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DC weighs layoffs and other cuts as House Republicans leave the city budget in limbo

DC weighs layoffs and other cuts as House Republicans leave the city budget in limbo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser tried to keep the focus on a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mixed-used development.
Alberta reports 29 new cases of measles, bringing total to 118

Alberta reports 29 new cases of measles, bringing total to 118

EDMONTON — Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March.
Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

COLWOOD — A British Columbia city on Vancouver Island that's hiring doctors as municipal employees is "very close" to hiring two more physicians, and its mayor believes it will eventually exceed its goal of hiring eight in total.
Inside the investigation, seizure and death of Peanut the social media star squirrel

Inside the investigation, seizure and death of Peanut the social media star squirrel

New York environmental workers who came with a warrant looking for Peanut the squirrel found the scampering social media star on a bathtub. His housemate, Fred the raccoon, was in a suitcase in a bedroom closet. Soon after the Oct.

Big Oil wants a lot from Trump. It has an ally in Doug Burgum, the president's Interior pick

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When North Dakota’s petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum.

Big Oil wants a lot from Trump. It has an ally in Doug Burgum, the president's Interior pick

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When North Dakota's petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum.
Miscommunication blamed for some Manitoba inmates being unable to vote: report

Miscommunication blamed for some Manitoba inmates being unable to vote: report

WINNIPEG — Roughly half of the inmates at a jail west of Winnipeg couldn't vote in the last provincial election due to a series of events that included miscommunication among election workers, a report from Manitoba's elections commissioner says.
Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens joins Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed in primary

Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens joins Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed in primary

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fourth-term U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday with a video focused on the economic crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s volatile tariffs policies.
Pennsylvania governor reopens fire-damaged official residence to public as cleanup goes on

Pennsylvania governor reopens fire-damaged official residence to public as cleanup goes on

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov.
Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus .
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