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May 15 2024
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Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin on Disrupting the U.S. War Machine
The past week in Gaza has seen a major escalation in Israeli attacks against the besieged and starving Palestinians trapped in a killing cage. The Biden administration has aggressively sought to portray itself as being increasingly at odds with Israel’s tactics, mostly focusing on U.S. threats to withhold some weapons shipments if Benjamin Netanyahu conducts an invasion of Rafah. But the cold
The InterceptMay 15 2024
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Report: Despite restrictions and bans, abortions rose across the U.S.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago, eliminating the constitutional right to access abortion, 14 states have nearly totally banned abortions. The implications have varied from forcing women to carry unwanted or unviable pregnancies to term to women being forced to spend thousands of dollars to travel out of state to influencing where medical students attend
SalonMay 15 2024
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Wildfire weather is increasing in California and much of the U.S., report finds
Wildfire weather has become more frequent in the Western United States over the past five decades, with some of the largest jumps in California, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit news outlet that reports on climate change. The report looks at three key weather conditions — heat, dryness and wind — that, when combined, load the dice for wildfires to spread quickly and
Los Angeles TimesMay 16 2024
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Asian stocks ease on uncertainty over timing of U.S. rate cuts
SINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched lower on Friday as traders pondered the near term U.S. monetary policy path after Federal Reserve officials suggested that interest rates may need to stay higher for longer even as inflation shows early signs of easing. Data on Wednesday showed cooling U.S. consumer price inflation, prompting markets to swiftly price in at least two rate cuts
ReutersMay 10 2024
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These were the top US baby names of 2023
SALT LAKE CITY — Olivia and Liam are once again the top baby names in the U.S. Social Security Administration officials on Friday released the top baby names of 2023, revealing that Olivia and Liam are the most popular girl and boy names for the fifth consecutive year. Emma and Noah also placed runner-up for the fifth year in a row. There wasn't much change from 2022 to 2023 with a few
KSLMay 16 2024
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Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase
Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase. U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where
NPR Fact CheckMay 10 2024
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Live updates: Geomagnetic storm impacts US
US scientists warn about possible communication outages or interference to GPS systems as at least five coronal mass ejections from the sun head toward Earth Friday and into this weekend. The Space Weather Prediction Center referred to this as “an unusual event.” There have been three geomagnetic storms since December 2019, but all of them have been considered weak, according to the center. So
CNN DigitalMay 14 2024
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World Equities Climb to Record on Bets US Inflation Is Slowing
Global equities rose to a record high ahead of a US inflation report that may offer clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path.
The MSCI All Country World Index rose 0.1% on Wednesday after closing at an all-time high in the previous session. The gauge has rallied nearly 6% since a low in April as risk sentiment improved after the greenback’s rally faltered and Chinese equities
Bloomberg