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Aug 01 2023
News
Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren’t ready
Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to their walls with metal plates and nails so high winds of a potential hurricane wouldn't blow it away. Their motivation? Global warming fueling natural disasters around the planet. “It’s happening right now, every place in the world," said Pappas, who installed the so-called hurricane clips after
The Sun NewsAug 03 2023
News
Man Is Charged With Cheating Home Depot Stores Out of $300,000 With Door-Return Scam
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Connecticut man was given nearly $300,000 in fraudulent Home Depot credit by walking into stores in several states, taking expensive doors and then returning them without a receipt, federal prosecutors allege. Alexandre Henrique Costa-Mota, 26, of West Hartford, Connecticut, was detained without bail after a judge entered not-guilty pleas on his behalf this week in
U.S. News & World ReportMay 29 2023
News
From school grounds to Capitol grounds, Vietnam veterans honored on Memorial Day
This year marks 50 years since U.S. combat troops left Vietnam in 1973. MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — On the heels of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in March, commemorations continued Monday, marking 50 years since the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam and when the remaining U.S. prisoners of war were released in 1973. There was also a special focus on Vietnam veterans with a temporary
KARE11Jun 21 2023
News
Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware's sole congresswoman, will run to fill Carper's Senate seat
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware’s sole congresswoman, entered the 2024 U.S. Senate race Wednesday. Blunt Rochester, if elected, would become the first Black Delawarean and the first woman to represent The First State in the U.S. Senate – and possibly the third Black woman ever in the country’s history. She would likely lead a new generation of Democratic Delaware leadership with
The News JournalAug 17 2023
Opinion
Democrats' climate distraction won’t stop Hawaii wildfires
President Joe Biden can’t be bothered to disrupt his beach vacation to even comment on, let alone visit, the most deadly wildfires in over 100 years, but that didn’t stop other Democrats from blaming the carnage in Maui on climate change.
"Heartbreaking fires in Hawaii! Scientists are clear that climate chaos wreaking havoc on ecosystems everywhere is the new norm," Sen. Jeff Merkley (D
Washington ExaminerAug 03 2023
News
Drop everything now. Taylor Swift just scheduled 3 more shows in the Midwest
Indianapolis is getting back together with Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift surprised fans when she added dates to her Eras tour, which has been sold out at every venue. The Indianapolis dates are at Lucas Oil Stadium on Nov. 1, 2 and 3, 2024. The news comes as the tour sweeps through the US, launching in March in Arizona. It stopped for multiple nights each in Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and
Cincinnati EnquirerJun 21 2023
News
Federal judge strikes down Arkansas' gender-affirming healthcare ban as unconstitutional
A federal judge in Little Rock struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender affirming healthcare treatments for minors as unconstitutional on Tuesday, saying the law violates the Constitutional rights of transgender youth, their parents, and their medical providers. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge James M. Moody held that the plaintiffs — four transgender youths, their families
Northwest Arkansas Democrat GazetteDec 14 2022
Fact Check
Blood Transfusion Doesn’t Transfer COVID-19 Vaccine
A blood transfusion from a vaccinated person doesn’t transfer the inoculation to an unvaccinated person. But high-profile purveyors of misinformation have been promoting the long-standing false claim that it does.
How do we know vaccines are safe?
Most people in the U.S. — about 80% — have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and they’ve been able to donate blood since
FactCheck.orgMar 03 2023
News
Democrats Lose It on Biden After He Flip-Flops on DC Crime Bill: 'F***ING AMATEUR HOUR'
In January, the District of Columbia City Council unanimously passed a crime bill that would reduce the penalties for violent crimes such as carjackings and robberies. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the bill, but the City Council overrode her veto by a 12-1 vote, according to The Hill. Because D.C. is not a state, legislation must be approved by Congress before it can be enacted
Western JournalJul 31 2023
News
Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren't ready
HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to their walls with metal plates and nails so high winds of a potential hurricane wouldn't blow it away. Their motivation? Global warming fueling natural disasters around the planet. “It’s happening right now, every place in the world," said Pappas, who installed the so-called hurricane