Thursday, 6 February 2025

US sanctions network that helps ship Iranian oil to China

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a network of more than a dozen people and firms that are accused of facilitating the shipment of millions of barrels of Iranian oil to China

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Storms flood neighborhoods with a wintry mix and drop 'thunder ice' in several states

Thunderstorms brought heavy rains and caused flash flooding in portions of West Virginia, while a wintry mix coated trees and roads in ice and even dropped “thunder ice” in several states

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Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Democrats sue GOP county executive over armed volunteer unit they say amounts to an illegal militia

Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents

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Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Lawsuit accuses University of California of racial discrimination in admissions

A lawsuit accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian American and white applicants

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First military flight to send migrants to Guantanamo Bay is set to depart, official says

A U.S. official says the first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay is set to depart Tuesday

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Monday, 3 February 2025

Michigan county will remove 'peacemakers' Bible verse from jail entrance

A Bible verse will be removed from the entrance of a new jail in central Michigan after critics said it was a government endorsement of religion

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Sunday, 2 February 2025

Divers returning to the Potomac River for DC plane crash recovery and investigation

Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century

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Fans at Raptors game continue trend of booing US national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada

Fans at Raptors game continue trend of booing US national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada

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USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams

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Saturday, 1 February 2025

US businesses brace for Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to drive up costs

From an ice cream parlor in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, U.S. businesses are bracing to take a hit from the taxes President Donald Trump imposed Saturday on imports from Canada, Mexico a...

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Army releases name of 3rd soldier who died in helicopter and airliner crash

The Army has released the name of the third soldier who died Wednesday when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near the D

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Minneapolis will pay $600,000 to settle with woman who says ex-Officer Chauvin knelt on her neck

Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin allegedly pinned Patty Day with his knee in 2020.

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Friday, 31 January 2025

New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana

A New York doctor has been indicted by a Lousiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country

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