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Feb 08 2024
Headline Roundup
Five US Marines Confirmed Dead After Helicopter Crash
Five US Marines have been confirmed dead after a helicopter crash in California on Wednesday.
Key Details: The crew was found Thursday morning. They had been on a routine training flight from Nevada to California that was reported overdue on Tuesday in San Diego.
Key Quote: "It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I share the loss of five outstanding Marines from the
Axios Wall Street Journal (News) Fox News (Online News)Oct 04 2014
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Tough Texas abortion law may head to Supreme Court
Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting "a showdown" at the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate judges allowed full implementation of a law that has closed more than 80 percent of Texas' abortion clinics.
As of Friday, abortion services for many Texas women required a round trip of more than 200 miles — or a border-crossing into Mexico or New Mexico.
Operators of some of
TownhallDec 13 2012
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Obama above 50% in most polling
What a difference a few months - and a presidential re-election victory - makes.
A new CNN Poll of Polls indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 52%, with 43% of Americans saying they disapprove of the job the president's doing in the White House.
That's a slight improvement for Obama since the summer. In most national surveys, the president's approval
CNN (Online News)Nov 01 2015
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Carson, GOP White House candidates critical of Obama’s Syria plan for 50 Special Ops troops
Republican White House candidates on Sunday criticized President Obama’s plan to deploy 50 Special Operations troops in Syria to fight the Islamic State terror group.
“Sending 50 American Special Forces into Syria in the eyes of ISIL shows that Obama is not all in,” candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It is a sign of weakness to ISIL. They have
Fox News (Online News)Apr 15 2015
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Utah Pride Center hosts new Girl Scout Troop
A new Girl Scout troop at the Utah Pride Center is empowering girls to become leaders regardless of their gender.
It's the first of its kind in Utah; a Girl Scout troop for those who identify as girls or who have parents in the LGBT community. The Girl Scout's mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character and the agency says that means all girls.
Sheila Raboy,
ABC4 UtahApr 13 2015
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Raise the wage: Paul Krugman shatters the myth that we can’t afford to boost workers’ pay
Three things are inevitable in this life: death, taxes, and conservative claims that we simply can’t afford to give low-wage workers a pay boost. Nobel Prize-winning economist takes on the latter inevitability in his New York Times column today, seizing on recent developments to illustrate why arguments against wage increases don’t withstand serious scrutiny.
Take McDonald’s
SalonApr 02 2015
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McDonalds' wage announcement is in part about a massive legal battle with consequences for the whole fast food industry
McDonald's announced Wednesday it was raising the wages for tens of thousands of McDonald's workers nationwide. But the company didn't just announce the feel-good news that it's giving workers higher pay, not to mention paid leave — it also pointed out that its high-profile wage hike will only affect workers at the 10 percent of its stores that are company-owned.
The company emphasized
VoxJan 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Congress Just Reached Two Major Agreements by Overwhelming Margins. How Well Did News Outlets Cover the Stories?
Congress agreed to two major pieces of legislation by overwhelming margins in the past few weeks. On December 21, it passed a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, which also included temporary funding for other government operations. It then overrode a veto from President Donald Trump on the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on New Year’s Day.
Of the final
James CoanMar 16 2024
Headline Roundup
20 Palestinians Killed While Waiting for Aid: Hamas Blames Israel, Israel Blames ‘Palestinian Gunmen’
Hamas blamed Israel for the deaths of at least 20 Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid on Thursday, a claim Israel denies.
Hamas’ Claim: The health ministry said the incident was “a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting a gathering of citizens waiting for humanitarian aid to satisfy their thirst at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza.”
Israel’s Claim: Israeli
CNN (Online News) The Hill Washington TimesJul 30 2014
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Colorado’s now averaging 2 oil and gas spills per day
As oil and gas operations ramp up in Colorado, spills, too, are having their heyday. In the year 2014, according to a Denver Post analysis, they’re occuring at a rate of two per day. It’s perhaps an inevitable facet of life in a state slated to be the next North Dakota, and yet residents, some of whom have industrial drilling occurring “right over the backyard fence,” never end up hearing
Salon