Leaders of GM, Ford among objectors to voting restrictions
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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1of9FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, residents wear masks as they vote at the Zion St. Joe United Church of Christ on Election Day, in St. Joseph, Mich. The leaders of three-dozen major Michigan-based companies, including General Motors and Ford, announced Tuesday, April 13, 2021, their opposition to Republican-sponsored election bills that would make it harder to vote in Michigan and other states. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP, File)Don Campbell/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9Reverend Kenneth Pierce, 1st VP of the Detroit Branch NAACP, and pastor at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, speaks Tuesday, April 13, 2021, during a rally to support voting rights & end voter suppression at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. The event was sponsored by the Detroit branch of the NAACP. (Matthew Dae Smith /Lansing State Journal via AP)Matthew Dae Smith/APSh
Trial starts of German far-right group that planned attacks
April 13, 2021
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An armed court officer stands in front of an entrance to the grounds of the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart-Stammheim, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Twelve suspected members and supporters of the right-wing terrorist group Gruppe S. must answer to the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court in a state protection trial. (Photo/AP via Pool)Photo/AP
BERLIN (AP) Twelve Germans went on trial Tuesday accused of being part of or supporting a far-right group that plotted to carry out deadly attacks on Muslims with the aim of stoking civil unrest and overthrowing the government.
The Latest: Governor bans vaccine passports for Montana
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1of18FILE - In this undated photo, provided by NY Governor s Press Office on Saturday March 27, 2021, is the new Excelsior Pass app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. (NY Governor s Press Office via AP, File)APShow MoreShow Less