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Instead of trying to keep their seats in Congress, two North Carolina politicians are vying for a high-profile office closer to home: state attorney general. The career path that Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson are trying to follow was once a rarity but has become more common across the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration earlier this week announced the implementation of a rule to cap all credit card late fees, the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and a move that regulators say will save Americans up to $10 billion a year. The [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a substitute teacher in her mid-20s, Lindsey Puls was delighted to discover the fashion world of Shein more than 10 years ago, lured in by its super-low prices — with tops selling for a few dollars, dresses under $10 and free shipping on orders more than $29. Puls, who has a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency last week said it is delaying planned rules to curb emissions from existing natural gas plants that release air pollutants. The agency said it is still on track to finalize rules for coal-fired power plants and new gas plants that have not come online. In a turnaround from [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — With Nevada counties struggling to find poll workers, the top election official in the Western state is taking a page from his counterparts elsewhere and is asking the legal community to help fill the gap. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar wants lawyers who volunteer at the polls to be able to [...]
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Inside giant white tents that house about 1,000 migrants near Tucson International Airport, Border Patrol agents demonstrate clockwork efficiency to release detainees within two days of arrest with orders to appear in immigration courts at their final destinations. Agents transmit information from the field to colleagues who prepare court papers while [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order this week aimed at better protecting Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries such as China and Russia. The attorney general and other federal agencies are to prevent the large-scale transfer of Americans’ personal data [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A state commission earlier this week awarded bids to several companies allowing them to frack oil and gas beneath state parks. The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission granted the mineral rights to multiple oil and gas companies, allowing them to frack for oil and gas under land owned by the [...]
The federal government will fund 17 projects across the country to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, the Biden administration announced. The $366 million plan will fund solar, battery storage and hydropower projects in sparsely populated regions where electricity can be costly and unreliable. The money comes [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States last week piled new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation of the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny earlier this month in an Arctic penal colony. The U.S. Treasury, State Department and Commerce Department imposed roughly [...]