Trump rewards legal defense team, picks lawyer Todd Blanche as No. 2 Justice official
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the…
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What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary
Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus. Robert…
Continue Reading Giuliani’s lawyers seek to withdraw from legal fight over $148M defamation judgment against him
NEW YORK (AP) — Two attorneys representing Rudy Giuliani in a lawsuit related to a $148 million defamation judgment against him have asked a judge…
Continue Reading Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long record of promoting anti-vaccine views
Associated Press Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group,…
Continue Reading Ex-Phoenix Suns employee files racial discrimination, retaliation lawsuit against the team
AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — A former Phoenix Suns employee is suing the team, alleging racial discrimination and unlawful retaliation that led…
Continue Reading Manhattan rooftop fire sends plumes of dark smoke into skyline
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire on the roof of a 44-story luxury apartment building sent plumes of dark smoke into the New York City skyline. Officials say…
Continue Reading Advance Auto Parts is closing hundreds of stores in an effort to turn its business around
NEW YORK (AP) — Advance Auto Parts is closing more than 500 stores and shedding another 200 independent locations. The announcement came as the…
Continue Reading Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to…
Continue Reading Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
AP Media Writer Headlines from the satirical website the Onion on Thursday: “New Dating Site Suggests People You Already Know But Thought You Were…
Continue Reading Judge weighs the merits of a lawsuit alleging ‘Real Housewives’ creators abused a cast member
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that…
Continue Reading Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to kick off fundraising effort for Ohio women’s suffrage monument
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin is kicking off the $2 million capital campaign for an Ohio monument to women’s…
Continue Reading Dozens indicted over NYC gang warfare that led to the deaths of four bystanders
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say four bystanders were shot dead in the last 18 months because of gang rivalries in upper Manhattan. The claim came…
Continue Reading Man who stole and laundered roughly $1B in bitcoin is sentenced to 5 years in prison
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years…
Continue Reading Brazil launches a G20 social summit to highlight needs of low-income people
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top…
Continue Reading New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A parade in downtown New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated…
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Trump nominates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,…
Continue Reading West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program that incentivizes West Virginia families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools by…
Continue Reading New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A parade in downtown New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated…
Continue Reading Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to…
Continue Reading Falling scaffolding plank narrowly misses pedestrians at Boston’s South Station
BOSTON (AP) — Video has been released of a near miss at New England’s busiest train station. Strong wind sent a large scaffolding plank…
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