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Speaker Johnson insists he's sticking to budget deal but announces no plan to stop partial shutdown
JANUARY 12, 2024: WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson insists he is sticking with the bipartisan budget deal he struck with the other congressional leaders. But he has offered no clear path f...
Jody Heemstra Jan 12, 2024
GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they'll clarify the laws' few exceptions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans - even as doctors and patients insist the laws' exceptions are dange...
Jody Heemstra Mar 11, 2024
Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some charges against Trump
MARCH 13, 2024, UPDATE: ATLANTA (AP) - The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case on Wednesday (March 13, 2024) dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, bu...
Jody Heemstra Mar 13, 2024 Karen Neoh / CC
It's not just 'hang loose.' Lawmakers look to make the friendly 'shaka' Hawaii's official gesture
KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) - A pinky and thumb extended with the remaining fingers curled down: That's the "shaka" in Hawaii. It's sometimes known outside the islands as the "hang loose"...
Jody Heemstra Mar 18, 2024 Steven Miller / CC
'The Phantom of the Opera' closes on Broadway after 35 years
NEW YORK (AP) - The final curtain came down Sunday (April 16, 2023) on New York's production of "The Phantom of the Opera," ending Broadway's longest-running show with thunderous standing ov...
Jody Heemstra Apr 19, 2023 hey tiffany! / CC
DEA's most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'
DECEMBER 1, 2022: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - José Irizarry accepts that he's known as the most corrupt agent in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history, admitting he conspired with Colom...
Jody Heemstra Dec 01, 2022 Steve Mays / CC
Recalled Gerber baby formula was sent to US retailers after recall began, wholesaler says; Contaminated product not distributed to South Dakota
MAY 16, 2023: NEW YORK (AP) - An infant formula recalled over potential bacteria contamination was distributed to retailers across eight states even after the recall begun, according to a release publ...
Jody Heemstra May 16, 2023
Judge approves Minneapolis police reform deal forged after George Floyd's killing
JULY 14, 2023: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - Minneapolis must enact police reforms in the wake of George Floyd's killing, after a judge on Thursday (July 13, 2023) approved a settlement agreement between ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 14, 2023 Fibonacci Blue / CC
Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- Russian President Vladimir Putin says a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won't be restored until the West meets Moscow's ...
Jody Heemstra Sep 05, 2023
Millions of old analog photos are sitting in storage; Digitizing them can unlock countless memories
UNDATED (AP)- Old photos can be a treasure that keeps on giving - if you can get them out of boxes and drawers and get at them. That's where digitization comes in. The options for preserving analog ph...
Jody Heemstra Aug 28, 2023 Renato / CC