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Fever's Clark joins Cincinnati NWSL expansion bid
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is a member of the ownership group trying to bring an NWSL expansion team to Cincinnati.Sports - ESPN - Yesterday -
Cincy, Cleveland, Denver NWSL expansion finalists
Cincinnati, Cleveland and Denver are the three finalists to become the NWSL's 16th team, commissioner Jessica Berman announced on Friday at CPKC Stadium.Sports - ESPN - Yesterday -
Appeals court deems Mississippi mail-in ballot deadline illegal
A federal appeals court ruled that Mississippi’s law allowing mail ballots to be received after Election Day is illegal, a decision that escalates a consequential legal battle even as it may not ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Trump will campaign in Wisconsin with Brett Favre, who's linked to a Mississippi welfare scandal
Donald Trump will be campaigning in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with retired NFL quarterback Brett FavreSports - ABC News - October 30 -
Man dies after being "buried under hot asphalt" in Mississippi
Darrell Sheriff was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and hot asphalt fell on him, police said.Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
Trump projected to win Ohio, Mississippi; Harris to win Colorado
CBS News projected former President Donald Trump would win Ohio and Mississippi, while Vice President Kamala Harris is projected to win Colorado. CBS News' Janet Shamlian and Jericka Duncan report ...Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
Jackson mayor and other local Mississippi officials accused of bribery
The mayor of Mississippi’s capital said Thursday “he will continue to handle the business of the city,” after he pleaded not guilty to charges related to an alleged bribery scheme that has also led ...Top stories - NBC News - November 8 -
Federal bribery investigation is another blow for Mississippi's embattled capital
Political observers say Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's indictment could intensify a long-running battle between city Democrats and Mississippi Republicans.Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Democratic governors dress as Walz for Halloween
Democratic governors are dressing up as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for Halloween with just five days to go until Election Day. Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Maura ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Braun wins Indiana governor's race
Sen. Mike Braun (R) has won Indiana's gubernatorial race, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. The latest polling ahead of the election showed Braun with nearly a 10-point lead over his ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Kehoe wins Missouri governor's race
Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) has won the governor’s mansion to replace the term-limited Gov. Mike Parson (R), according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Kehoe was expected to win the Show ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Gianforte wins reelection as Montana governor
Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) has won a second term as Montana's governor, Decision Desk HQ projects. Gianforte, a former member of the House, won his initial term in the governor's mansion in 2020, ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
ServiceNow advocates for ‘invisible’ AI agents to ease worker adoption
ServiceNow vice president of AI Dorit Zilbershot believes employees will be more accepting of AI agents when they don't even know they're using AI agents.Tech - VentureBeat - October 25 -
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Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died
Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has diedWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Elon Musk worries free speech advocates with calls to prosecute researchers and critics
First Amendment advocates are concerned that Musk could use his sway as a Trump adviser to retaliate against a long list of enemies.Politics - NBC News - November 12 -
Advocates call on Congress to reauthorize radiation compensation law in lame-duck session
A coalition of advocates and stakeholders called on Congress to take action in the lame-duck session to reauthorize the law compensating Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the federal ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Democratic Latino groups wrestle with Trump's election gains
A group of Democratic-leaning advocates say their polling shows that Trump did not win a majority of Latino men and that Latinos still support progressive policies.Politics - NBC News - November 14 -
A ‘gut punch’: Trump’s alleged sexual assault victims and their advocates on his win
Trump’s alleged victims, as well as other victims of sexual abuse, voice disappointment that he was elected again. When Donald Trump was elected to a second term last week, women who say he ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Migrant rights advocate held in Tunisia under anti-terrorist investigation
Rights group says Abdallah Said’s case is a troubling first for the country amid president’s increasing crackdown. Tunisian anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a leading advocate ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Health care advocates prepare to fight RFK Jr. nomination
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Health advocates launch effort to bar RFK Jr. nomination Democratic-aligned health advocacy groups are ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Judge strikes down Wyoming’s anti-abortion laws in victory for rights advocates
Wyoming was the only state to explicitly ban abortion pills – one of the laws struck down on Monday. A Wyoming judge has struck down the state’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-country ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Al Fayed abuse could be on scale of Savile, survivors’ advocate tells BBC
Speaking about her new role, Dame Jasvinder Sanghera says Al Fayed's "tentacles went far and wide".Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Advocates fear national book ban under unified GOP government
A Republican trifecta in Washington is raising concerns over the potential for national book ban legislation. Congressional Republicans have shown increased interest in the possibility, with House ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
The widening Mideast conflict's impact on innocent civilians
Iran's supreme leader threatened Israel and the U.S. with a "crushing response" after recent Israeli military attacks on Iran and its allies. Debora Patta reports on the innocent civilians ...Top stories - CBS News - November 2 -
These Maps Show How the Middle East Conflict Is Spiraling
In the past year the fighting has sprawled from Israel and Gaza to draw in militaries and militias from across the region.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 4 -
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Trump may again seek cuts to Medicaid. Here’s who would be affected.
Experts say real spending reform will have to come in the form of cuts to Social Security and government health-insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid.Business - MarketWatch - November 16 -
Trump advisers contemplating cuts to Medicaid and other welfare programs
Further plans include blows to food stamps that could threaten millions of Americans to fund tax cut extensions . Donald Trump ’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans are discussing ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS
Dr. Mehmet Oz previously ran for a Senate seat from Pennsylvania. CMS is one of the biggest agencies in the U.S. government, overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.Business - CNBC - 4 days ago -
Trump picks TV's 'Dr. Oz' to run Medicare and Medicaid agency
Oz, who has been criticized for promoting false and misleading claims about health and science, is Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead key Medicare and Medicaid agency
Dr. Mehmet Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022. Now he's Trump's choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Trump nominates ‘Dr Oz’ as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator
TV personality’s medical advice has proven so controversial a 2014 study declared half of it ‘baseless or wrong’. Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, best known globally as Dr Oz, to serve as the ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Could changes be coming to Medicare, Medicaid with Dr. Oz leading CMS?
Donald Trump tapped Dr. Oz to lead the CMS. Could changes be coming to Medicare and Medicaid, which are run by the federal government?Top stories - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Have Democrats found a way to win over rural America? Look at what's happening in Wisconsin.
The party’s hot streak in statewide elections faces a crucial test in out-state districts long held by Republicans.Politics - Politico - October 27 -
New Mexico Gov says Harris not opposed to ‘bolder and bigger’ immigration legislation
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on Sunday defended Vice President Harris’s support for the bipartisan border legislation and pushed back on the suggestion that she was upsetting both ...Politics - The Hill - October 27