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Top eight stories for today including an increasing number of Belarusian attorneys have seen their law licenses removed for trying to defend opposition figures; The EPA announced a plan to rewrite changes made by the Trump administration that eroded local authority over the protection of waterways; Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a program offering Californians $116.5 million in cash giveaways to incentivize Covid-19 vaccinations, and more.

/ May 27, 2021
FILE - In this Monday April 26, 2021 file photo, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, accompanied by officials, attends a requiem rally on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in the town of Bragin, some 360 km (225 miles) south-east of Minsk, Belarus. Raman Pratasevich, a founder of a messaging app channel that has been a key information conduit for opponents of Belarus’ authoritarian president, has been arrested after an airliner in which he was riding was diverted to Belarus because of a bomb threat. The presidential press service said President Alexander Lukashenko personally ordered that a MiG-29 fighter jet accompany the Ryanair plane — traveling from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania — to the Minsk airport. (Sergei Sheleg/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Top eight stories for today including an increasing number of Belarusian attorneys have seen their law licenses removed for trying to defend opposition figures; The EPA announced a plan to rewrite changes made by the Trump administration that eroded local authority over the protection of waterways; Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a program offering Californians $116.5 million in cash giveaways to incentivize Covid-19 vaccinations, and more.

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National

1.) The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced a plan to rewrite changes made by the Trump administration last year that eroded local authority over the protection of waterways. 

The Colorado River, near Utah's Highway 95 (Courthouse News photo / Bill Girdner)

2.) Republicans presented their latest counteroffer to President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion vision for bridges, broadband and beyond as the country heads into Memorial Day weekend, offering $928 billion over eight years to reinvigorate the nation’s aging infrastructure.

People sit at the base of a transmission tower in North Arlington, N.J., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. President Joe Biden is setting about convincing America it needs his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, deputizing a five-member “jobs Cabinet” to help in the effort. But the enormity of his task is clear after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's vowed to oppose the plan “every step of the way.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

3.) Companies that have been trying to shut down employees’ public criticisms of their conduct, especially in the wake of the pandemic, will need to reconsider their policies in light of a First Circuit ruling.

The John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, home of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. (Photo by Beyond My Ken from Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News)

4.) The Supreme Court affirmed a more that $2 million court costs bill Thursday against municipalities that had accused Hotels.com and other travel booking agencies of shortchanging them on occupancy taxes.

(Image by Rodrigo Salomón Cañas from Pixabay via Courthouse News)

Regional

5.) President Joe Biden’s support this week of an Alaska oil-drilling project given the green light by the Trump administration at the eleventh hour of his presidency undermines Biden’s pledge to address climate change, conservation advocates say.

In this undated file photo, drilling operations at the Doyon Rig 19 at the Conoco-Phillips Carbon location in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, are shown. Five environmental groups sued the federal government Friday, claiming the Interior Department conducted a petroleum lease sale in northern Alaska without proper environmental review. (AP Photo/Judy Patrick, File)

6.) Following on the heels of many other states trying to incentivize the unvaccinated to roll up their sleeves for the Covid-19 shot, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a program on Thursday offering Californians $116.5 million in cash giveaways, including the chance to win part of a $15 million grand prize.

Vehicles queue up outside the Disneyland Resort parking for a COVID-19 vaccine in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

7.) Los Angeles County residents who had the contents of their safety deposit boxes seized by the FBI this past March sued the government seeking the return of their property.

(Image by Klarinette71 from Pixabay)

International

8.) An increasing number of Belarusian attorneys have seen their law licenses removed for trying to defend opposition figures.

FILE - In this Monday April 26, 2021 file photo, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, accompanied by officials, attends a requiem rally on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in the town of Bragin, some 360 km (225 miles) south-east of Minsk, Belarus. Raman Pratasevich, a founder of a messaging app channel that has been a key information conduit for opponents of Belarus’ authoritarian president, has been arrested after an airliner in which he was riding was diverted to Belarus because of a bomb threat. The presidential press service said President Alexander Lukashenko personally ordered that a MiG-29 fighter jet accompany the Ryanair plane — traveling from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania — to the Minsk airport. (Sergei Sheleg/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)
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