BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin on Thursday outlined her plans for her first 100 days if elected governor, laying out a far-right agenda in her bid to defeat first-term Republican Gov. Brad Little.Speaking to reporters and about 50 supporters and onlookers on the Statehouse steps, McGeachin spelled out her 10-point…Continue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” her epic novel about racism, resilience and identity named for the influential Black scholar and activist, has received the fiction prize from the National Book Critics Circle. The critics circle praised Jeffers for “weaving several centuries’ worth of ‘songs’ from the…Continue Reading
The Las Vegas Raiders are making a blockbuster move to keep up in the AFC West, acquiring All-Pro receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers.A person familiar with the move said Thursday the Raiders are sending the No. 22 overall pick in the April draft and additional compensation to the Packers to reunite Adams…Continue Reading
National “Why have Columbia’s fortunes improved so dramatically?” The Columbia University library, in New York, Jan. 8, 2021. Michael Thaddeus, a Columbia math professor, has identified several data discrepancies that Columbia provided to U.S. News & World Report, renewing the debate over the value and accuracy of college rankings. .(Brittainy Newman/The New York Times) By…Continue Reading
National Two critically-injured Canadian students involved in the crash are both now stable and recovering. Golf balls adorn a makeshift memorial at the Rockwind Community Links, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. The memorial was for student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest killed in a crash in Texas. (AP…Continue Reading
National “Everybody advocates a permanent time, but this difference between one hour back or one hour forward is not so clear in everybody’s mind.” The US Capitol is seen at sunrise from Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2022. Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images By Allyson Chiu, Washington Post…Continue Reading
National Prices in the U.S. have reached record highs above $4.30 a gallon. Prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station in Milwaukee on Monday, March 14, 2022, with a billboard for medical services in the background. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) The Associated Press By TOM KRISHER, Associated Press March 16, 2022 DETROIT (AP)…Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine Members of the U.S. Congress listen during a virtual address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium in Washington, D.C. SARAH SILBIGER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press March 16, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited Pearl…Continue Reading
This merger comes shortly after Amazon raised the price of its Prime membership for the first time since 2018 Jeff Bezos (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon) Amazon finalized an $8.5 billion merger deal on Thursday for the acquisition of MGM, folding their vast catalog of film and TV into the already massive scroll of Amazon Studios and…Continue Reading
HBO Max’s “DMZ” holds you in a state of wanting more. In this era of episodic cliffhangers designed to feed binge frenzies, that may read like an endorsement. Not quite. Neither is it an outright dismissal, or else a person wouldn’t be frustrated enough to think about what could have been. What we have in this…Continue Reading
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