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Feds to spend $8 B on Penn Station renovations
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (528+ words) The Trump administration took over the redesign of Penn Station last year from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. New York's iconic Penn Station will be renovated after the Trump administration pledged $8 billion for the massive project and announced plans not to…...
Pope Leo urges world to rein in AI's power to eliminate jobs, automate warfare in first encyclical
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (392+ words) Roman Catholic Church leader also asks for forgiveness for church's slowness in condemning slavery centuries ago. Pope Leo XIV on Monday unleashed his first and long-awaited papal encyclical, pleading with political and corporate leaders to create robust regulations that keep…...
Privately backed tollway plan in Louisiana prompts debate over use of residential lots
19+ hour, 53+ min ago (753+ words) Shreveport City Council introduced ordinance granting right-of-way access to a city-owned tract of land with Red River Expressway. The proposed route for a privately funded road and tollway over the Red River that would run through the Esplanade Subdivision in…...
Federal appeals court narrows reach of Illinois" biometrics privacy law, handing Amazon a win
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (839+ words) Appeals court judges said they were joining with other courts in limiting the reach of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Amazon has turned aside another attempt to use Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law to extract a potentially big payout…...
Lawyer claims Wisconsin "desperatly" trying to keep voter list secret
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (352+ words) Wisconsin's governor says he is trying to give the state's election clerks the freedom and ability to do their jobs, but not everyone is buying it. A federal judge dismissed the Trump Administration's lawsuit that sought to get Wisconsin's unredacted…...
New York lawmakers approve 'sanctuary' state proposal
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (407+ words) New York Democrats are moving forward with plans to restrict cooperation with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown despite the threat of federal intervention and legal challenges. A provision tacked onto the state budget package and approved Thursday will limit cooperation…...
EU leaders increasingly fear over dependence on China, after years of worrying about US dominance
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (488+ words) European officials fear repeating with China the same strategic mistake they made with cheap and accessible Russian energy. When the cash-strapped Italian government joined China's Belt and Road Initiative in 2019, it was interpreted as a sign of Europe's shifting balance…...
U. S. attorney in Miami sends "message" to deep state with indictment against ex-prosecutor
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (785+ words) Charges against former Assistant U. S. Attorney'Carmen Mercedes Lineberger'carry more than 20 years in prison. In less than a week, the U. S. attorney in Miami supervising the probe of Obama-Biden era government weaponization secured indictments against Cuban communist dictator Raul Castro and an alleged…...
Kansas City argues it can force Christians to counsel gay married couples without violating SCOTUS
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1343+ words) Eighth Circuit panel seems surprised by city's argument that SCOTUS ruling against "conversion therapy" ban doesn't affect its public accommodation law, which requires counselors to see gay couples but not endorse their marriage. The Supreme Court likely sounded the death…...
Never forgotten, never alone: The Wounded Blue is protecting law enforcement from gaps in help
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1057+ words) On this special Memorial Day episode of "Just The News, No Noise," the show welcomes the VA Secretary, Rep. Gabe Evans, and multiple police officers and veterans. Just The News is airing two special Memorial Day episodes of its flagship…...