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    20 Years After the ADA, Is Life Better for Those With Disabilities?

    Jul 26, 2010 07:55 PM EDT

    ... twenty years ago. The official unemployment figure for people with disabilities is just over 14 percent, but that counts only individuals who are actively looking for work. Many have given up, or been reluctant to begin searching in the first place. Shelley Papenfuse, with the Ability Center of Greater Toledo ...

  • Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea's liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

    Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea's liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

    Apr 10, 2024 06:45 PM EDT

    ... The stakes for him are whether he’s able to fully implement his liberal democratic agenda, which is his top priority,” Duyeon Kim, a senior analyst at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, said. “He and his party have criticized the previous progressive party for democratic backsliding.”

  • Special counsel investigating Biden's handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says

    Special counsel investigating Biden's handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says

    Feb 07, 2024 11:36 PM EDT

    ... for a voluntary interview at the White House with Hur's team. Interviews of key subjects in an investigation are often done near the end. Justice Department regulations require Congress to be notified of any investigative steps or proposed actions by a special counsel that were rejected by department leadership ...

  • News Wrap: Senate deal on Ukraine aid, border security not expected before holiday break

    News Wrap: Senate deal on Ukraine aid, border security not expected before holiday break

    Dec 19, 2023 11:50 PM EDT

    ... deal on financial aid for Ukraine and tougher border security until after the holiday break. Negotiations continued, with the White House warning that current aid for Ukraine will run out at the year's end. But Republicans are pressing for border policy changes, and that remains the sticking point. Sen ...

  • DOJ takes Google to court in biggest monopoly trial of modern digital era

    DOJ takes Google to court in biggest monopoly trial of modern digital era

    Sep 11, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... case with Cecelia Kang and Rebecca Allenworth. ... Geoff Bennett: Starting tomorrow, the U.S. Justice Department's monopoly case against Google will go to trial for what's widely considered the biggest antitrust trial of the modern digital era. Google is the undisputed giant when it comes to searching the ...

  • Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops to its border with Belarus amid tensions

    Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops to its border with Belarus amid tensions

    Aug 11, 2023 12:49 AM EDT

    ... about the presence of Russian-linked mercenaries in Belarus and migrants trying to cross the border without authorization. Separately, the Polish military said it was searching an area near the border with Belarus for a lost fuse from a missile but that it posed no threat because “the detonator has ...

  • Classified document leak suspect pleads not guilty in federal court

    Classified document leak suspect pleads not guilty in federal court

    Jun 21, 2023 09:44 PM EDT

    ... in jail while the case plays out, saying that releasing him would pose a risk that he would attempt to flee the country or obstruct justice. The leak left the Biden administration scrambling to assess and contain the damage among the international community and reassure allies that its secrets are ...

  • Trump says he expects to be arrested in hush-money case, stokes unrest on social media

    Trump says he expects to be arrested in hush-money case, stokes unrest on social media

    Mar 18, 2023 07:33 PM EDT

    ... the Jan. 6 riot, in which hundreds of Trump loyalists were arrested and prosecuted in federal court, may also have dampened the passion among supporters for confrontation. The indictment of Trump, 76, would be an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings. Even as ...

  • Walgreens ends sale of abortion drug in some GOP-controlled states where it remains legal

    Walgreens ends sale of abortion drug in some GOP-controlled states where it remains legal

    Mar 03, 2023 11:50 PM EDT

    In Alabama, for instance, they made the suggestion that, if they couldn't prosecute women who had abortions for homicide, that they might use the state's chemical endangerment law to bring -- to bring charges against women. So, these attorneys generals are getting very creative in how they are trying ...

  • No classified documents found in FBI search of Biden's beach house, lawyer says

    No classified documents found in FBI search of Biden's beach house, lawyer says

    Feb 01, 2023 03:44 PM EDT

    ... any classified documents, the president's attorney said. Agents did take some handwritten notes and other materials relating to Biden's time as vice president for review. The search, disclosed by Biden's personal lawyer, was the latest discomfiting moment for a president who has sought to contrast his sensitivity ...