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Commentary: Bunching COVID-19, the flu and RSV as a 'tripledemic' is misleading
The term “tripledemic” is being used to express the concerns about the collective spread of COVID-19, influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, during this fall and winter. Yet each of these infectious ...Read more

Commentary: I spent 22 years in prison for a crime that never happened. That's not even the worst part
I was 22 when I was convicted in March 2000 of armed robbery by a non-unanimous jury in New Orleans. The crime never happened. Yet I was sentenced to 99 years without the possibility of parole, and I would go on to serve ...Read more

Commentary: Keeping affirmative action for the military won't guarantee diversity
In its recent decision to ban race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities, the U.S. Supreme Court made one exception: military academies. The five schools led by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard ...Read more

Commentary: Societal disruption: Artificial intelligence
Who decided the world should be disrupted by AI? Do you recall receiving a voter pamphlet on the pros and cons of AI development and deployment? Was I the only one who missed election day?
The truth of the matter is that ...Read more

Editorial: Hunter Biden's gun defense and the Second Amendment
Here’s an interesting question for the White House press corps to ask President Joe Biden, if he gives them the chance: How does he feel about his son Hunter using a Second Amendment defense to fight the gun charges ...Read more

Commentary: This is the missing puzzle piece to getting COVID-19 vaccines into arms
On Sept. 11, the Food and Drug Administration approved an emergency use authorization for updated COVID-19 vaccines. The next day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement that recommended ...Read more

Patricia Murphy: Nikki Haley for the win
It takes a lot to win a presidential debate, even the hot mess that Fox Business aired Wednesday night. But former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has done it twice now, breaking out from the crowded GOP field with clear, ...Read more

Editorial: Getting healthy should not ruin Americans' credit
Many Americans drowning in debt did not get there by spending irresponsibly on televisions, cars or pricey goodies. Medical bills have become the largest source of debt in collections — more than credit cards, utilities ...Read more

Michigan Congresswoman says she'd consider saving McCarthy's leadership if GOP offers 'concessions'
WASHINGTON — Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Grand Rapids, said Sunday that she would be open to helping save Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy's position in leadership if Republicans put "some concessions in place...Read more

Trump woos Iowa farmers promising they'll do well to elect him
Former President Donald Trump promised to champion Iowa’s farmers at a rally in the early-voting primary state, where his closest rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has been campaigning hard for Republican votes.
“...Read more

NYC braces for expected Trump court appearance in fraud trial
New York officials were gearing up Sunday for Donald Trump’s potential touchdown in lower Manhattan on the eve of his mammoth fraud trial.
Less than 24 hours before opening arguments were set to begin in state Attorney ...Read more

Biden presses McCarthy to deliver Ukraine aid absent in bill
Hours after Congress passed a U.S. spending bill without additional funding for Ukraine — in order to avoid a government shutdown — President Joe Biden urged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to follow up quickly with ...Read more

McCarthy shutdown turnabout came with phone flurry, blame gamble
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decisive moment came Friday night, after a tumultuous closed-door meeting of House Republicans showed once again he couldn’t budge hardliners from a series of contentious demands to prevent a ...Read more
DeSantis says he wouldn't be Trump's 2024 running mate if asked
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he wouldn’t accept any offer to be Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate.
“No. I’m running for president,” he said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures when asked the hypothetical...Read more

Lake County Councilman Randy Niemeyer announces bid for Congress
With the House passing a last-minute stop gap measure to avoid a government shutdown, one high-profile local Republican says he wants a chance to be part of the process.
Randy Niemeyer, 37, chairman of Lake County’s ...Read more
Congress averted a government shutdown. Here is how Georgia lawmakers voted
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden late Saturday signed a bill to fund the government through Nov. 17, beating a deadline to avoid a government shutdown by less than an hour.
The last-minute agreement was approved ...Read more
Biden urges McCarthy to secure Ukraine aid left out of stopgap
President Joe Biden urged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to approve new funding for Ukraine that was omitted from a hastily passed stopgap U.S. spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.
“I fully expect the speaker to ...Read more
Biden says No Labels 2024 bid would be 'mistake' that helps GOP
President Joe Biden expressed concern over an effort by the group No Labels to consider mounting a third-party 2024 presidential ticket, saying it would only serve to help elect the Republican nominee.
Biden in an ...Read more
McCarthy to face far-right attempt to oust him as House speaker
McCarthy’s embrace of a bipartisan deal to avert a U.S. government shutdown triggered a mutiny by far-right Republicans to depose him as House speaker.
Florida Republican Matt Gaetz said on Sunday he’ll file a motion ...Read more

Nazi barbs in Bavaria rekindle Germany's struggles with its past
In downtown Munich, police cars blocked roads to a modern office building where security guards patrolled the halls in a show of force that reflects Germany’s increasingly uncomfortable struggle with its violent past.
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