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Stark contrast emerges in fight for California US House seat
Read full article: Stark contrast emerges in fight for California US House seatFormer Trump administration appointee Connie Conway is headed to a June runoff election for a vacant U.S. House seat in California and could face progressive Democrat Lourin Hubbard.
Detroit Lions fans weigh in on Matthew Staffordโs big win
Read full article: Detroit Lions fans weigh in on Matthew Staffordโs big winMatthew Stafford played at Ford Field for 12 seasons and never hosted a playoff game or won one outside the city. But 365 days after heโs traded, he accomplished both, plus he won a Super Bowl. Stafford is the talk of the town Monday, Feb. 14.
Key departures signal agriculture shakeup for Capitol Hill
Read full article: Key departures signal agriculture shakeup for Capitol HillMINNEAPOLIS โ The reelection defeat of U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson in Minnesota and some key retirements mean a shakeup is coming for the industry on Capitol Hill, with power likely to shift from the Midwest to the South and the coasts. Both the House and Senate agriculture committees will get new chairs, and there will be a new top Republican on the House panel. Fischbach plans to seek a seat on the Agriculture Committee, but she'll have to draw heavily on her legislative skills to have much of an influence as a freshman in the minority party. Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan is the only one of the top four agriculture committee leaders returning in 2021. Neither Roberts nor Rep. Michael Conaway of Texas, the ranking Republican in the House committee, sought reelection.
Police: Home in California backyard shooting was targeted
Read full article: Police: Home in California backyard shooting was targetedAuthorities did not identify any suspects or motive for the Sunday evening attack at the home of a Hmong family. All the shooting occurred outside, and none of the women and children inside were harmed. Police were investigating whether the shooting was connected to a recent โdisturbanceโ involving some of the people at the party, Hall said. It was the third mass shooting in four days in California. Concepcion Soto, who has lived next door to the home where the shooting occurred for 12 years, said the family there was always friendly.