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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court judges closely questioned a Biden administration attorney earlier this week on the consequences military personnel might face for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations, even though Biden's vaccine mandate for military personnel has been rescinded. Lawyers for a group of Navy SEALS and other Navy personnel who refuse to be vaccinated [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Though the Insight Women's Center sits at the epicenter of a reinvigorated battle in the nation's culture wars, the only hint of its faith-based mission to dissuade people from getting abortions is the jazzy, piano rendition of "Jesus Loves Me" playing in a waiting room. The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature is considering [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be months away from publicly declaring his presidential intentions, but his potential rivals aren’t holding back. No fewer than a half dozen Republicans eyeing the White House have begun actively courting top political operatives in states such as New Hampshire and Iowa, which traditionally host [...]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has released a long-awaited study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska's North Slope that supporters claim could boost the nation’s energy security but that climate activists decry as a "carbon bomb." The move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw [...]
The area co-op that serves wool producers throughout the eastern half of the United States is calling it quits after more than 100 years in operation. Officials at Mid-States Wool Growers Inc. in Violet Township near Canal Winchester recently notified the cooperative’s 3,000 members that the organization will cease operations due to the limited market [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — By this time four years ago, at least a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls eager to make their case against Donald Trump had either visited Iowa or announced plans to soon visit the leadoff voting state ahead of the 2020 election. Iowa's campaign landscape is markedly different this year, with a [...]
Arizona officials refer to a notoriously congested stretch of desert highway through tribal land as the Wild Horse Pass Corridor, a label that's less about horses than the bustling casino by the same name located just north of where the interstate constricts to four lanes. With the Gila River Indian Community's backing, the state allocated [...]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nichole Mason first became concerned when she learned administrators at her children's public school were allowing transgender students to use girls' bathrooms. Her frustrations mounted when she felt her children's next school went too far with how they enforced COVID regulations during the pandemic. Now, the mother of five is [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeowners who held off selling their homes in 2022 as the housing market slowed missed out on a windfall and may have to settle for slimmer profits if they opt to sell this year. The sale of a median-priced home last year translated into a profit of $112,000, a 21 percent [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats responded with aggrieved fury when former President Donald Trump was found in possession of classified documents that should have been turned over to the government when he left office. Then disclosures that President Joe Biden also mishandled secret papers set loose a Republican "well, what about" roar. Now, with another discovery [...]