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SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP 鈥?Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has named Tina Flournoy, a veteran Democratic strategist and
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The Department of Defense is overhauling how it keeps track of its guns and explosives, and Congress is requiring more accountability from the Pentagon responses to an Associated Press investigation that showed lost or stolen military weapons were reaching Americas streets.The missing weaponry includes assault rifles, machine guns, handguns, armor-piercing grenades, artillery shells, mortars, grenade launchers and plastic explosives.The Pentagon will now have to give lawmakers an annual report on weapons loss and security under the National Defense Authorization Act, which Congress approved this month and President Joe Biden is expected to sign. As APs AWOL Weapons investigation showed, military officials werent advising Congress even as guns and explosives continued to disappear.READ MORE: Gen. Milley calls Chinese weapon test very concerningTo meet those repo
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?For years, the state of Pennsylvania has had strict rules about who can stand in polling stations and challenge the eligibility of voters. The res
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INDIANAPOLIS 鈥?Danica Patrick racing career ended with a wreck in Tur
af1 n 2 at the track that made her famous.Patrick had been running near the middle of the pack in the Indianapolis 500 when she lost control, slid hard into the outside wall, then caromed across the track and hit the inside barrier before coming to a stop on the infield grass in Lap 68 out of 200.Patrick, who shot to prominence by
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ATLANTA 鈥?Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand says that, as president, she ;d seek to write into law the U.S. Supreme Court 82
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WASHINGTON 鈥?Western Democrats are pressuring President Donald Trump not to rescind land protections put in place by President Barack Obama, including Utah Bears Ears National Mo
mizuno nument.Obama infuriated Utah Republicans when he created the monument in late December on 1.3 million acres of land that is sacred to Native Americans and home to tens of thousands of archaeological sites, including ancient cliff dwellings. Republicans have asked Trump to take the unusual step of reversing the designation, saying it will add another layer of unnecessary federal control and close the area to new energy development.In a letter this week, nine Western Democratic senators wrote Trump to say that weakening protections for Bears Ears or any other national monument would be a direct affront to local communities and stakeholders.This is especially true in the case of Bears Ears National Monument, for the Native American tribes who call this living cultural landscape their ancestral home, the senators wrote.The White House has said it
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A recovery search has been called off in Kenosha for the body of a teenager in Lake Michigandue to dangerous conditions on the lake. The search will not resume.A group of Indian Trail High School and Academy students were taking pictures and jumping in the water near the North Pier Thursday. Fire Officials got a call about someone in the water around 5 p.m.1,300 Dogs, Roosters Seized In Western Wisconsin A kid went in and he was not able to get out. Witnesses saw him go under and he never surfaced again, said Ryan McNeely, Division Chief of Training and Safety for Kenosha Fire.Crews temporarily called off the recovery search around 8:30 p.m. Thursday and started again Friday morning with help
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Despite President Donald Trump s promises, it looks like the Keystone XL pipeline won t have to be made out of American steel after all.A White House spokeswoman said Friday that the buy American rules in Tru
stanley kaffeebecher mp s order clearing way for pipelines won t apply to the high-profile Keystone project, which will carry crude oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The way that the Executive Order is written is actually ... specific to new pipelines or those that are being repaired, the spokeswoman said. Since [Keystone] is already currently under construction ... it was hard to go back. Everything moving forward would be all under that executive order. But Trump has vowed repeatedly that only steel from American steelmakers could be used on Keystone as well as other U.S. oil pipelines. He said so the day he signed the Executive Order
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The Trump administration on Thursday imposed penalties on 17 individuals over their alleged roles in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The fresh sanctions from the Treasury Department come hours after Saudi prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for five people charged in the death of Khashoggi, who was a contributor to The Washington Post. The Saudi officials we are sanctioning were involved in the abhorrent killing of Jamal Khashoggi, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a statement. These individuals who targeted and brutally killed a journalist who resided and worked in the United States must face consequences for their actions. The secretary said the US government would work diligently to obtain all the facts on the death of Khashoggi and hold accountable any individual found responsible. The Government of Saudi Arabia must take appropriate steps to end any targeting of political dissidents or journalists, he said.Mnuchin had previously told reporters it would be premature to discu
