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#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Harvey Weinstein’s conviction is overturned

Associated Press / April 26, 2024

Many advocates saw the moment, however dispiriting, as an opportunity to call for a renewal of efforts to push the #MeToo message forward.

140,000 people did their taxes with the free IRS direct file pilot. But program’s future is unclear

Associated Press / April 26, 2024

The program was available to certain taxpayers in Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.

US probes whether Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to make sure drivers pay attention

Associated Press / April 26, 2024

Safety advocates have long expressed concern that Autopilot was not designed to operate on roads other than limited access highways.

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

Associated Press / April 26, 2024

The announcement is another setback for the officials at the FDA, who drafted the ban and predicted it would prevent hundreds of thousands of smoking-related deaths over 40 years.

Berkshire Hathaway’s real estate firm to pay $250 million to settle real estate commission lawsuits

Associated Press / April 26, 2024

Including HomeServices of America's proposed payout, the real estate industry has now agreed to pay more than $943 million to make the lawsuits go away.

Russia targets Ukraine railways as Western aid due to arrive

Agence France-Presse / April 26, 2024

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said months of delays to a $61 billion package of U.S. funding — approved by Washington this week — had cost his forces.

Xi tells Blinken US, China should be ‘partners, not rivals’

Agence France-Presse / April 26, 2024

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said self-rule in Taiwan was the "first red line" the U.S. shouldn't cross. Blinken said that TikTok did not come up in his conversations with Xi.

Red states sue employment commission over abortion accommodations

Edvard Pettersson / April 25, 2024

The states claim the employment commission added abortion-related requirements that were never part of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Trump election subversion trial could see further delay at Supreme Court

Kelsey Reichmann / April 25, 2024

The justices seemed split over whether presidents need immunity protection from political prosecutors or if the country needs protection from criminally immune presidents.

Lawmakers urge DEA to pick up the pace on marijuana scheduling review

Benjamin S. Weiss / April 25, 2024

While the Department of Health and Human Services recommended last summer that cannabis no longer be considered a Schedule I controlled substance, the DEA historically has demurred from taking that step.

Biden and Trump both unpopular with voters: Pew

Andy Monserud / April 24, 2024

A new Pew Research survey shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race by a hair's breadth, but voters have little confidence in either.