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Shooting in downtown Minneapolis leaves two dead, multiple wounded, including three police officers
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said his public safety team is responding to the shooting and the Minneapolis Police Department warned the public to stay away from the area.
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NBA suspends Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and fines team $30 million for salary cap violation
Two other high-ranking Clipper officials have also been suspended, though President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank has only been suspended for six months.
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Shooting at Virginia elementary school is 'contained': sheriff's office
Law enforcement remains stationed at all the district locations, Wayneboro Public Schools said, "out of an abundance of caution."
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U.S. Education Department: DEI is a civil rights violation
The U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration says that race-based decisions in education – including race-based hiring, admissions, and scholarships – are unlawful, and any institution that does not comply with the department’s antidiscrimination requirements
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New York City sues Donald Trump after FEMA recalls $80 million grant for migrant housing
The funds were disbursed by FEMA to a New York City bank account on Feb. 4 but withdrawn a week later.
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South Carolina man on death row chooses execution by firing squad
Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2002, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.
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Spokane mayor joins lawsuit against Trump administration over cuts to NIH grants
Spokane joined the ranks of others suing the Trump administration on Friday amid attempts to reduce federal spending after research institutions spent $9 billion in NIH grants on “indirect costs.” The National Institutes of Health posted on X earlier this month that
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Nevada lawmakers propose tax credits bills for filming
State lawmakers recently proposed two tax incentive bills to keep the cameras rolling in Nevada and draw a large-scale studio project.
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Major companies quietly reduce DEI policies in handbooks, annual reports
The change comes after the Trump administration pressured public schools and other groups to end their diversity-oriented practices.
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Dance troupe says threats that follow it around the globe stem from Chinese Communist Party
Shen Yun has long documented threats that are sent to venues ahead of their performances and says the threats are part of a CCP effort to suppress the group.
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Riley Gaines testifies in support of Georgia women-in-sports bill named for her
Law would ban males from participating in women's sports and change the word "gender" to "sex" in the state's code.
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Resolution encourages Tennessee teachers to say 'Gulf of America'
Tennessee senators are lining up behind a resolution that would encourage the state's educators to say "Gulf of America" when referring to the oceanic basin between the United States and Mexico. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day of
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Jury finds NJ man guilty of attempted murder in stabbing of Salman Rushdie
Rushdie, 77, took stand during the trial and described the attack that resulted in him becoming blind in one eye.