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Poll: Most in US say misinformation spurs extremism, hate
UNDATED (AP)- A new poll finds that Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The A...
Jody Heemstra Oct 14, 2022 EpicTop10.com / CC
AP-NORC poll: Many remain critical of state of US democracy
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll shows that many adults remain pessimistic about the state of U.S. democracy and the way elected officials are chosen. The results of the Associated Press-NORC Center for P...
Jody Heemstra Oct 19, 2022 Upendra Kanda / CC
Arkansas Gov. Sanders slams Biden for 'woke fantasies'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. The former spo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 08, 2023
Internet evidence key, but not enough in no-body murder case
JANUARY 27, 2023: BOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors in Massachusetts are basing their murder case against a man whose wife is presumed dead but whose body has not been found in large part on a series of grues...
Jody Heemstra Jan 27, 2023
Thune, colleagues introduce bill to incentivize healthy living and physical activity
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), members of the House Committee on Wa...
Jody Heemstra Mar 15, 2023 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
4 in 10 say next vehicle will be electric: AP-NORC/EPIC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to go electric when it comes time to buy a new vehicle. They say the main deterrents are high prices and ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 11, 2023
Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacks
UNDATED (AP)- Ransomware gangs have been stealing confidential documents from schools and dumping them online. The documents describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive par...
Jody Heemstra Jul 05, 2023
US House Agriculture Committee discussing Johnson, Cuellar "Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"
This week, Ranking Member of the Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Dusty Johnson (R-S.D) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act...
Jody Heemstra Oct 21, 2021
Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it's pushing them to the brink
NEW YORK (AP) - Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by technology. Hollywood actors and writers and UPS delivery drivers are among workers fighti...
Jody Heemstra Jul 31, 2023 frankieleon / CC
USDA previews emergency relief assistance for agricultural producers who incurred losses due to 2022 natural disaster events
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced (May 19, 2023) plans to roll out $3.7 billion in Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) assistance to crop and liv...
Jody Heemstra May 20, 2023 Jonathan Cutrer