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Pandemic unemployment overpayments totaled $430M in Minnesota, report says

By Beret Leone Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A new report shows Minnesota overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The state overpaid about $430 million in unemployment insurance during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The department said these claims

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Dozens of instructors at Massachusetts police academies have serious complaints against them, investigation shows

By Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There are questions about who is training new police officers after a WBZ-TV investigation found serious complaints against dozens of instructors at police academies in Massachusetts. 46 police instructors disciplined WBZ obtained the full list of 2,492 police officers who are

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Loved ones of American ballerina with Maryland ties push to free her from Russian prison

By Mike Hellgren Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — An American citizen with Maryland ties remains detained in Russia and was not part of Thursday’s historic prisoner swap, a multinational deal that set two dozen people free—the largest in post-Soviet history. Ksenia Karelina was charged with treason for a $51

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Louisiana unveils Ten Commandments posters for public schools featuring ‘Hamilton,’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Mike Johnson

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana officials unveiled several posters of the Ten Commandments on Monday that could soon be placed in state classrooms and which feature House Speaker Mike Johnson, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. The posters shown at Monday’s news conference are not the

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Local News Pandemic unemployment overpayments totaled $430M in Minnesota, report says

By Beret Leone Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A new report shows Minnesota overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The state overpaid about $430 million in unemployment insurance during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The department said these claims

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Oregon DEQ’s revised air quality advisory lists Central Oregon counties as getting only ‘intermittent’ smoke

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Monday due to smoke from wildfires across Oregon, but for the first time in a while, all three Central Oregon counties are expected to see only “intermittent” smoke. The following areas are affected: ·        Eastern

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Local News Dozens of instructors at Massachusetts police academies have serious complaints against them, investigation shows

By Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There are questions about who is training new police officers after a WBZ-TV investigation found serious complaints against dozens of instructors at police academies in Massachusetts. 46 police instructors disciplined WBZ obtained the full list of 2,492 police officers who are

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