Peter Granitz

Peter Granitz appears in the following:

Department of Justice sues Missouri over gun rights law

Thursday, February 17, 2022

The federal government alleges Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act has endangered public safety by prohibiting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies.

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San Francisco voters recall 3 school board members

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Voters in famously liberal San Francisco ousted three members of the board who, critics argued, focused more on renaming students than getting schools back into classrooms.

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Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Facebook's parent company could owe billions of dollars in damages for selling the biometric data of unknowing users.

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German chancellor warns of far-reaching sanctions if Russia moves on Ukraine

Monday, February 14, 2022

Olaf Scholz did not elaborate on specifics during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday but he did pledge a new round of financial assistance to Kyiv.

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Los Angeles Rams Win Super Bowl LVI

Sunday, February 13, 2022

The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 after a late comeback to win their second Super Bowl title. It was a fourth-quarter touchdown with less than 2 minutes left that sealed the deal.

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Uber adds passengers, food orders amid omicron surge

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Rival Lyft predicted the omicron surge would hinder growth, a sign that despite easing health restrictions, ride-hailing apps are still adapting to the pandemic.

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Facebook just had its worst day ever on Wall Street

Thursday, February 03, 2022

Investors wiped more than $250 billion off the market value of Facebook owner Meta after the company warned competition from TikTok is weighing on growth.

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Biden says ISIS leader is dead after U.S. operation

Thursday, February 03, 2022

A senior administration official said that during the raid, Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi "detonated a blast ... killing himself and several others, including his wife and children."

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Tonga enters lockdown after first community transmitted COVID-19 cases detected

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Two wharf workers tested positive Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has been testing workers there amid international aid shipments after last month's volcanic eruption.

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Another winter storm now threatens a large swath of the Central and Eastern U.S.

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

The National Weather Service predicts a prolonged, major winter storm that could travel across parts of the Midwest into the Northeast later this week.

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COVID-19 vaccine for young kids could be ready this month

Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Pfizer-BioNTech filed for emergency use authorization with the Food and Drug Administration for a vaccine regimen for children from six months to five years old.

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Power has returned to some homes walloped by the weekend 'bomb cyclone'

Monday, January 31, 2022

Record snow in parts of the Northeast left thousands without power.

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2 men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery reach plea deals in hate crimes case

Monday, January 31, 2022

A federal hate crime trial for father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael is scheduled to begin in February.

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Former Deputy Postmaster General: Changes Are Needed, But 'The Time Is Not Now'

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Ron Stroman resigned shortly before Louis DeJoy took over the Postal Service. Stroman says that changes underway should be halted if their effect is to slow mail and disenfranchise voters.

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Meet Orville Peck, A Man With A Fringed Mask Who Sings Like Elvis

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Emerging country musician Orville Peck, who is gay, only appears in public in a cowboy hat and mask, and his voice has earned favorable comparisons to Roy Orbison, Chris Isaak and Elvis Presley.

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Former Colorado Governor And 2020 Candidate Urges Distance From 'Socialism'

Monday, May 27, 2019

John Hickenlooper says Democrats are at risk of losing the next presidential election if they do not "stand up and say that we Democrats don't stand for socialism."

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House Intel Chairman Schiff Vows To Get Trump Jr. Phone Records — And More

Thursday, January 17, 2019

The California Democrat says to expect new activity from the House intelligence committee this year. Read the transcript of his interview with NPR.

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Despite Remaining ISIS Threats, Pompeo Says U.S. Made 'Caliphate In Syria Go Away'

Thursday, December 20, 2018

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had "won against ISIS" and would pull troops from Syria.

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First Latina Elected To Congress Retires With A Warning To Republicans

Friday, December 14, 2018

Florida GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen tells NPR her party is "going backward," focusing on "the white, male conservative" with potentially dire consequences in a changing country.

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McCaskill Blames Senate Defeat On Democratic 'Failure' With Rural America

Friday, November 30, 2018

The Missouri Democrat reflected on her loss in an interview with NPR. McCaskill criticizes how Democrats handled the Kavanaugh nomination and warns her party against going too far investigating Trump.

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