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Military pay raises for all, significant funding slated for Fort Bragg

(The Center Square) – Pivotal eastern North Carolina military installations in America’s defense infrastructure will be getting significant fiscal support in the National Defense Authorization Act once signed by second-term Republican President Donald Trump. ...
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WATCH: Lawmakers differ on ‘affordability issues’ plaguing Illinois

(The Center Square) – Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch says state lawmakers need to address the state’s affordability issues, but a Statehouse Republican says Democratic party policies are driving costs up. ...
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Head of South Carolina elections fired after voting machine contract had unexplained $4M overrun

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Election Commission is trying to figure out how a contract for new machines for voting for $28 million ended up costing the agency $4 million more. The investigation into buying the 3,200 ballot ...
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Supreme Court appears ready to limit key part of Voting Rights Act

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to limit how a key part of the Voting Rights Act long aimed at protecting equal opportunity for racial minority voters is applied to the drawing of state election maps. During ...
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New Hampshire court rules in clergy abuse case that 2020 law cannot be applied retroactively

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s 2020 law abolishing deadlines for lawsuits alleging sexual assault cannot be applied retroactively, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The ruling came in the case of Randy Ball, who sued the Roman Catholic Bishop ...
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County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court. Cook County includes Chicago, which has seen a federal immigration crackdown in recent months. Detaining residents outside courthouses has been a common tactic ...
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Firefighters rescue stranded pup from rising floodwaters in Southern California

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter braved rising floodwaters to rescue a shivering pup that was stranded Tuesday on debris during a rare October storm in Southern California. Video shows a Ventura County firefighter climbing down a ladder to reach ...
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U.S. Bancorp forms dedicated unit for digital assets, money movement

(Reuters) -U.S. Bancorp said on Wednesday it had formed a new unit focused on digital assets and money movement to speed up development as well as grow the revenue from emerging digital products and services. Jamie Walker, a U.S. Bancorp ...
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Judge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil fuels

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels and discouraging renewable energy. The activists said the orders would worsen global warming, ...
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New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new public schools superintendent announced Wednesday he is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students. Superintendent Lindel Fields said in a statement he has ...
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Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes ‘dirty work’ of civil rights movement in new documentary

Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is ...
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What to know about President Trump’s threat to take World Cup matches from Boston

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest. Foxborough, Massachusetts, home to the ...
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