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Apr 22 2024
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America's bridge safety surprise: They're getting better
America's bridge infrastructure — long seen as dysfunctional — has been steadily improving for the last 20 years. Why it matters: The amount of bridges rated poor, or an equivalent metric, by the federal government's bridge inventory has fallen from 15% in 2000 to 6.8% in 2023. Zoom in: More than 1,200 bridges across the U.S. have been rated in poor condition for more than 5 years, according
AxiosApr 24 2024
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The least affordable metro areas for America's middle class—5 of them are in California
California remains one of the most expensive states to live in, according to a recent Creditnews Research study that found America's middle class is being priced out. In the report that asked, "Can America's Middle Class Still Afford Homeownership in 2024?", the independent research house studied the relationship between income distribution and housing costs across America's 100 most populous
CNBCApr 13 2024
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Busted: GOP Senate candidate running on rural roots grew up 'three miles from a Trader Joe’s'
Businessman Tim Sheehy, who is running for US Senate in Montana, has been hyping his rural connections to voters on the campaign trail. But a new report suggests Sheehy is actually a product of suburbia. Farm life is a mainstay of Montana. US Census records show that the Big Sky State has the nation's fifth largest concentration of rural residents (behind Vermont, Maine, West Virginia and
AlterNetApr 24 2024
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Russia warns "America has chosen the path of war" over Ukraine
Russia's top diplomat in the United States has shared with Newsweek a stark warning to Washington in Moscow's first reaction to President Joe Biden's signing of a bill to provide some $61 billion in additional wartime aid to Ukraine. The assistance is viewed by Kyiv and its largely Western supporters as a major boost to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as his forces struggle to fend off
NewsweekApr 24 2024
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First Buy America-compliant broadband products are made in Kenosha County
The first Buy America-compliant broadband network products, from Finnish telecom company Nokia, rolled off the assembly line Wednesday at a Kenosha County factory. The electronic components, used in fiber broadband networks, are being made for Nokia at Sanmina Corp. in Pleasant Prairie. Using thin strands of glass to transmit data with light, fiber networks have become the backbone of high-
Milwaukee Journal SentinelApr 21 2024
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Blumenthal on House foreign aid bill: ‘America is back on offense’
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday applauded the House’s bipartisan approval of foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, arguing the vote “sends a message” to the world. “So, we’re building and this measure, strongly bipartisan, I think sends a message to the world,” Blumenthal said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “The foreign minister of Lithuania yesterday, said, ‘Good
The HillApr 21 2024
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America’s Major League Cricket Luring Top Australian Players
When it became clear that America's Major League Cricket had influential and well-heeled backing, with a big salary cap for its six teams to entice top players from all over the world, there was an expectation that an Australian superstar would eventually be lured. Steve Smith, one of the greatest ever batters and former Australia captain, has not been shy of professing his love for the U.S.
ForbesApr 21 2024
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Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong The sound of the party filters across the mansion's lawn long before you see it: Dozens of guests spill out onto the front porch of the stately Fendall Hall in Eufaula, Alabama. It's an engagement party, and past the people drinking white wine in the main hall is one of the home's historians, Susan Campbell. She swings open
NPR Fact CheckMar 27 2024
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Rural Hennepin Co. gets 'Minnesota's first Black-owned freight farm'
The modern method of freight farming is designed to combat inequities in agriculture. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video MEDINA, Minn. — Second Harvest Heartland estimates 1 in 6 people in Minnesota are experiencing food insecurity, and that number rises to 1 in 4 among Black Minnesotans. "Today is an exciting day," Carpenter said
KARE11Apr 21 2024
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The TV Show That Predicted America’s Lonely, Disorienting Digital Future
This is Danny. He fell in love with a woman he’d met online. When he saw her photo, he called it love at first sight. He and Rosa talked on the phone daily for months and exchanged reams of texts in Spanglish. They bonded over being Puerto Rican. “You’re so funny, Daddy,” she once texted him. “You’re so sexy, my love,” Danny replied. Though they’d never met, he was making big plans: marriage
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