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From Doughnuts to Wine: Businesses Prep for Eclipse-Themed Tourism

(Headline USA) Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun's disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting. With April 8's total solar eclipse right around the corner, businesses are ready for the celestial event that will dim skies along a generous path across North America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7rpUg8NkM0 There are oodles of special eclipse safety glasses...

Federal Government Paying Rural Hospitals to Close Overnight Services

(Headline USA) As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient beds and providing 24/7 emergency...

Report: Billions in Subsidies go to Polluting Pennsylvania Plant

(Anthony Hennen, The Center Square) – Though state governments promise all sorts of benefits when they offer tax breaks to a factory, the financial help rarely gets revoked if environmental rules get violated. A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project found that, among 50 plastics plants built or expanded in...

Teacher Unions Backing Downstate Republicans ‘Very Rare,’ says Researcher

(Catrina Petersen, The Center Square) – Teachers unions have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to certain Republican candidates’ state legislative primary campaigns, a national trend that can be seen in incumbent state Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, and primary challenger Jim Acklin’s race for the 102nd Illinois House seat. Acklin...

Analysts: Policymakers Must Confront Weaponized Migration to Address Border Crisis

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Unless Congress and policymakers understand how weaponized migration is being used against the U.S., they won’t be able to solve the problem, foreign policy analysts warn. More than 11 million illegal immigrants entering the U.S. from all over the world is not an accident,...

Realtors Group Ends Commission Model; Biggest ‘Jolt’ in 100 Years

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) - The National Association of REALTORS announced Friday an agreement where it will end the 6% commission that is routine in home sales. In the settlement with homeowners, the association will pay $418 million in damages and end litigation on the matter. Experts say that Americans...

Virginia Swimmers with Riley Gaines in Lawsuit Against NCAA

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) – Sixteen former and current female college athletes, including a handful from the women’s Roanoke College swim team and an Olympian at Virginia Tech, have sued the NCAA. The lawsuit is led by former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines. The athletes' grievance is the NCAA...

Apple to Pay $490 Million to Settle Fraud Suit

(Headline USA) Apple has agreed to pay $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging CEO Tim Cook misled investors about a steep downturn in iPhone's sales in China that culminated in a jarring revision to the company's revenue forecast. The preliminary settlement filed Friday in Oakland, California, federal court...

Township Ordered to Shelter in Place After Violent Philadelphia Night

(Headline USA) Several people were shot after gunfire erupted early Saturday in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St. Patrick's Day parade and shutting down a children's theme park, authorities said. Middletown Township police said Saturday morning that there were “confirmed shootings” in neighboring Falls Township in Western...

Energy Department Approves $2 Billion Loan for Lithium Mine in Nevada

(Headline USA) Joe Biden's administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda. The U.S Energy Department...

Navarro Asks SCOTUS Reprieve in Politically Driven Contempt Case

(Headline USA) Trump White House official Peter Navarro appealed to the Supreme Court Friday to allow him to stay out of prison as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report to a federal prison next week, after an appeals court ruled that his appeal wasn't...

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Alleging Government Censorship of Social Media

(Joe Mueller, The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday about whether the government can persuade social media companies to remove content from platforms. The Biden administration appealed to the nation's highest court after a ruling by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last September...
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