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Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.
There are also outbreaks in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Three people, including two school-aged children, have died from measles this year.
A federal appeals court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme.
A complicating factor comes from an unlikely source — the state’s two National Football League franchises. Tuesday’s infrastructure bond vote has nothing to do with the ongoing debate among state and local officials over stadium funding for the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals. But voters unfamiliar with the details of Issue 2 could potentially conflate the two matters at the ballot box.
A federal health agency says the U.S. has 884 confirmed measles cases this year as of Friday. That's triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year.
A political battle fit for the gridiron is raging in Ohio. Republican leaders disagree on funding for two NFL stadiums. The Cleveland Browns' owners seek $600 million for a new $2.4-billion, domed stadium and entertainment complex outside the city.
Incumbent parties and leaders were battered in elections that covered 60% of the world's population, a sign of widespread discontent in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It also was a sign of democracy working well, as it continued its core function of giving citizens the opportunity to replace the people who govern them.
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