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Joe Biden Lucy Flores

Decision 2020

LUCY FLORES: Former VP Biden denies ever ‘acting inappropriately,’ will listen to allegation

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Joe Biden responded to accusations of inappropriate touching on Sunday, saying he didn't believe he had "acted inappropriately" but would listen to suggestions that he had. Biden issued a statement responding to a piece former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores in New York magazine's The Cut on Friday in which she said Biden approached her from behind, grabbed her shoulders, leaned in and "inhaled my hair," then kissed her on the back of the head while she was […]

todayMarch 31, 2019 49

Midwestern flood losses farmers

Business & Lifestyle

Midwestern farmers devastated by massive, uninsured flood losses

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) -- Hundreds of millions of dollars of crops destroyed in this month's massive Midwestern flooding events were not insured, farmers say. And the losses could leave many without sufficient income to continue farming. "This uninsured grain issue is really starting to affect people," said Jeff Jorgenson, a western Iowa corn and soy grower whose farm flooded when the Missouri River broke over its banks March 12. "It could end a farming career," he said, his voice was […]

todayMarch 29, 2019 86

Tom Udall

Decision 2020

New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall not seeking re-election in 2020

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Two-term U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., announced Monday that he will not seek another term, leaving what was considered a safe seat for Democrats up for grabs. Udall, who served as a U.S. representative before winning a Senate seat in 2008, was re-elected in 2014. His term is up in 2020. "I'm confident that we could run a strong campaign next year to earn a third term, because of all the work you and I have done […]

todayMarch 25, 2019 44

Parkland suicide

National

Two Parkland shooting survivors die in apparent suicides

PARKLAND, Fla. (UPI) -- Two survivors of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland last year died in possible suicides this week, local authorities said. Investigators told the Miami Herald that a current Stoneman Douglas student died in an "apparent suicide" on Saturday night about a week after recent graduate Sydney Aiello, 19, also died by suicide. The second student's age, sex and name were not immediately released and police are still investigating the case. "We […]

todayMarch 25, 2019 45

Kris Bryant Yadier Molina

MLB News

Cardinals’ Molina calls Cubs’ Bryant ‘stupid player and loser’

ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina defended his city by calling Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant a "stupid player and loser" after Bryant called St. Louis "boring." Bryant made the comments on Friday during a forum discussion at the Cubs' annual fan convention. "Who would want to play in St. Louis?" Bryant said "So boring. It's so boring. I always get asked like, 'Where do you like to play? Where do you not like to play?' St. Louis […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 194

Chicago Laquan McDonald

Chicagoland Region

Three Chicago officers acquitted of coverup in Laquan McDonald shooting

CHICAGO (UPI) -- A judge found three Chicago police officers not guilty Thursday on charges that they covered up for officer Jason Van Dyke after he shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson ruled that Detective David March, and officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney were not guilty of official misconduct, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice in their probe into Van Dyke's killing of McDonald. "This court finds that the state has […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019 55

Illinois Congress Congressional

Decision 2020

Illinois congressional delegation to shrink after 2020 Census

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Continued population loss means Illinois will have to say goodbye to one at least one of its 18 congressional representatives after the 2020 Census. Election Data Services recently released its annual projections of which states will gain and lose U.S. Representatives at the next turn of the decade. The projections show Illinois’ 18th Representative will almost certainly be removed and given to another state, said Kimball Brace. Other states projected to lose seats include Alabama, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, […]

todayJanuary 9, 2019 25

Business & Lifestyle

Comcast drops Jennifer Lopez’s Fuse channel

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Comcast has decided to drop the Fuse network, owned in part by Jennifer Lopez, from its lineup of cable channels. "We regularly evaluate our channel lineups and sometimes make changes to ensure we're offering customers a wide variety of the content that they want to see at the best value," Comcast said in a statement. "In this case, much of the content carried by Fuse is similar to content that is also available on other networks. […]

todayJanuary 2, 2019 63

Seattle Seahawks Pete Carroll

National

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll gets contract extension

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks were considered by many to be in a rebuild year after losing key personnel and beginning the season with back-to-back losses to the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears. Carroll and the Seahawks turned their fortunes around quickly, and it earned the longtime Seattle head coach a contract extension. Sources told ESPN that the Seahawks signed Carroll to a multi-year extension through 2021 on Monday. League sources told the NFL Network that […]

todayDecember 24, 2018 35

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