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Judge denies Biden's bid to block release of transcripts linked to special counsel inquiry
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (392+ words) A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden's attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter. U. S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found that the public interest in…...
Black bank card program to steer cash payments to single mothers in government housing
17+ hour, 40+ min ago (800+ words) One of the few Black-owned banks in the United States is introducing a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government-subsidized housing escape poverty. The Bank King Card debit card will be offered beginning Friday in honor…...
Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain
23+ hour, 11+ min ago (884+ words) Burnham decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwest England over Rob Kenyon of the anti-immigration party Reform UK. The victory announced early Friday cements the status of Burnham, a 56-year-old politician nicknamed the King of the North, as the…...
Vance's push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump as weekend negotiations are put on hold
1+ day, 56+ min ago (1152+ words) Vice President JD Vance had been prepared to make an overnight flight Friday to meet with his Iranian counterparts at a mountainside resort in the tiny Swiss village of Obb'rgen and begin the technical talks. His staff and a small…...
South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by Noem now implicated in his niece's death
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (635+ words) Two men, including one whose life sentence was commuted by then-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, have been charged in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a rural area five days after she went missing in…...
Mountaineer Mile makes a new stop at Mountain Valley Elementary School
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (203+ words) BLUEFIELD, WV (WVNS) " Big news for the staff and students of Mountain Valley Elementary in Bluefield. The school has been chosen to be a part of the Mountaineer Mile program. The school will receive $10, 000 in funding through the 2026 Be Active…...
Why two more states will soon ban kratom, a potentially addictive herbal product
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (555+ words) (NEXSTAR) " Two more states will soon impose bans on kratom, an herbal product that has, in some cases, been associated with "gas station heroin." The kratom tree, native to Southeast Asia, is a member of the coffee family. Traditionally, it…...
Operation Frodo EV Makes People Cry And Adopt Dogs
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (924+ words) (Test Miles) " Operation Frodo EV is not really a story about electric vehicles. It is a story about one beagle named Frodo, one rescue that was supposed to be simple, and the moment a frightened dog changes the direction of…...
Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with impeding agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (683+ words) During a news conference Tuesday, Minnesota U. S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the defendants "violently opposed the enforcement of federal law" by setting up blockades around government buildings, throwing chunks of ice at federal vehicles and "stalking" agents as they moved through…...
G7 leaders open summit talks on Ukraine and the Middle East as Zelenskyy joins in France
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (673+ words) Zelenskyy was welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a morning working session with G7 leaders to discuss the war. The Ukraine talks come on the heels of U. S. President Donald Trump's announcement of an agreement to end the 3 1/2-month-old U. S. war…...