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CINCINNATI WCPO 鈥?Two Ohioans have been charged with collecting more than $300,000 in Social Security benefits in the names of their dead mothers, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.Curtis Joash, 73, of Cincinnati collected nearly $188,000 since his mothers death in 1990 and Dolores Stacy, 70, of Hamilton, collected nearly $121,000 since her mother died in 2005, according to criminal complaints.Joash and Stacy were caught through the Social Security Administration s Medicare Non-Utilization Project, according to criminal complaints. The SSA investigates beneficiaries over 90 who have not used their Medicare benefits in at least three years. Frequently, people who fit those criteria are deceased, said the complaint filed by a SSA special agent.Joash admitted his guilt in an interview with thespecial agent on July 11, his criminal complaint said. In a written statement, Joash said he had spent all the money. It was my fault. I am sorry for this. All the money that came in I spent all of it. Both defendants were co-signatory on their mothers savings or checking account, allowing them to withdraw the Social Security money each month, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.A crackdown statewide resulted in charges in eight separate Social Security fraud and other
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PORTLAND, Ore. 鈥?A peaceful protest morphed into an intense early morning confrontation between demonstrators and law enforcement in Oregon s largest city.U.S. agents fired what appeared to be tear gas, flash bangs and pepper balls early
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MILWAUKEE - Things should be warm again by Thursday morning at Forest Home Elementary,but their first day back from winter break Wednesday got off to a rocky start.The students were rushed to South Divisi
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stanley cup usa ipe that stopped the boiler from working.Video: Burst Pipe Floods Greenfield Commercial BuildingOne grandmother told TODAY S TMJ4 she felt something was not right with the heat at Forest Home Elementary as soon as she dropped off her grandson, Jackson. It felt like an icebox! It was like some levels did seem warmer than others, but when you went to the second floor, it wasreallycold up there, said Sheryl Deleon.Forest Home Elementary at South 15th Place and West Forest Home Avenue was not the only school dealing with winter woes.On what was supposed to be Next Door s first day back, not one, but two of their locations suffered water damage.Milwaukee Woman Steals Back Her Stolen CarBurst pipes were to blame at their North 29th Street Location and the sprinklers went off inside their building on Capitol Drive. Our crews were on it right away, said Max Seigle of Next Door. As an example of how hard they have been working, they were at this site here on Capitol Drive until two in the morning. They plan to have school start next Monday to serve the families in our community. Many of the children we serve come from families living in poverty,so coming to a place like next
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Cleveland, OH WEWS -- A 13-year-old girl claimed she stabbed a male suspect after he abducted her on her way to school, according to Cleveland police.The girl told police she slept at her grandmother s house Wednesday night and took the number 14 Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority bus around 6:17 a.m. Thursday morning to get to school. At some point, she got off of the bus and began to walk the rest of the way.While she was walking to school, the girl told police she was distracted as she looked at homework. She said she noticed a black male standing about six feet tall with a stocky build. She said he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood around his face, a black ski mask and black jeans
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JCPenney is in serious trouble. There s no sugarcoating it.The department store chain, famous for its Christmas catalogs, is losing money 鈥?and customers. It has a lot of debt. And not much cash.A dismal earnings report on Thursday only
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SAN DIEGO KGTV - It s a nervewracking place: on stage, behind the mic, looking out at a sea of people waiting for your punch line.The Comedy Palace in Kearny Mesa sees many comedians but not like the one who performedFriday night. It was some
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An ugly graffiti attack happened on a children s playground in Racine over the weekend when vandals used black and red spray paint to write hateful messages.Shots Fired Overnight Rattled Neighbors In Racine CountyIt happened at the Kids Cove playground next to North Beach. The playground was built in 2003 completely by volunteers.City crews responded early Monday morning to
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stanley cup ny Perales with the Racine Parks and Recreation Department. It s been hit before, but this is the worst I ve ever seen it. Bob Oertel helped lead the effort to build the playground back in 2003. We had something over 2,500 people come
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