(CNN)Moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia made clear Thursday that $1.5 trillion was the price tag he was willing to settle on for his party’s plan to expand the social safety net, putting him $2 trillion away from the lowest number progressive Democrats have said they would accept.Manchin said he informed President Joe…
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(CNN)With a growing number of Americans dying from drug overdoses and concerns over addiction rising, the Biden administration has found itself facing a nationwide crisis that keeps escalating as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on.On the campaign trail, Biden presented a comprehensive plan to address the opioid epidemic, but his public advocacy on the issue has…
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CARVER CO., Minn. (WCCO) — A tense Eastern Carver County School Board meeting over a mask mandate Monday culminated with a physical altercation, the latest flashpoint in a bitter nationwide battle over COVID-19 policies in schools. On Monday, parents and community members spoke out against a new mask policy implemented in the district through October…
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SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Four people, three passengers and a pilot are OK after their helicopter crashed at Miami Executive Airport.The crash happened in a parking lot of the airport, near International Flight Center North, just after 7 p.m., Tuesday.Part of the helicopter slammed right through the fence behind a parked truck.The tail end…
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September 28, 2021 11:36 AM Posted: September 28, 2021 11:36 AM Updated: September 28, 2021 6:43 PM MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are investigating after a unique piece of artwork was stolen from a vendor at the Art Fair on the Square over the weekend. Police say officers were flagged down by the vendor on…
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CHICAGO (CBS) — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported the first human case of rabies in the state since 1954 in a man who died after apparently being bitten by a bat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis after testing at its lab, the department said. READ MORE:…
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Jamie Spears, Britney Spears’ father, leaves the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles on October 24, 2012. (Nick Ut/AP)In a court filing obtained by CNN in early September, Britney Spears’ father and the conservator of her estate, Jamie Spears, cited his daughter’s pleas at two separate court hearings over the summer in his request to terminate the…
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(CNN)Alan Jackson has gone public with an illness he says has been affecting him for years.In an interview with Jenna Bush Hager of “Today,” the country star shared that he has suffered for years with a degenerative nerve condition known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.The singer said it is a genetic “neuropathy and neurological disease” which he…
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Judge Brenda Penny is expected to consider several petitions filed since the last hearing in the case on July 14.Jamie Spears, the singer’s father, has served as her conservator since 2008. Earlier this month, he petitioned to terminate the conservatorship. His filing followed two powerful days of testimony from the pop star this summer in…
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(CNN)The show will not go on for the Zac Brown Band.Lead singer Zac Brown says he has tested positive for Covid-19 and that the band’s Thursday concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Michigan has been canceled.”I have made the very difficult decision to pause Zac Brown Band’s ‘The Comeback Tour,'” Brown wrote on Twitter.…
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