeanty record chase in Fiesta Bowl
Read Latest News No. 6 seed Penn State became the first team to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 31-14 win against No. 3 seed Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night. The Nittany Lions will meet the winner of Wednesday night’s Notre Dame vs. Georgia game on…
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Penn State powers into CFP semis to carry Big Ten flag, while SEC no longer looks untouchable
Read Latest News GLENDALE, Ariz. — For about 15 years, the SEC ruled postseason college football, but so far in 2024 postseason games, the Big Ten has owned the SEC. So much so that Michigan managed to beat Alabama in two different bowl games in the same calendar year. The calendar year began with the…
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Boise State wasn’t exposed in Fiesta Bowl loss, but College Football Playoff seeding was
Read Latest News GLENDALE, Ariz. — There were two Boise States on the field on New Year’s Eve. One was a conference champion living out a dream season. A team carried to the College Football Playoff on the back of star running back Ashton Jeanty, and a storied program atop the Group of 5 conferences…
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Meet Boise State coach Spencer Danielson: From unknown to brink of CFP history
Read Latest News SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The first time Spencer Danielson watched Boise State football was the first time for a lot of people: the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Danielson was a senior in high school, watching from Southern California with his father as the Broncos pulled off one of the most preposterous upsets in college…
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Iowa State downs Miami in Pop-Tarts Bowl, then devours Cinnamon Roll-flavored mascot
Read Latest News ORLANDO — Wild Berry, Hot Fudge Sundae and Cinnamon Roll stood on stage waiting for Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP Rocco Becht to reach a fateful decision. Iowa State’s quarterback didn’t hesitate. “Well, I really like cinnamon rolls so when I heard about the choices that was my immediate go-to,” said Becht, who capped…
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State Dept. Designates American Teacher Held in Russia as ‘Wrongfully Detained’
Read Latest News Marc Fogel was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced in 2022 to 14 years in prison by the same court that handled the case of Brittney Griner. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…
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Ashton Jeanty didn’t win the Heisman, but he’s still chasing history at Boise State
Read Latest News Ashton Jeanty was into basketball more than football as a kid. So before he grew up to be a 5-foot-9 battering ram in cleats, his favorite athlete was LeBron James. Jeanty, who bounced around the globe as the son of a Naval officer, spent a chunk of his childhood in Florida when…
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Mangione Pleads Not Guilty in First N.Y. State Court Appearance
Read Latest News The Manhattan district attorney’s office has charged Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, with first-degree murder, a terrorism-related offense. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved…
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College Football Playoff quarterfinals first look: Oregon-Ohio State has national title vibes
Read Latest News The second round of the first 12-team College Football Playoff will be a combination of turn-back-the-clock traditional bowl games and odd matchups in strange sites. Hopefully, the games will be more competitive after the first round produced four home team victories by a combined 77 points. GO DEEPER There aren’t a lot…
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Penn State, Louisville volleyball will make history in NCAA championship. Their coaches are why
Read Latest News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What’s remarkable is not that two women are coaching for the national championship and one will win a title for the first time in the 44 years of NCAA women’s volleyball. It’s remarkable that these women, Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Dani Busboom Kelly, are the two doing it. Because they…
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How Merseyside became America’s 51st state
Read Latest News Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition. The site, expected to open next year, is a feat of engineering considering the narrow dimensions of the…
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Suspect in C.E.O. Killing to Be Arraigned on State Charges Monday
Read Latest News Luigi Mangione faces terror and murder charges in New York court. A federal prosecution is proceeding in parallel. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss…