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Don’t want federal agents in your city or town? Then protect federal property

By FRANK V. ZERUNYAN, University of Southern California I recently visited Portland, Oregon, and saw the destruction around the federal courthouse there – walls defaced with graffiti, fences vandalized, and ... Read More...

Wyoming man convicted of threatening to kill president

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Wyoming man has been found guilty of threatening to kill President Donald Trump. The U.S. attorney’s office announced in a news release that the conviction against 27-year-old Timothy Ce... Read More...

US energy use hit 30-year low during pandemic shutdown

NATIONWIDE | By MATTHEW BROWN (AP) — U.S. energy consumption plummeted to its lowest level in more than 30 years this spring as the economy largely shut down due to the coronavirus. The decline reported Wedn... Read More...

Census Bureau: U.S. population clock hits 330 million

NATIONWIDE | By DERICK MOORE - The 2010 Census counted 308,745,538 people living in the United States. Now, 10 years later, the 2020 Census is still counting and we will not know the final number until ou... Read More...

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations? Here’s what states and employers can legally require

By DEBBIE KAMINER, Baruch College, CUNY A safe and effective vaccine could end the coronavirus pandemic, but for it to succeed, enough people will have to get inoculated. Recent polls suggest that the U.S... Read More...

Meet Hannah Kim, a veteran’s advocate raising awareness of the often forgotten Korean War

NATIONWIDE - Meet Hannah Kim, a 35 year-old Korean War Veteran's advocate, who has been on an incredible journey over the past several years to raise awareness of the often forgotten Korean War, and its man... Read More...

US inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back

NATIONWIDE | By REBECCA BOONE (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and the IRS wants the money back. The feder... Read More...

On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy

SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER, France | By RAF CASERT (AP) — This year's anniversary observances for the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever. The coronavirus pande... Read More...

One man lays wreaths in Normandy on this unusual D-Day

BENOUVILLE, France | By RAF CASERT and ALEX TURNBULL (AP) — With the coronavirus pandemic preventing people traveling, this year's D-Day commemoration is a very different event. For families anguished that t... Read More...

No stimulus money yet? Maybe be on the lookout for a debit card in the mail

NATIONWIDE - If you haven't yet received your Economic Impact Payment (EIP) - or stimulus money - from the U.S. Government in the form of a paper check, or via direct deposit, you may want to be on the looko... Read More...