Some Republicans continue to push for ‘decertification’ of 2020 election
Megan Varner/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — While many mainstream Republicans look toward making waves in the midterm elections, some are still clinging to the past.
After GOP Rep. Mo Brooks’ recently confessed that former President Donald Trump repeated…
Survey: Local veterinarians charge widely different prices for the same procedures
Checkbook.org is out with its ratings of local veterinarians. Most got high marks for competency, advice, and spending time with patients. Checkbook’s undercover shoppers also compared prices. “We found these massive price differences where some practices charge
Scoreboard roundup — 4/1/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Toronto 102 Orlando 89
Final Washington 135 Dallas 103
Final Boston 128 Indiana 123
Final D…
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces campaign for Congress
Michael Schwartz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former GOP vice president candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will run for Alaska’s at-large Congress seat vacated by the late Rep. Don Young, she announced on her Facebook page Friday.
“Today I’m announcin…
Republicans frustrated with GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn over unsubstantiated sex, drug claims
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Republicans on Capitol Hill appeared frustrated with the weeklong controversy sparked by Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who made unsubstantiated claims in a recent interview that some of his colleagues invited him to sex …
Buttigieg unveils stricter fuel economy standards for U.S. vehicles
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — New cars in the U.S. will need to meet stricter fuel economy standards, the Biden administration announced Friday.
The rule will require passenger cars, trucks and vans produced for the model year 2026 to avera…
California panel vote to limit reparations makes eligibility difficult to prove, narrows slavery’s impact, experts say
ilbusca/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved Black people living in the U.S. during the 19th century has drawn criticism from …
Rise of COVID-19 reinfections in England linked to waning immunity and spread of BA.2, experts say
Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in England, the country is also experiencing a surge in reinfections.
Provisional data shows that, as of the week ending March 20, 2022, laboratory-confirmed reinfe…
‘Star Trek: Discovery’’s Sonequa Martin-Green talks the future of the show and that “profound” finale
Marni Grossman/Paramount+ It’s a wrap for Star Trek: Discovery. Sonequa Martin-Green has just finished her latest voyage as Captain Michael Burnham in Season 4…and she still hasn’t come back to Earth.
“It was quite profound,” she tells ABC Audio of the…
Biden administration says it will lift Title 42 restrictions along the southern border
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is officially ending Title 42, the controversial policy implemented by the Trump administration restricting migrants from coming into the coun…