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Maryland GOP governor wants more visas for foreign workers

Gov. Larry Hogan is urging federal officials to allow more H-2B visas for foreign workers to help the state’s $355 million seafood industry and seasonal employers.

January 21, 2020 3:08 PM

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Cuomo budget proposal calls for Medicaid savings, pot sales

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a $178 billion state budget proposal Tuesday that includes a plan to create a team tasked with reining in spending on Medicaid.

January 21, 2020 2:49 PM

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Virginia Senate advances bill to scrap Lee-Jackson holiday

The Virginia Senate has advanced legislation to scrap the state’s Lee-Jackson holiday celebrating two Confederate generals.

January 21, 2020 2:48 PM

A Stanford historian tasked with caring for the university’s copies of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches, writings and other artifacts says he is worried about what will happen to the collection after he retires in August.

January 21, 2020 2:47 PM

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LA City Council says Dodgers should be awarded Series titles

The Los Angeles City Council wants Major League Baseball to strip the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox of their World Series titles and award the trophies to the Dodgers.

January 21, 2020 3:06 PM

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Huawei CFO lawyers say her alleged crimes no crime in Canada

Lawyers for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei argued Tuesday allowing her extradition to the United States would result in Canada bowing to foreign law.

January 21, 2020 2:43 PM

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What’s new today in the China virus outbreak

Here’s what’s new in the outbreak linked to an emerging virus in China.

January 21, 2020 3:00 PM

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School shooting victim’s dad named to Florida school board

The father of a student slain in Florida’s 2018 high school massacre is being appointed to the state Board of Education.

January 21, 2020 2:20 PM

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Feds: White supremacists hoped rally would start civil war

Authorities say a hidden camera captured members of a violent white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war.

January 21, 2020 2:18 PM

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New government in crisis-hit Lebanon ends 3-month vacuum

A new Cabinet has been announced in crisis-hit Lebanon breaking a months-long impasse amid ongoing mass protests against the country’s ruling elite.

January 21, 2020 2:41 PM

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Indicted former Mexico security chief not interested in plea

A lawyer for Mexico’s former top security official says he has no interest in negotiating a plea deal on charges he took tens of millions of dollars in drug-money bribes to protect the notorious Sinaloa cartel.

January 21, 2020 1:54 PM

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Netanyahu renews West Bank annexation vow ahead of elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed an election pledge to annex Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

January 21, 2020 2:54 PM

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Pamela Anderson marries film producer Jon Peters

Pamela Anderson has married movie producer Jon Peters.

January 21, 2020 1:43 PM

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Boeing doesn’t expect Max jet to be cleared until summer

Boeing doesn’t expect federal regulators to approve updates to its grounded 737 Max until this summer.

January 21, 2020 2:24 PM

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Mormon school to allow same-sex partners in ballroom event

Brigham Young University has announced it will allow same-sex couples to compete in an annual ballroom dance competition hosted by the Utah school.

January 21, 2020 2:32 PM

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Iowa wants expert review of Dakota Access Pipeline expansion

Iowa regulators have gone beyond their counterparts in North Dakota by requiring owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline to provide expert analysis to back up the company’s claim that doubling the line’s capacity does not increase the potential of a spill.

January 21, 2020 1:36 PM