How West Virginia's first transgender elected official is influencing local politics
Rosemary Ketchum became West Virginia's first openly transgender lawmaker when she was elected to the Wheeling City Council in 2020
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Civil War General William T. Sherman's sword and other relics to be auctioned off in Ohio
Bidders will fight with their dollars next week for personal relics and a sword used by Civil War Union General William Tecumseh Sherman at an auction house in Columbus, Ohio
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Storms slam parts of Florida, Mississippi and elsewhere as cleanup from earlier tornadoes continues
Powerful storms with damaging high winds are threatening several southern states as residents cleared debris from deadly severe weather that produced twisters in Michigan, Tennessee and other states
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700 union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino off Las Vegas Strip
About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels
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The Latest | Prosecutors expect to call just 2 more witnesses in Trump's hush money case
Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money case say they expect to call just two more witnesses, laying the ground to possibly rest their case next week
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Rideshare drivers find themselves at similar crossroads 1 year after Walz veto
Rideshare drivers have been pushing for urgent action on driver pay and job security protections for the last year and a half. Lawmakers and the governor are facing pressure to strike a statewide deal or risk losing Uber and Lyft service starting in ...
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In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names had been removed
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Police arrest over 40 as they clear pro-Palestinian protest camps at Penn, MIT and Arizona
Police have made more than 40 arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled at the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona
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Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction
A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol
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Stock market today: Wall Street coasts toward the close of another winning week
U.S. stocks are coasting toward the close of another winning week
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