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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer calls special election for state Senate seat that could split Michigan chamber
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called a special election Friday for a state Senate seat that has been vacant for nearly nine months, setting up a contest that could let Republicans hobble Whitmer’s agenda in the Democrat’s final year in office. The 35th Senate District has been unrepresented in the Legislature all year after its former lawmaker, Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November. Democrats now hold a slim 19-18 majority in the chamber
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Man faces massive fine after bulldozing over mile of national park for driveway: 'It was just astounding … that someone could think this kind of activity was OK'
The man ignored warnings and cleared away around 19,000 square meters of land with a front-loader.
2 min read - USThe Wrap
Mike Johnson Has Awkward Response When Newsom Points Out Louisiana Murder Rate Is Worse Than California
Mike Johnson got a bit awkward when asked about the crime rates in his home state of Louisiana after Gov. Gavin Newsom called him out
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Bondi fires Justice Department employee for gesturing at National Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice official on Friday for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., on her way to work. "Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC," Bondi posted on X, responding to a New York Post story about the firing.
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Springfield woman cares for 260 outdoor cats in 17 neighborhood colonies
Springfield woman cares for more than 200 outdoor cats through Community Cat Advocacy Team.
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Forget the golden age of fraud, the billionaire investor who shorted Enron warns we might be in the ‘diamond or platinum level’ amid the AI boom
“When it comes to financial fraud specifically, there’s no question we’re seeing more of it—especially riding the wave of the current AI-driven market boom,” short-seller Jim Chanos said.
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Southwest Airlines begins flying first plane with secondary cockpit barrier
(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines began Friday flying its first jet with a secondary barrier to the flight deck designed to prevent intrusions. The plane - a Boeing 737 MAX 8 which was delivered in recent days - took off Friday afternoon from Phoenix to Denver, the airline said. Secondary barriers -- long sought after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that exposed the risks of inadequate flight detect protection -- are crucial to aviation safety, pilots unions have argued.
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