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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court last week left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of methane and toxic mercury. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the orders, which came after a series of emergency applications from industry groups and some states to block the rules. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon, the ballots will be cast, the polls will close and a presidential election will come to an end, but for United States adversaries, the work to meddle with American democracy could enter another phase. Despite attention on efforts to spread disinformation in the months before the Nov. 5 election, the hours [...]
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a 72-year-old American in a closed trial to nearly seven years in prison for allegedly fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Prosecutors said Stephen Hubbard signed a contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. He fought alongside them until being [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed the conviction of a Columbus man on charges of theft and receiving stolen property, despite the man’s assertion that his written guilty plea was insufficient to convict him. The 3-0 panel held that the record demonstrated that the trial judge was compliant with Criminal Rule 11 on [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free. The federal tax collector’s Direct File program, which allows taxpayers to calculate and submit their returns to the government directly without using commercial tax preparation software, will be open to more [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri last week put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan, slamming the door on the possibility it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire. Just as it briefly appeared the Biden administration would have a window to push [...]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in South Carolina and New Mexico in violation of environmental regulations, a federal judge has ruled. Plaintiffs challenged a plan consummated in 2018 for two pit production sites — at South Carolina’s Savannah [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A hacking group tied to Russian intelligence tried to worm its way into the systems of dozens of Western think tanks, journalists and former military and intelligence officials, Microsoft and federal authorities said. The group, known as Star Blizzard to cyberespionage analysts, targeted its victims with emails that appeared to come from [...]
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have voted to impose duties on imports of electric vehicles from China, as talks continued between Brussels and Beijing to find an amicable solution to their trade dispute before an end-of-October deadline. The European Commission, which manages trade on behalf of the 27 member countries, welcomed their majority approval [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Central Intelligence Agency says it wants to make it easier — and safer — for people in Iran, China and North Korea to share information with America’s spy agency. The agency last week posted online instructions in Korean, Mandarin and Farsi detailing steps that potential informants can take to contact American [...]