Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Georgia joins states seeking parental permission before children join social media
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents' explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval...
Mar 28, 2024
Former US Sen. Joe Lieberman remembered as 'mensch' who bridged political divides
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The late Joe Lieberman on Friday was remembered by political allies and even a former foe as a "mensch" who both bridged and defied partisan political divides, during a funeral ...
Mar 28, 2024
Chicago plans to move migrants to other shelters and reopen park buildings for the summer
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks and move nearly 800 people, including families, in order to reopen park district buildings hosting popular summer c...
Mar 28, 2024
Network political contributors have a long history. But are they more trouble than they're worth?
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the nation's most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over the hiring - and quick firing - of someone who isn't even a journalist in the first place....
Mar 28, 2024
Georgia lawmakers approve new election rules that could impact 2024 presidential contest
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers on Thursday approved new rules for challenging voters and qualifying for the state's presidential ballot that could impact the 2024 presidential race in the battlegrou...
Mar 28, 2024
Georgia teachers and state employees will get pay raises as state budget passes
ATLANTA (AP) - Pay raises for Georgia's public school teachers and state employees were never in doubt politically from the moment Gov. Brian Kemp proposed them, but lawmakers finally clinched the dea...
Mar 28, 2024
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry dies after medical emergency amid cancer battle
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry died Thursday, a day after after experiencing a medical emergency related to his stomach cancer. He was 72. The announcement from his office that the...
Mar 28, 2024
Conservative leader supports Manitoba's attempt to be exempt from carbon backstop
WINNIPEG - Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he supports Manitoba's request for an exemption from the federally imposed carbon price. "The fact is that Manitoba produces a pheno...
Mar 28, 2024
Mississippi Senate passes trimmed Medicaid expansion and sends bill back to the House
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in one of the poorest states in the U.S. after the Senate voted Thursday for a vastly different plan than one pr...
Mar 28, 2024
Tennessee governor signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023,...
Mar 28, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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