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Andrew Cuomo pitches $20 minimum wage in New York City
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pitching plans to raise New York City's minimum wages as he runs for mayor, despite blocking similar efforts when he was governor. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that if elected mayor he would push to raise the minimum wage to $20
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Fed up taxpayers ditch CA, IL, and NY, while FL, TX continue to grow
Report shows heavy impact that migration has on state tax revenues.
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Franklin Graham meets with Zelensky in Berlin, offers prayer for peace in Russia-Ukraine war
"The complications in Ukraine and Russia are very difficult, and I believe only God can solve this," Franklin Graham said.
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Driver of car plows through celebrating crowd of football fans in Liverpool, England
“The car stopped at the scene and a male has been detained,” the Merseyside police said. A police spokesperson told CNN “the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area.”
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Texas House passes Parental Bill of Rights
Bill affirms parents are the primary decision-makers in their child’s education, and bans DEI ideology in K-12 public schools.
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SCOTUS asked to decide challenge to IL’s post election ballot counts and challenges to state laws
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to intervene in a case that could reshape how federal candidates challenge state election laws.
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Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson dies at age 79
Phil Robertson starred on "Duck Dynasty" from 2012 to 2017, and also founded the Duck Commander company.
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Maryland Democrats plan to override governor’s veto of reparations commission bill
The commission would study federal, state and local policies from 1877 to 1965 in the post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras, which the legislation said led to "economic disparities based on race, including housing, segregation and discrimination, redlining, restrictive covenants, and tax policies.”
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Alex Palou becomes first Spanish driver to win Indianapolis 500
Sunday was the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.
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Bills allowing prayer, Bible in school, 10 commandments head to Abbott’s desk
SB 10, filed by state Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, and SB 11, filed by state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, previously passed the Senate.
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Teenager who was charged with killing Austin Metcalf to be tried as adult in Texas
Karmelo Anthony, 17, was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing Metcalf at a high school track meet.
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Female softball player injured by male pitcher sues Minnesota to keep males out of her games
Olympic Peninsula school district bucks Washington state athletics, superintendent of public instruction with sex-eligibility policy, drawing threat from ACLU
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Crypto investor charged for allegedly kidnapping, torturing Italian tourist for weeks, police say
The suspect, John Woeltz, 37, appeared in court Saturday. He is being held without bail on charges including kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment.