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Mar 07 2023
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Pa. lawmakers react to Shapiro’s $44.4B budget proposal, marking the beginning of negotiations - Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address — his first as the state’s chief executive — marks the beginning of negotiations between lawmakers and the legislative branch to reach an agreement on a spending plan. After hearing about the Democratic governor’s proposed $44.4 billion budget during a joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, lawmakers in the now-divided Legislature had
Pennsylvania Capital-StarApr 22 2024
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La Liga branded ‘embarrassing’ by Barcelona for lack of goal-line technology in Real Madrid’s controversial El Clásico win
Barcelona manager Xavi and goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen have labeled La Liga “embarrassing” for its lack of goal-line technology after the team was denied what it thought was a legitimate goal in Sunday’s 3-2 El Clásico defeat by Real Madrid. The incident occurred in the 28th minute after Real Madrid forward Vinícius Jr. had levelled the scores at 1-1 following Andreas Christensen’s early
CNN DigitalMar 06 2020
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Officials say gunmen kill 32 at ceremony in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire Friday at a ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital attended by prominent political leaders, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens more before the two attackers were slain by police, officials said.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its website.
Militants from IS have declared war on
Associated PressApr 20 2024
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Welcome to the New 4/20
In 2014, I was in Denver for 4/20. It was a heady time. Colorado had recently legalized recreational cannabis, and High Times was capitalizing on the moment by throwing a two-day weed extravaganza known as the Cannabis Cup. I was an editor for them, and I’d been pressed into service along with the rest of the team to run the event. We knew it was going to be big, but we weren’t prepared for
RollingStone.comApr 21 2024
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Bedside table: As the presidential election looms, ‘A memoir and a Warning’
“The book on my bedside table is ‘Oath and Honor’ by former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. It deals with the riot of January 6, 2021, at our nation’s capital and former President Donald Trump’s role in it. Congresswoman Cheney experienced firsthand the mob attack on the Capitol building that was intended to suspend the counting of electoral votes in the House Chambers. As rioters pounded on
Portland Press HeraldJun 15 2020
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Businesses and residents suffer in silence as chaos reigns in Seattle's armed occupation zone
Despite media reports that everything is fine within the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle, both business and owners and residents report being afraid. In the occupied six-block area where protestors and the homeless have made camp, businesses have had difficulty getting trucks or other vehicles through the make-shift barricades.
One of those businesses is Trader
The Post MillennialAug 20 2021
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Kamala Harris heads to Vietnam and Singapore after staying quiet amid Afghanistan chaos
As large crowds swarm Afghanistan’s Kabul airport to flee the Taliban takeover of the country, Vice President Kamala Harris is embarking Friday on a trip to Asia with stops in Singapore and Vietnam — ironically, the sites of previous US-UK military humiliations.
But Harris’ office has argued that the trip — planned before last weekend’s Taliban seizure of Kabul — shouldn’t be “bogged
New York Post (News)May 13 2020
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U.S. Supreme Court justices worry about 'chaos' in Electoral College dispute
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday grilled a lawyer advocating that “electors” in the complex Electoral College system that decides the winner of U.S. presidential elections are free to disregard laws directing them to back the candidate who prevails in their state’s popular vote.
If enough electors do so, it could upend an election - or, as some of the justices said, cause “chaos
ReutersJun 10 2020
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‘A hot, flaming mess’: Georgia primary beset by chaos, long lines
Some voters in Georgia are experiencing hourslong lines to cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary, with officials trading blame for who, exactly, is responsible for the latest trip-up in holding an election during the pandemic.
Since polls opened early Tuesday morning, voters in Georgia — especially in and around Atlanta — have reported problems with voting machines and long lines,
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