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Supporters, critics clash in Michigan over future of taxpayer funding for Rx Kids
The first-in-the-nation cash assistance program, which describes itself as “universal and unconditional,” has received more than $300 million in state and federal taxpayer funding since launching in Flint in 2024 and expanding to more than 60 Michigan communities
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U.S. Senate race headlines Maine primaries as voters head to polls Tuesday
President Donald Trump has avoided endorsing Collins in the race for Senate, highlighting a tension between the two
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Golden Tempo wins 158th Belmont Stakes
Golden Tempo was also this year’s Kentucky Derby winner
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Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies at 48
The news, which was announced on his Instagram account, comes after Van Der Beek announced he had colorectal cancer in November 2024, although no official cause of death has been given.
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Ohio lawmakers wants to parents protected for affirming child’s sex
Ohio government agencies would be barred from defining a parent as “harmful” or “dangerous” for affirming their child’s sex rather than their gender, under a bill introduced in the Ohio legislature.
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Super Bowl LX peaks at 137 million viewers ahead of Bad Bunny halftime show
The average audience was more than 124 million viewers, lower than last year
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Patel confirms FBI investigating 'persons of interest' in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping
The case has attracted national attention, largely due to the victim's familial relation to TV personality Savannah Guthrie.
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US economy added 130,000 jobs in January, exceeding Wall Street expectations
The Dow Jones consensus estimate was that 55,000 jobs would be added.
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Penn State forces faculty to become DEI zealots to get promoted, wine scientist's lawsuit says
University's promotion review committee denied enologist Molly Kelly because she only "checked the box" for DEI by doing outreach to insufficiently diverse groups, showing its unconstitutional "ideological demands," she says.
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Paxton announces $68 million settlement against Colony Ridge developers
Under the terms of the settlement, the developers will have to pay a total of $68 million, of which at least $20 million will be allocated to law enforcement efforts—including funding for the construction of a law enforcement center in the area.
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Colorado Dems pushing 2 new bills that would add rules for gun stores, ban 3D-printed firearms
Both bills, introduced by Democrats in the state legislature last week, are in addition to two other bills lawmakers are considering that would expand the state’s “Red Flag” law and require any gun barrel purchases to be made from a firearm dealer.
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Paramount ups Warner Brothers hostile takeover bid in latest attempt to outdo Netflix
Paramount said the new deal has a total equity value of $78 billion and enterprise value of $108 billion.
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Report shows that rising health care costs could affect midterm elections
President Donald Trump (62%), Democrats (63%) and Republicans (64%) in Congress all received nearly two-thirds votes of "not too much" confidence to "no" confidence to address the general cost of living.