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Former election official buys dominion voting
DENVER — Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories from President Donald Trump and his supporters since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official, the new company announced Thursday. The newly formed company, Liberty Vote, also vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping…
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Hundreds of hikers rescued from Mount Everest
BEIJING — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm struck the area Saturday night, cutting off access to where the hikers were staying in tents at an altitude of more than 16,000…
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N&W Briefs
Prison guards charged in beating death of inmate go on trial UTICA, N.Y. — Three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of a Black handcuffed inmate took part in an act of “sheer, unimaginable brutality,” a prosecutor told a jury Tuesday. Mathew Galliher, Nicholas Kieffer and David Kingsley are charged with…
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Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Trump announced the development as he prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House on Monday. The U.S. leader has…
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NPR, Colorado stations sue Trump administration for withholding funds
National Public Radio and three of its stations in Colorado sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, arguing that his executive order cutting funding to the 246-station network violates their free speech and relies on an authority that he does not have. Earlier this month, Trump instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and federal agencies to…
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Trump announces plan for Golden Dome missile defense, with funding pending
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered $175 billion system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he expects the system will have the capability of intercepting missiles “even if they…
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Kroger countersues rival Albertsons after demise of $25 billion merger
Grocery chain Kroger countersued rival Albertsons on Tuesday, escalating a legal fight between the two companies following the demise of their proposed $25 billion merger that was blocked by courts in December. Albertsons terminated the bid to merge immediately after the deal was blocked and sued Kroger, alleging a breach of contract that led to…
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The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other functions as part of its broad-based effort to downsize government. The firings, which weren’t publicly announced but were confirmed by Democratic senators and House members, come amid what has been a chaotic…
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Weiser, 8 other AGs side with intersex Coloradan seeking passport
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nine state attorneys general, including Colorado’s Phil Weiser, asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to allow an intersex Colorado resident to get a passport listing the person’s gender as nonbinary instead of male or…
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Weiser, 8 other AGs side with intersex Coloradan seeking passport
Nine state attorneys general, including Colorado’s Phil Weiser, asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to allow an intersex Colorado resident to get a passport listing the person’s gender as nonbinary instead of male or female. The states filed a brief with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver asking the justices to uphold…