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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia names Anna Paulson as president
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has chosen Anna Paulson, a top official at the Chicago Fed, to serve as its next president. Paulson, 60, will replace Patrick Harker on ...
Fake injury rule approved. If medical staff tends to player after ball is spotted, timeout charged
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel gave final approval to a rule designed to discourage football players from faking injuries to stop the game clock, the NCAA announced Thursday. Beginning ...
ND judge blocks law forcing Catholic employers to accommodate employee abortion, fertility care
More than 9,000 Catholic employers do not need to abide by federal regulations requiring accommodations for workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments, according to ruling issued this ...
Trump administration takes aim at Harvard’s international students and tax-exempt status
President Donald Trump’s administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to revoke the university’s ability to host international students ...
‘Gut-wrenching’: 152 dogs rescued from ‘extremely poor’ conditions in Utah home
OGDEN, Utah ( KTVX) — Over 150 dogs were rescued from a home in Ogden, Utah, where they were reportedly living in “extremely ...
QB Cam Ward of Miami is the Titans’ likely pick at No. 1 overall in the NFL draft
The Tennessee Titans need a quarterback, hold the No. 1 pick overall and have spent the offseason turning over every stone, rewatching tape and studying Miami’s Cam ...
Armstrong signs bill doing away with ‘approval voting’ and ‘ranked choice’ systems
The bill signed by Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong bans ranked-choice and approval voting. Ranked-choice voting, in which voters rank their preferred candidates, is used in Alaska and Maine and ...
A Russian bucket brigade helps toads and frogs cross the road to get to a spawning site
It happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, many in ...
China dominates solar. Trump tariffs target China. For US solar industry, that means higher costs
Mike Summers was eager to install solar at his home in Ohio for years, and after he finally replaced his aging roof this year, his solar contractor swung into action. His system — including 19 ...
Someone You Should Know: Hippity Hop Shop
Hey, you got more baskets? So, it kind of snowballed into this,” says Jennifer Shauer.Schauer is the co-creator of the Hippity Hop Shop, in Bismarck. The other half of the ...
Trump says Federal Reserve Chair Powell’s ‘termination cannot come fast enough’
President Donald Trump slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, reiterating his frustration that the Fed has not aggressively cut interest rates and saying that ...
Russia’s top court lifts terror group designation on Afghanistan’s Taliban
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist ...