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Hochul's $227B budget helps NYC transit, migrant response

Hochul's $227B budget helps NYC transit, migrant response

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov.
Past defeats on police reform bedevil newly divided Congress

Past defeats on police reform bedevil newly divided Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks before President Joe Biden made his first address to Congress in 2021, a graphic video was released of a Black man being killed at the hands of police.
Dominic Barton says he had nothing to do with federal contracts awarded to McKinsey

Dominic Barton says he had nothing to do with federal contracts awarded to McKinsey

OTTAWA — Dominic Barton, the former global managing director of McKinsey & Company, says he had no involvement in federal contracts awarded to the firm in recent years.

Tenn. GOP lawmakers block questions on cuts to HIV funding

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Biden goes after fees levied for flights, hotels and tickets

Biden goes after fees levied for flights, hotels and tickets

President Joe Biden took swipes at airlines and hotels Wednesday as he called on Congress to limit certain extra charges they impose on consumers.

Arkansas House passes school bathroom bill, heads to Senate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Nova Scotia signs $365-million, 10-year contract for digital medical record system

Nova Scotia signs $365-million, 10-year contract for digital medical record system

HALIFAX — More than eight years after announcing the program, the Nova Scotia government has a signed a $365-million, 10-year deal with a health technology company to digitize patients' medical records, Health Minister Michelle Thompson said Wednesda
Warnock, deal-maker yet party loyalist, settles into Senate

Warnock, deal-maker yet party loyalist, settles into Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly reelected Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is promising to use his first full term to cut deals where possible with Republicans and deliver for his home state.
Passengers disarm gunman who killed DC employee, shot others

Passengers disarm gunman who killed DC employee, shot others

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man “randomly” brandishing a firearm shot three people, killing one, in a Wednesday morning rampage in the nation's capital that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him.
Mother of slain 13-year-old says shooting was unnecessary

Mother of slain 13-year-old says shooting was unnecessary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a 13-year-old boy who was killed while breaking into parked cars said Wednesday that she wanted “justice for my child” and claimed the resident charged in connection with his death set the violence in motion by opening
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