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Supporters, critics clash in Michigan over future of taxpayer funding for Rx Kids
The first-in-the-nation cash assistance program, which describes itself as “universal and unconditional,” has received more than $300 million in state and federal taxpayer funding since launching in Flint in 2024 and expanding to more than 60 Michigan communities
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Golden Tempo wins 158th Belmont Stakes
Golden Tempo was also this year’s Kentucky Derby winner
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Texas tops California, New York, with the most Fortune 500 headquarters
With Texas’ new stock exchange operating in Dallas, the number of headquarters relocations are expected to grow in Texas and in Dallas specifically over the next year and beyond.
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Governments pay hefty settlements for threatening, jailing people who share political memes
Hawaii Legislature must approve $118,000 payment to Babylon Bee, activist who blocked ban on "materially deceptive" election content. Tennessee county pays $835,000 to ex-cop jailed for meme response to Charlie Kirk's assassination.
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WA public EV bus operators say they face ‘Wild West’ environment with industry
One of the issues Cademarti cited was that when EV companies go bankrupt, local governments are unable to work on EV charging infrastructure due to proprietary software that is owned by the company but not released to anyone.
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Watchdog group says Biden Education Department ignored court order on Title IX enforcement
A federal judge in Tennessee blocked the Biden administration in July 2022 from enforcing guidance that expanded Title IX protections to include gender identity and sexual orientation in certain states.
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Tennessee delays prisoner's execution for one year after staff can't find his vein
The man expected to be executed is Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of three 1994 murders and sentenced to death in 1996.
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Judge sentences 'mastermind' of Feed Our Future to 41-plus years in $250M, pandemic-era fraud scheme
Prosecutors say Feeding Our Future was the hub of a fraud network that included fake food distribution sites, fake lists of children who were being fed, and kickbacks.
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Final batch of Schlitz beer rolls out after 177 years of brewing
Following World War II, it was one of the world's most popular beers, but sales began to slip in the 1970s as the company faced stiff competition.
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Judge dismisses case against Virginia assistant school principal when 6-year-old shot teacher
Ebony Parker was charged with eight counts of felony child neglect, a count for each of the eight bullets that were in the gun the student brought to school. The judge's decision ends the criminal proceedings against Parker in the case.
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Prominent black conservative leader Robert Woodson dies at 89
Woodson was an outspoken critic of New York Times Magazine's "1619 Project," which attempted to reframe American history by recasting its founding on the arrival of the first African slaves in 1619.
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Three dead, dozen quarantined after exposure to unknown substance during drug-related emergency
More than a dozen first responders started to experience nausea and dizziness after being exposed to an unidentified substance during the call.
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Michael Bay to direct true story of mission to save two pilots in Iran during Operation Epic Fury
Bay is known for directing the movies "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," in 2016 and the 2001 film, "Pearl Harbor." The two pilots flew an Air Force F-15E fighter jet, which Iran shot down last month amid the conflict in the Middle East.