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Fed supported advance notice before changing bond purchases

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials last month supported providing advance notice before the central bank makes changes to its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases. The minutes of those discussio...

Jan 06, 2021

Justice Department, federal court system hit by Russian hack

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and the federal court system disclosed on Wednesday that they were among the dozens of U.S. government agencies and private businesses compromised by a massive cybe...

Jan 06, 2021

Biden calls on mob to 'pull back,' urges restoring decency

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of "just simple decency" as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certif...

Jan 06, 2021

Most stocks rally, yields rise as market eyes Democratic DC

Wall Street is piling into stocks of smaller companies, banks and other businesses that would be winners if Democrats can pump even more financial stimulus into the economy, as expectations rise that ...

Jan 06, 2021

New Mississippi flag without rebel symbol being put into law

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi is updating its laws to include a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase "In God We Trust," six months after legislators ditched the last state flag in the U.S. tha...

Jan 06, 2021

Pence defies Trump, says he can't reject electoral votes

WASHINGTON - Defying President Donald Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he does not have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president on...

Jan 06, 2021

Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority

ATLANTA - Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. ...

Jan 06, 2021

Arizona border deaths hit 10-year high after record heat

PHOENIX - A project that maps the bodies of border-crossers recovered from Arizona's inhospitable deserts, valleys and mountains said it documented 227 deaths in 2020, the highest in a decade after th...

Jan 06, 2021

Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two ...

Jan 06, 2021

2 detectives involved in Breonna Taylor raid are fired

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville has hired Atlanta's former chief to lead its police department after months of unrest over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, and fired two more officers involved in th...

Jan 06, 2021