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News Wrap: 900 Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020
In our news wrap Monday, records show some 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 from March 2020 to March 2021. About half were agents protecting the president, vice president and their families. The White House acknowledged that…
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Defense Department moves to fix failures in addressing sexual assault in the ranks
The U.S. Defense Department on Tuesday embraced a major reform aimed at stamping out sexual assault in the military. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III issued a statement saying he supported removing commanders from having any voice on whether service…
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How Carl Nassib’s coming out may be a starting point to alter ‘macho’ NFL attitudes
Footballer Carl Nassib's decision to come out as gay on Monday makes him the first active player in the NFL's history to do so. Others have come out only after they retired or left the game. Nassib, however, is a…
The gas tax’s tortured history shows how hard it is to fund new infrastructure
A bipartisan group of senators proposed the gas tax should be indexed to inflation to help pay for new infrastructure spending, an approach Biden calls 'regressive.'…
People age 21 and older will be allowed to possess and consume marijuana beginning on July 1 under the new law. The measure also lays the groundwork for a new cannabis industry in the state and attempts to address racial…
The unprecedented work will include compiling and reviewing decades of records to identify past boarding schools, locate known and possible burial sites at or near those schools, and uncover the names and tribal affiliations of students, she said.
Thirteen Democrats and two Republicans engaged in a last effort to rally supporters Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in New York City's mayoral primary, the first citywide election to use ranked choice voting.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday responded to concerns from Republican lawmakers about spiking inflation by reiterating his view that current price increases will likely prove temporary.
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay.
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