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Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tom Cotton (R-AK) introduced a bill Friday that would make it more difficult for Big Tech to acquire rival companies and would force them to prove proposed mergers aren’t anticompetitiveDriving the news: The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act is a Senate companion bill to a similar House bill of the…Continue Reading
Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute on the Jersey Shore, wrote an op-ed for The (Newark) Star-Ledger apologizing for a poll six days before the election that said Gov. Phil Murphy “maintains a sizable lead” over Republican Jack Ciattarelli.Why it matters: The poll had Murphy up by 11. The race wasn’t called…Continue Reading
More than 15 states across the U.S. have filed lawsuits against the Biden administration over its federal vaccine mandate for companies with at least 100 employees.Driving the news: Attorneys general in 11 states filed a lawsuit on Friday against the administration, calling the mandate “unconstitutional, unlawful and unwise.”The states participating in the lawsuit are Missouri,…Continue Reading
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Larson was the best of NASCAR’s four title contenders Friday in the final practice before the championship is decided in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway. Larson turned in the top speed of 135.293 mph among the four finalists and was second-fastest overall in 10-lap average at 131.935 in the…Continue Reading
The long-standing practice of allowing attorneys to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason has come under intense criticism after a nearly all-white jury was picked to decide whether three white men are guilty of murder for shooting and killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging though a neighborhood in Georgia.The selection of…Continue Reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An effort by prosecutors at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial to portray one of the men he shot as a hero never got off the ground Friday — and one legal expert said they were probably fortunate it didn’t. Rittenhouse, 18, is on trial on several counts including homicide in the August 2020…Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mercedes posted the fastest laps in Friday’s first practice ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix, a race that is expected to favor Red Bull and season championship leader Max Verstappen.Valtteri Bottas was 0.076 seconds quicker than teammate Lewis Hamilton, who trails Verstappen by 12 points in the championship with five races…Continue Reading
HOUSTON (AP) — Dusty Baker will return as manager of the Houston Astros for a third season after agreeing to a one-year contract with the AL champions.Baker took over from AJ Hinch, who was suspended by MLB for his role in the team’s sign stealing and then fired. The Astros lost to Tampa Bay in…Continue Reading
Popular Maryland-based pizza brand signs first NCAA-sponsored athlete The post Ledo Pizza Partners with University of Maryland Wide Receiver Dontay Demus Jr. first appeared on RestaurantNews.com…Continue Reading