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Biden administration will lend $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant, a first in the US

Biden administration will lend $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant, a first in the US

The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday. Holtec International acquired the 800-megawatt Palisades plant in 2022 with plans to dismantle it.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen.

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

HARRISBURG, Pa.
Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.
Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House

Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House

Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans
Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial , making a fallacious claim about his daughter and urging him to step aside from the case.
Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature .
Dementia among Ontario's homeless population more common at younger age: study

Dementia among Ontario's homeless population more common at younger age: study

People who are homeless have a higher risk of developing dementia at a younger age compared to the general population and those from the lowest income neighbourhoods in Ontario, suggests a study that calls for housing and earlier screening for this g

Alberta premier says she's hearing Edmonton is in rocky financial patch, offers help

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government won’t intervene but — if asked — would help the City of Edmonton navigate a reported rocky patch of financial and staffing dysfunction. “No one has stepped in. No one has intervened.
Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; 'renters matter,' Trudeau says

Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; 'renters matter,' Trudeau says

VANCOUVER — A federal government announcement that rental history could be used on a credit score is a "gamechanger" for those who have been faithfully paying their rent for years, said a longtime advocate of the idea.
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