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Florida reports 5,975 new COVID-19 cases and 135 resident deaths
MIAMI — Florida's Department of Health on Friday announced 5,975 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The state also announced 138 total new deaths. Of those who died, 135 were residents.
The state has now recorded a known ...Read more
Marine hospitalized after alleged assault at California's Camp Pendleton, authorities say
SAN DIEGO — A Marine is in the hospital after an alleged assault this week at Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps officials said Thursday.
A Marine Corps official declined to offer further details about the victim, who is a ...Read more
SC reports 1,079 COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths Friday
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina health officials Friday reported 1,079 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 36 deaths from the virus.
Just under 6% of the 26,486 COVID-19 tests reported Friday returned positive results, ...Read more
What went wrong in Idaho National Guard helicopter crash? Preliminary findings released
BOISE — Idaho National Guard leadership said weather and human factors were the main contributors to the fatal helicopter crash in February that killed three pilots outside of Boise.
During a news conference Friday at ...Read more
NY's Senate leader says she's one accuser away from calling on Cuomo to resign
ALBANY, N.Y. — A handful of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fellow Democrats have called on him to step down amid mounting sexual harassment allegations.
New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, said ...Read more
Myanmar's violence requires a stronger response, UN envoy urges
The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar pleaded with the Security Council Friday to do more to halt the violence there after the death of about 50 peaceful protesters against the military’s coup.
Christine Schraner...Read more
Trial judge improperly refused to reinstate third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, court rules
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a trial judge was wrong to refuse prosecutors' request to add third-degree murder against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is scheduled ...Read more
Texas utility officials won't reverse $16 billion in electricity overcharges
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas utility regulators have rejected a recommendation that they reverse about $16 billion in overcharges for wholesale electricity that were racked up during the massive failure of the state's utility ...Read more
Democrats agree to change jobless benefit in Senate relief bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats reached agreement Friday to reduce the federal unemployment insurance payment in the COVID-19 bill from $400 to $300 per week and extend the length of the program from the end of August ...Read more
Swalwell seeks to hold Trump, Brooks responsible for Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell filed a lawsuit Friday that accuses Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of directly inciting the violence at the Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection, launching an unusual episode of ...Read more
Confidential FBI informant testifies about plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
JACKSON, Mich. — A confidential FBI informant is testifying Friday in a Jackson County courthouse about being embedded for months alongside leaders of a group accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer....Read more
California would ban boys and girls sections at big retailers under proposed law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's large retailers would have to do away with boy and girl signage for toys and child care aisles, under a bill being considered by state lawmakers.
Assembly Bill 1084 would require ...Read more
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, nation's first openly gay governor, is engaged to longtime partner Marlon Reis
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, are engaged.
The 45-year-old Democrat proposed to his partner of 17 years in December, during a delicate time for the couple and their two kids.
Reis, who ...Read more
Senate Democrats consider last-minute cut of weekly unemployment supplement to $300
WASHINGTON — Just a day after unveiling their COVID-19 relief bill, Senate Democrats are considering reducing the weekly federal unemployment supplement from $400 to $300, but would also extend the benefit through ...Read more
Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett calls governor a 'textbook abuser'
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who has accused him of sexual harassment called state’s top Democrat a “textbook abuser.”
Charlotte Bennett provided more details about her allegations ...Read more
Delta flight to Mexican resort city of Cabo diverted after passenger dies on board
A passenger died suddenly aboard a Delta flight bound for the Mexican resort city of Cabo, forcing the plane to divert to Sacramento International Airport.
Delta Flight 1837 had just taken off from an airport in Seattle ...Read more
Wildfire smoke up is to 10 times more harmful to breathe than other air pollution, new study finds
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Choking smoke from record wildfires blanketed Northern California last summer and fall. It turned Bay Area skies an otherworldly orange, raising health concerns over a hazard that is increasing as ...Read more
Meghan Markle says she 'ready to talk now' in new interview clip
Meghan Markle is embracing her newfound freedom and opening up about the limitations imposed on her by the royal family as well as the new appreciation she has for making her own choices.
“It’s really liberating to be...Read more
Massive 'space hurricane' captured spinning over Earth for the first time
ORLANDO, Fla. – While Florida is no stranger to hurricanes at ground level, the Earth once experienced a 620-mile-wide “space hurricane.”
That’s what researchers were calling a phenomenon that formed over the ...Read more
Pope Francis arrives in Iraq, where beleaguered Christians are struggling to hold on
BEIRUT – Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on a breezy afternoon Friday to begin an unprecedented visit to the land revered as the birthplace of the patriarch Abraham and the site of the Garden of Eden. But the Christian ...Read more
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