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Characters enter the public domain. Winnie the Pooh becomes a killer. Where is remix culture going?
APRIL 16, 2024: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life...
Jody Heemstra Apr 16, 2024 Alekuwka / Depositphotos.com
Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig
OCTOBER 7, 2023: PENFIELD, Pa. (AP) - New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI's secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold. Two men who were near the excavation...
Jody Heemstra Oct 07, 2023
U.S. Cities Most Impacted By Sea Level Rise
Increasing global temperatures will bring changes to our environment, economy, and society, but one of the most pronounced effects will be the impact on sea level rise. A 2019 report from the UN's Int...
Dec 10, 2020
Cities whose residents are most likely to live with roommates
Household size in the U.S. is inching up for the first-time in over a century due to lower housing inventory and skyrocketing rents. Accompanying this trend is the increase in "doubled-up househo...
Nov 18, 2020
After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril
SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Fifty years after the U.S. Endangered Species Act took effect, officials say 99% of the animals and plants it protects have survived. But some scientists and activists fe...
Jody Heemstra Aug 05, 2023 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / CC
IRS Achieves Key Paperless Processing Initiative Goal, Outlines Improvements for Filing Season 2024
Following a dramatically improved 2023 Filing Season thanks to Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced ad...
Jody Heemstra Nov 08, 2023 Kurtis Garbutt / CC
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
UNDATED (AP)- Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Derek...
Jody Heemstra Dec 08, 2023 Ken Mayer / CC
South Dakota bills seek new regulations on foreign business
MARCH 2, 2023: PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota lawmakers have been advancing bills that would set new regulations for the state's business relationship with foreign entities. The bills were proposed ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 02, 2023
Justice Department, FTC issue statements supporting Right to Repair
MARCH 18, 2024: The Justice Department's Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office advocating for regulations that would facilitate the right to r...
Jody Heemstra Mar 18, 2024 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors
DECEMBER 22, 2023: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota judge said Wednesday (Dec. 20, 2023) he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state's revised abortion laws so doctors can...
Jody Heemstra Dec 22, 2023