WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee said on Thursday the director o...

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WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee said on Thursday the
director of the Office of Personnel Management should not be allowed to stay in place to deal with
the aftermath of a data breach by suspected Chinese hackers.
5:34pm EDT
CHICAGO - Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Thursday vetoed 19 budget bills that he said would
create a nearly $4 billion deficit for the financially troubled state.
7:47pm EDT
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mayor William Courtright said on Thursday the state should take over the
city's pension system after a report found problems with past benefit awards in one of the funds.
7:39pm EDT
SEATTLE - The family of a U.S missionary kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year said on Thursday it
paid a ransom to secure her release in March while receiving around-the-clock guidance from
federal agents under a newly changed hostage-response policy.
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