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Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps
LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court ruled Friday night to uphold a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate...
After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo
NEW YORK – It would seem the most straightforward of notions: A thing takes place, and it goes into the history books or is...
Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Center for Public Broadcasting and its funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as programs like “Sesame Street”...
Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like ‘Don’t Touch Me,’ dies at 85
NEW YORK – Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer behind such standards like “Don’t Touch Me,” has died. She was 85.Her publicist, Don...
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
NEW YORK – The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed...
Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
WASHINGTON – A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who legally entered...
Bristol Motor Speedway set to host Tennessee’s first MLB game with record crowd
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Bristol Motor Speedway is ready to make history by hosting the first Major League Baseball game in Tennessee. The stage, or...
Washington Commanders’ return to DC clears another hurdle with preliminary council approval
WASHINGTON – The Washington Commanders' hopes of returning to the site of their former home at RFK Stadium cleared a significant hurdle Friday when...
Wrigley Field chosen to host 2027 All-Star Game. Manfred downplays spat with Phillies’ Harper
CHICAGO – The Friendly Confines are set to host The Midsummer Classic.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made it official, announcing during a news conference Friday...
Trump seeks to fire official overseeing jobs data after weak employment report
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after...