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Restaurants and small businesses are struggling to find employees as the government continues to provide so much financial assistance in response to the coronavirus pandemic that it can be more cost-effective for some to remain unemployed. “Every small business and small restaurant is hurting right now because the government is paying people to stay home, …

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Republican Julia Letlow won Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District election Saturday in a landslide less than three months after her late husband Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID complications before he could take office. Letlow, who lives in rural Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, will become the first woman to represent Louisiana in Congress in more …

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APulitzer-winning journalist and a think tank leader have filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Michigan to disclose the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, comparing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s actions to those taken by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “This case deals with a matter of tremendous public importance, namely the need for transparency in …

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Three more Prince George’s County residents are facing charges in connection with the murder of a popular attorney in Laurel. Police had already arrested two people – Marie Nancy Hassan, 23, of Hyattsville, and Caleb Rinwi Gonga, 21, of Lanham- in connection with the murder of 43-year-old Brian Bregman in his home in the 500 block of Main Street on …

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A species of blue crab native to the Chesapeake Bay area has wound up on the shores of Europe, spotted everywhere from Ireland to Spain to Albania, and it’s threatening both native species and fishermen. The Chesapeake blue crab or Atlantic blue crab has most recently turned up on the Dollymount Strand in Dublin, according to The Irish …

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A Maryland youth football coach now faces child sex abuse charges. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office says 50-year-old Moshe Michael Imel of Owings, Md. was charged Thursday with four counts of sex abuse of a minor. Sheriffs say two victims came forward with allegations dating back to 2009 and lasting till the present. Imel coached youth …

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The Rev. Kevin O’Brien, the president of Santa Clara University and the priest who delivered the Roman Catholic Mass for President Biden on the morning of his inauguration, is on leave from his job at the school after unspecified allegations against him. John Sobrato, the chair of the university’s board of trustees, delivered the message in a letter to the university …

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Frederick County, Maryland Sheriff Chuck Jenkins says he has no intention of suspending a controversial program to cooperate with federal immigration authorities after a local doctor said fear of law enforcement is an obstacle to getting the county’s Latino population vaccinated. “I have no intention of suspending the 287(g) Program for any length of time,” …

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Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler warned Republicans this week that any efforts to run in Georgia would be futile so long as the GOP fails to counteract activist Stacey Abrams’ get-out-the-vote efforts that delivered the state to Joe Biden in November. After losing the race for Georgia governor in 2018, Abrams went on a determined …

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The White House shut down a request by Russia’s Vladimir Putin to hold a public conversation – perhaps on Zoom – with President Biden, saying the commander-in-chief is “quite busy.” Putin went on state-TV after Biden referred to him as a “killer” in an interview Wednesday and said he was ready to hold talks with …

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