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GOP lawsuit over mail voting could have far-reaching implications
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Fri,02/02/24-2:00AM , 1497 Reads
Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting before the presidential election in November.
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Business events scheduled for the coming week
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,02/01/24-11:52AM , 314 Reads
Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming week.

All times are Eastern.

THURSDAY, Feb. 8

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly report on unemployment benefits, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, noon.
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Syphilis stats are highest since 1950
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Wed,01/31/24-2:00AM , 723 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn’t abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases in adults.
But there’s some unexpected good news: The rate of new gonorrhea cases fell for the first time in a decade.
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Hours of video show what officers did after beating of Tyre Nichols
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Tue,01/30/24-7:05PM , 801 Reads
MEMPHIS — About 21 hours of newly released video and audio are revealing more about what first responders including the five fired police officers charged in the violent beating death of Tyre Nichols did and said the night Nichols was pulled over and mortally injured.
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