KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan man who left a threatening voicemail for a Georgia congressman was sentenced Friday to a year and a day…
True the Vote challenging eligibility of 364,000 Georgia voters
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A conservative group said Friday that it’s challenging the eligibility of more than 364,000 Georgia voters before election officials in each of…
House passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown
Congress on Friday passed a two-day extension of government funding, hoping to avert a weekend shutdown and buy more time to finish negotiations on a…
Maryland, Virginia donate COVID vaccine doses to D.C.
WASHINGTON — Officials in the District of Columbia are accustomed to being short-changed in different ways. There’s the long-standing issue of D.C.’s quest for statehood…
Brazil Supreme Court rules coronavirus vaccine can be made mandatory
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s Supreme Court says coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, delivering a blow to the nation’s nascent anti-vaccine movement. However, the…
Michael Regan tapped to lead EPA, Deb Haaland for interior secretary
President-elect Joseph R. Biden tapped North Carolina environmental regulator Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and named Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico…
Oklahoma governor’s cabinet secretary indicted on bribery
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s secretary of digital transformation and technology was charged Thursday with felony bribery for allegedly attempting to bribe…
Georgia Senate runoffs hinge on evangelical voters
COLUMBUS, Georgia — Social and religious conservatives are the GOP’s secret weapon in the high-stakes Senate runoff races in this Bible Belt state. Those churchgoing…
US plans family deportations, including girl with broken arm
HOUSTON (AP) – The U.S. government is preparing to deport more than a dozen children and their parents held at a Texas immigration detention center,…
San Diego strip clubs exempt from coronavirus lockdown, California judge rules
SAN DIEGO — A California judge on Wednesday extended an order exempting San Diego strip clubs from state pandemic-related restrictions, a setback for Gov. Gavin…