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Bears signing free agent WR Scotty Miller
57+ min ago (187+ words) Posted today at 11: 20am The Chicago Bears are signing free agent wide receiver Scotty Miller, his representatives confirmed Saturday to ESPN. Financial terms for the 28-year-old veteran were not disclosed by agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey. Miller caught nine passes…...
Rwanda-backed rebels accuse the US of falling short as a peace mediator in Congo's conflict
19+ min ago (386+ words) According to a letter to U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Congolese rebel leader Corneille Nangaa, Washington has failed to pressure Congo's government over its alleged violations of peace commitments. Congo and Rwanda agreed last year to a U. S. -mediated peace…...
SRN - US News
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (1287+ words) Posted today at 4: 03am BOSTON, May 9 (Reuters) " Millions of Americans are unknowingly financing electric grid projects before they get any benefit. Policy-makers, in an urgent bid to overhaul the nation's aging electric grid, are increasingly letting utilities charge customers for power…...
Astros place LHP Bennett Sousa (elbow) on injured list
57+ min ago (212+ words) Posted today at 12: 04pm The Houston Astros placed left-hander Bennett Sousa on the 15-day injured list Saturday and recalled right-hander Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Sousa is dealing with left elbow inflammation and his IL move is retroactive to Wednesday....
Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (1080+ words) Posted today at 8: 18am One member calls for a Presidential Medal of Freedom for a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Another calls for court interventions by the Department of Justice on behalf of Amish…...
The NBA's draft lottery is Sunday, and tankers may prosper. Here's what to know
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (882+ words) Posted today at 12: 23pm The NBA draft lottery is Sunday. It could be boring. It may reward tanking. Nobody knows. The story will be told by four ping-pong balls, plucked out of a hopper in a secure room, with sequestered onlookers…...
Iran ceasefire appears to hold and Bahrain detains dozens over suspected Revolutionary Guard links
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (757+ words) Posted today at 7: 18am Friday's attacks cast doubt on the month-old ceasefire that the U. S. has insisted is still in effect. Washington, meanwhile, is awaiting Iran's response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the war, reopen the Strait of…...
Tennessee redistricting plan splits Memphis neighbors and reshapes midterms as other states follow
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (842+ words) Posted today at 8: 18am But as of Thursday, they will no longer cast the same ballot despite living across the street from each other. A line runs down the middle of the street, placing Fowler in the 8th Congressional District, which runs…...
UK nationals on hantavirus-hit cruise ship to isolate in hospital on return
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (280+ words) Posted today at 9: 37am LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) " British passengers and staff on the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be taken to a hospital in northwest England for an initial isolation period once they are repatriated, UK health authorities…...
President of Parks and Rec? Trump asserts authority over public spaces in DC
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (1129+ words) Posted today at 7: 18am But President Donald Trump might be interested in the role. Shortly after the United States and Iran exchanged fire on Thursday, Trump made a quick jaunt to the National Mall to review the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool…...