CBS News Radio signs off Friday night after nearly 100 years of broadcasting: “An American institution”

CBS News Radio, which provides news programming to an estimated 700 stations spanning the United States, will sign off the air Friday night after nearly a century of broadcasting. The storied service, launched in September 1927, was home to broadcast legends Edward R. Murrow, Robert Trout, Douglas Edwards, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather and many other familiar …

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Charges Dropped Against Activists in Chicago Immigration Crackdown Amid Grand Jury Misconduct Claims

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s top federal prosecutor abandoned a closely watched case Thursday against four activists who protested outside a federal building during last year’s immigration crackdown in the city, after a judge scrutinized allegations of grand jury misconduct by the prosecutor’s office. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros announced the decision to dismiss the remaining charges …

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US Sanctions Tanzanian Police Chief Over Human Rights Violations

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has sanctioned Tanzania’s police chief and barred him from entering the U.S., citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force. The sanctions announced Thursday followed a general election in October in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a full term with 97% of the vote after …

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China Foreign Minister to Chair UN Security Council Meeting in US, Visit Canada

BEIJING, May ⁠22 (Reuters) – ⁠China’s Foreign ⁠Minister Wang Yi ​will travel to ‌New York and ‌chair ⁠a ⁠high-level meeting of the UN ​Security Council on May 26, ​the Chinese foreign ministry ⁠said ⁠on Friday. In ⁠New York, ​Wang will meet the ​UN ⁠Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and foreign ⁠ministers from “relevant countries”, the ministry said …

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NATO Allies Bewildered by Trump’s About Face on US Troop Moves in Europe

HELSINGBORG, Sweden (AP) — NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment on Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after he had ordered 5,000 troops to be pulled out of Europe. “It is confusing indeed, and not always easy to navigate,” Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer …

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Americans Grow More Pessimistic About the Economy | National News

Americans’ confidence in the economy is the worst it’s been in nearly four years, and people from both major political parties are reporting the lowest levels of confidence since President Donald Trump began his second term. Their growing pessimism is driven by dissatisfaction with current economic conditions and the economy’s direction, according to the latest …

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Trump Will Swear in Warsh on Friday to Lead US Federal Reserve

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ⁠will ⁠swear in Kevin Warsh as the ⁠chair of the Federal Reserve on Friday at the White House, the ​Trump administration said on Thursday. Warsh was confirmed to the role in a near party-line vote on May 13. He ‌succeeds Jerome Powell as the chair ‌of …

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