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Jul 17 2021
News
Death toll from Europe floods tops 150 as water recedes
The death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 150 on Saturday as rescue workers toiled to clear up the devastation revealed by receding water and prevent further damage.
Police said that more than 90 people are now known to have died in western Germany’s Ahrweiler county, one of the worst-hit areas, and more casualties are feared. On Friday, authorities gave a
Breitbart NewsDec 10 2020
News
COVID-19 patient infected indoors after 5 minutes, 20 feet away: study
A South Korean high school student was infected with COVID-19 within five minutes and from a person 20 feet away while dining indoors, according to a new study.
The case initially stumped contact tracers because North Jeolla province, where the restaurant was located, hadn’t reported any infections in a month, according to the report in the Journal of Korean Medical Science.
The
New York Post (News)Jun 22 2021
News
Early voting, redistricting: What's in the Democrats' voting rights bill going up for a vote in the Senate?
Democrats in the Senate are trying this week to convince their Republican colleagues that updated voting rights legislation is necessary, but the bill they are bringing forward is unlikely to pass.
The For the People Act, which passed in the House largely along party lines in March, is unlikely to pass the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster in the evenly divided Senate.
USA TODAYMay 18 2015
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Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces
President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said.
New York Times (News)Jul 31 2019
Opinion
End Is Near For Much Of Democratic Field
Twenty Democratic presidential candidates will debate Tuesday and Wednesday night. It will be the last time voters will see some of them on a debate stage.
The Democratic National Committee's rules for inclusion in early debates -- the first from NBC in late June in Miami, and the second from CNN this week in Detroit -- were quite generous. If Sen. Michael Bennet -- currently polling at
TownhallApr 07 2020
News
Court strikes down EPA suspension of Obama-era greenhouse gas rule
A federal court on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s move to suspend an Obama-era rule that restricted the use of a powerful greenhouse gas, saying the Trump administration did not follow the proper procedure.
After the court ruled in 2017 that part of an Obama-rule regarding the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) was too far reaching, the Environmental Protection Agency (
The HillJul 10 2020
News
Coronavirus pandemic prompts record drop in global emissions, study finds
The coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest drop in heat-trapping emissions in human history, according to a new study.
Lockdowns, travel bans and closed manufacturing sites have caused global emissions to drop by 4.6%, or 2.5 gigatonnes, according to a University of Sydney review of 38 regions and 26 sectors published in the journal Plos One. Fine particle pollution decreased by 3.
The GuardianMar 04 2021
News
Is a spring coronavirus surge inevitable?
For the first time in months, there are reasons for optimism about the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. The numbers of infections and deaths have dropped substantially from their peaks in the winter months. More than 50 million Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far, and the vaccination rate is expected to increase. All this encouraging news has
Yahoo! The 360Jul 19 2018
News
No-deal Brexit: EU warns its citizens to prepare for the worst
The EU has issued a warning that the impact of a no-deal scenario would be “very real” for citizens, and left open the question of a visa requirement for Britons travelling to the continent.
The GuardianNov 05 2020
News
As coronavirus surges anew, Vermont may show US a path forward
As he speaks, City Manager William Fraser gazes out on the heart of downtown Montpelier, Vermont.
“Just as we’ve been talking – and I have a window facing Main Street – every single person that’s gone by has had a mask on,” he says. “And that’s on the sidewalks.”
It’s his way of pointing out that many Vermonters are doing their all to contain the pandemic. The state has called
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