Kansas is poised to expand an income tax credit for goods and services purchased from companies and nonprofits employing disabled workers, a year after a debate over how much the state should buck a national trend against paying those workers below the minimum wage. A bill approved by the Legislature this week with broad bipartisan […]
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three parades were scheduled to roll Friday night with no weather complications expected. But flood-threatening rains were in the forecast
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man charged with killing Young Dolph cannot get a fair trial in Memphis due to the intense media attention and “public visceral outrage” over the slaying of the beloved rapper in his hometown, a defense lawyer said Friday. Justin Johnson’s attorney asked a judge to bring in a jury from outside
FIRST ON FOX: Senate Judiciary ranking member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is demanding answers from the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security on the agencies’ actions on the illegal migrants, who attacked New York City police officers, freed without bail. “I was saddened but not surprised to hear about the latest consequences of President
LOS ANGELES — Victoria Monét and Coco Jones brought smooth R&B and studied choreography, Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams — friends up for the same Grammy — dueted their introspective folk, and Jelly Roll brought out Lainey Wilson. Ice Spice performed her new single from her forthcoming debut LP “Y2K.” Those artists — save for
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Nikki Haley has been making the same argument for months — she would be a stronger Republican standard-bearer than former President Trump to take on President Biden in November’s general election. “Look at any of the general election polls. There was one that came out yesterday. It said that Donald Trump lost
LONDON — A man died Friday after falling from the Tate Modern art gallery, one of London’s busiest tourist attractions, police said. The Metropolitan Police force said officers and ambulance crews were called to the gallery at about 10:45 a.m. (1045GMT). A man, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police
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Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court identified the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm’s maps as partisan gerrymanders. The consultants noted key criteria for map improvement, including political neutrality, compactness, contiguity and preserving communities of interest. The battleground state of Wisconsin, where Republicans control the Legislature despite Democratic wins in statewide elections, faces
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LOS ANGELES — In a pre-Grammy event, Mariah Carey used the Recording Academy stage to speak about fighting against conforming to certain music industry standards in an effort to create her music that would eventually appeal to the masses. “I was not encouraged to focus on my love for Black music,” Carey remarked Thursday night
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The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor’s top priorities — guaranteed pay raises for teachers and access to preschool for every 4-year-old. The budget measure, which won 77-19 House passage after hours of debate, would pump large
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