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After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recommended Wednesday more training, driver benefits and safety features — but not a seat belt mandate. How and when safety upgrades are made would be up to individual school districts, DeWine said at an event releasing the … Read more
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that he apologized directly to President Biden for not giving advance notice about his hospitalization for prostate cancer treatment. “I want to be crystal clear. We did not handle this right and I did not handle this right,” Austin said at a Pentagon press briefing on Thursday. “I should … Read more
Delivery workers and advocates say it could lead to over-policing of already taxed employees, but agree firms should be regulated A proposed agency to regulate new forms of ebikes and mopeds commonly used by delivery drivers could lead to increased surveillance and harassment of couriers, according to labor and transit advocates. Last week, Eric Adams, … Read more
Company which rode the at-home exercise boom during Covid has suffered as many of its users returned to gyms Shares in Peloton tumbled by almost a quarter on Thursday after the embattled fitness group cut back its sales forecast amid lackluster demand for its high-end equipment. The company, which rode the at-home exercise boom at … Read more
President Biden repeated a dubious claim about the death of his son, Beau Biden, during a call with the parents of a U.S. service member who was recently killed in an attack on a base in Jordan near the border with Syria. While speaking on Tuesday to the parents of 24-year-old Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, … Read more
The Nevada Republican presidential primary has long been fraught with conflict over the prospect of holding two contests in one week, two days apart, with different outcomes.
Maryland’s top political leaders unveiled legislation Wednesday meant to increase accountability for juvenile offenders and the adults who run the juvenile justice system, which one leading lawmaker said was struggling in an “abundance of confusion” without meaningful oversight. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore gathered with leaders of the General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, to … Read more
With the government is set to begin negotiating prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs, NBC News’ Berkeley Lovelace Jr. explains how these new drug prices could lower health care costs for Medicare users beginning in 2026.
A bill that cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in the Virginia House of Delegates would broaden the state’s revenge porn law by adding a new category of “sexual” images that would be unlawful to disseminate. Democratic Del. Irene Shin, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would build on the General Assembly’s previous work to protect … Read more
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley continues to trail former President Donald Trump by a wide margin in her home state of South Carolina ahead of the state’s GOP presidential primary later this month, according to a new survey. Trump, who won South Carolina’s first in the south 2016 Republican presidential primary and who carried the … Read more
