Elizabeth Warren Wants Stock Trading Ban For State Lawmakers, Other Elected Officials, Too

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Wednesday she wants to extend proposals to ban stock trading among members of Congress to all state lawmakers, building on growing momentum in Washington to rein in the financial dealings of elected officials. “Public officials

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Florida wildlife officials are distributing 3,000 pounds of lettuce a day to save starving manatees

An average of 350 manatees a day are now coming to eat the greens being distributed at a temporary field response station in Cape Canaveral, along Florida’s east coast, officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said

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An Alabama Building Honors a Klan Leader. Officials Are Adding a Black Student’s Name.

His name has been stripped from structures at other schools in the state, including Troy University, Alabama State University and Jacksonville State University, according to The Montgomery Advertiser, which has re-examined his legacy as governor. “The argument has been made

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Teen killed in a Los Angeles store after a police officer’s shot penetrates wall of dressing room, officials say

One of the shots penetrated a wall and struck the girl, Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Dominic Choi told reporters during a news conference. “Preliminary, we believe that round was an officer’s round,” Choi said. The man suspected in

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A year after Mary Johnson’s disappearance, federal officials are finally acting on America’s missing Indigenous people crisis

Johnson, then 39 years old and an enrolled citizen of the Tulalip Tribes, was last seen on the reservation on November 25, 2020. “At this point, we’re information-driven, any information we get is followed up on, but leads are harder

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Federal and state officials investigate attempted breach of Ohio county office after data appears at ‘Big Lie’ symposium

The incident at the office of John Hamercheck, who is president of Ohio’s Lake County Board of Commissioners, involved someone plugging a private laptop into the computer network in Hamercheck’s office, according to two people briefed on the investigation who

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NFL officials privately admit Tony Corrente’s crew missed multiple calls in Bears-Steelers

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 06: Referee Tony Corrente #99 during the NFL match between the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 06, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jack Thomas/Getty Images) College football power rankings

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Officials confirm eight people, including two teens, are among the dead after Houston music festival stampede

Officials confirmed that eight people, including a fourteen and sixteen year old, died and 25 others were hospitalized at the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston. Seven of the victims ranged from 14 to 27 years old, Mayor Sylvester

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AG Garland Directs FBI to Investigate Alleged ‘Violent Threats’ by Parents against School Officials

Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland testifies during his confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., February 22, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Reuters) Attorney General Merrick Garland has directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to investigate alleged threats being made against school board officials

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