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Aug 07 2023
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Ukraine has downed 5,500 air targets since start of war, says Zelensky
The Ukrainian Air Force has shot down more than 5,500 Russia air targets heading for the war-torn country, according to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. Speaking in an address to mark Ukraine's annual Air Force Day celebrations on Sunday, the Ukrainian president said that since February 2022, Ukraine had intercepted more than 3,500 Russian aircraft, helicopters and missiles. Air defenses
NewsweekJul 31 2023
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7 cases of tuberculosis in Alabama poultry plants reported; testing scheduled
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) says seven cases of confirmed or suspected tuberculosis have been reported among people who have worked in poultry plants in four Alabama counties. As a result, ADPH is testing people in Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence and Lauderdale counties for the disease, also known as TB, which attacks the lungs. Anyone who has worked in the poultry industry in
AL.comAug 02 2023
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Judge: Arnette must appear in court for plea deal
LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada judge on Wednesday ordered former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette to appear in person to resolve a felony gun case by pleading guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. "I'm going to need the justification for the agreement," Clark County District Court Judge Ronald Israel told Arnette's attorney, Ross Goodman,
ESPN.comJul 31 2023
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Michigan Supreme Court: Sweeping auto insurance changes don't apply to people injured before 2019 law
One provision at issue, starting in July 2021, capped reimbursements to 55% of what providers were charging for post-acute services not covered by Medicare in January 2019. The limits fell to 54% in 2022 and 52.5% this month. Another provision restricted family-provided attendant care to 56 hours a week. The majority — Justice Elizabeth Welch, Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement and Justices
Crain's Detroit BusinessAug 30 2023
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Gabon military coup explained as President Ali Bongo overthrown
Members of the military in the west African nation of Gabon took to national television on Wednesday morning to announce they had taken control of the country, effectively deposing President Ali Bongo and ending his family's 56-year grip on power. Army officers clad in camouflage fatigues said that they had annulled the results of a recent election which saw Bongo win a third term, and were
NewsweekJul 31 2023
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Colorado Officer Convicted for Putting Handcuffed Woman in Car on Train Tracks
A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman inside a patrol vehicle that was struck soon after by a high-speed freight train has been convicted of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, both misdemeanors. According to Colorado Public Radio and other outlets, Officer Jordan Steinke — an officer with the Fort Lupton Police Department at the time of the 2022 crash, which left
The MessengerAug 30 2023
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Legal experts: Mark Meadows’ testimony may have unintentionally doomed Trump’s Georgia defense
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, one of Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' 2020 election case, is trying to get his prosecution moved from the State of Georgia to the federal courts. It isn't hard to see why: a future Republican president — be it Trump or someone else — would be able to grant him a pardon if he is convicted on federal
AlterNetMar 14 2013
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SENATE DEMS’ FIRST PROPOSED BUDGET IN 4 YEARS ADDS $4 TRILLION TO NATIONAL DEBT, INCLUDES $1 TRILLION IN NEW TAX HIKES
Senate Democrats unveiled a largely stand-pat budget Wednesday that calls for $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade but actually increases spending, while protecting the partys domestic policy priorities and adding $4 trillion more to the national debt rather than a slashing alternative from House Republicans.
The BlazeAug 02 2023
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Louisiana education officials note post-pandemic improvement in LEAP test scores
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana education officials say a measure of state students’ overall proficiency in key subjects increased 2 percentage points for the 2022-23 school year, the state Department of Education said Wednesday. The of results from the annual LEAP test — which measures achievement in English, math, science, and social studies for grades 3-12 — also show that 75% of the
Associated PressAug 14 2023
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When Voters Remember
From the CenterVoters tend to have very short memories.
The most memorable example of this tendency was Winston Churchill’s defeat in the waning days of World War II. Churchill had successfully led the British people through the greatest threat in their long history and had emerged victorious. But only weeks after Germany’s surrender and two full months before the war’s conclusion
Dan Schnur