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Posted on: Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 5:52am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flashpoint in the fight for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, testing... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 5:48am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is warning of a steep and growing “cost of inaction” on his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan as the White House searched for “creative” ways to win... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, January 29, 2021 - 2:45am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress and the White House rejected a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks on Thursday,... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, January 29, 2021 - 2:30am
NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 8:54pm
GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) — A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday and sent 11 others to the hospital, officials said. At least three of those... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 2:20am
The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April, but a holdup on redistricting data could disrupt several... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 2:15am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the lingering potential for violence from people motivated by anti-government... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 6:47pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in “The Last Picture Show” and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blucher in “Young... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 5:40am
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of farmers who stormed the historic Red Fort on India's Republic Day were again camped outside the capital Wednesday after the most volatile day of their... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 5:33am
Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to... READ MORE »

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