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The Supreme Court’s conservative justices moved for the first time late Wednesday to block a governor’s COVID-19 restrictions, ruling that New York’s attempt to control rapidly spreading infections in churches and synagogues had violated constitutional religious freedoms.Newly seated Justice Amy Coney Barrett cast a key vote in a pair of…

In October 1978, in what remains one of the worst episodes in the program’s history, Frank Zappa appeared on Saturday Night Live. The rock musician and controversialist worked through a trio of musical numbers, delivered a flat monologue, and hammed his way through a Coneheads sketch. The episode’s centerpiece was…

Dorothea G. Petrie, who won an Emmy award for the Hallmark drama Love is Never Silent, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 24 at age 95. Her family confirmed the death, which they said was by natural causes. Petrie began her career in New York as…

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rose on Wednesday after data showed an unexpected fall in U.S. crude stockpiles last week. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January delivery gained 80 cents to settle at 45.71 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent…

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar dipped in late trading on Wednesday as market participants digested newly-released economic data. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.25 percent at 91.9985. In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.1915 U.S. dollars…

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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets placed running back La’Mical Perine and kicker Sam Ficken on injured reserve Tuesday.The team also announced it signed running back Josh Adams and tight end Ross Travis from the practice squad, and re-signed quarterback Mike White to the practice squad.Perine, a fourth-round…

The letter is the first step the administration has taken to acknowledge President Donald Trump's defeat, more than two weeks after Biden was declared the winner in the election.Murphy said she had not been pressured by the White House to delay the formal transition and did not make a decision…

As The New York Times points out, the messaging is a dramatic about-face for GM. When Trump came to power in 2016, Barra was among the first to meet with the president. She used that opportunity to push the administration to weaken fuel economy standards put in place by President…

Getty Or will tanking TV ratings trends drop annual NBC event under 20 million viewers for first time since the ’90s? Thanksgiving is going to be weird this year, but at least we still have some traditions. Of course, even those, like watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ahead of…