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Education Department opens investigation into Harvard's legacy admissions
JULY 25, 2023: BOSTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 26, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
Where will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There's still time to grab a spot
MARCH 2, 2024: NEW YORK (AP) - There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in North America. The eclipse first hits Mexico's Pacific coast, cuts ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 02, 2024
Cities With the Biggest Gender Pay Gap
Women's labor force participation has grown significantly in the last 70 years; while men still outnumber women in the workforce, the gap has narrowed considerably. More women than ever are pursuing h...
Dec 02, 2020
AAA: Memorial Day forecast points to sizzlin' summer travel season
The unofficial start to summer will be a busy one this year as AAA predicts 39.2 million people nationwide will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend. This is an increase of 8.3%...
Jody Heemstra May 25, 2022
Rural Mainstreet Economy expands in July; Non-farm investors purchased 17.1% of farmland sold in the region
After declining below growth neutral in March 2023, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index for July 2023 expanded above the threshold for a fourth straight month, according to the July monthly survey of b...
Jody Heemstra Jul 21, 2023 Pictures of Money / CC
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
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
Many agriculture groups applaud Senate passage of USMCA; R-CALF USA disappointed with the deal
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the Senate passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by a bipartisan vote of 89 - 10. "We've ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 17, 2020
Disrupting and Degrading - One Year of U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Its Enablers
he United States, along with an international coalition of over 30 allies and partners, has imposed sweeping sanctions, export controls, and other economic measures since the start of Russia's unprovo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 25, 2023
'That '70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023, UPDATE: LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge sentenced "That '70s Show" star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday (Sept. 7, 2023) for the rapes of two women two de...
Jody Heemstra Sep 07, 2023 Oscar Rohena / CC