Articles filed under Politics
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Deadly coal-ash dumps threaten our familiesJul 25, 2023 1:00 am - While energy generated from burning coal is becoming a thing of the past, we are left with its dangerous legacy: coal-ash. Coal-ash, or coal combustion residuals, is th...
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The press's war against free speechJul 25, 2023 1:00 am - Have we gotten to the point that it's politically necessary to defend the principle of free speech? Apparently so. Consider the reaction of journalists - people who, mor...
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China urges Japan not to disrupt chip industry after technology curbs take effectJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - China's government appealed to Japan on Monday not to disrupt the semiconductor industry after curbs on exports of Japanese chipmaking technology took effect, ...
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Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu's contentious overhaul, deepening divisionsJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israel's parliament on Monday approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's justice system, ...
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Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine's southJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow early Monday that saw one of the aircraft fall near the Defense Ministry's...
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Fukushima nuclear plant water release within weeks raises worries about setbacks to businessesJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - IWAKI, Japan - Beach season has started across Japan, which means seafood for holiday makers and good times for business owners. But in Fukushima, that may end soon. Wit...
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Guest columnist Arthur Cyr: McCarthy won big on debt ceiling deal.Jul 24, 2023 1:00 am - The agreement at the end of May by Speaker of the U.S. House Kevin McCarthy (a California Republicant) and President Joe Biden to raise the ceiling on national debt, the...
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Guest columnist Arthur Cyr: McCarthy won big on debt ceiling deal.Jul 24, 2023 1:00 am - The agreement at the end of May by Speaker of the U.S. House Kevin McCarthy (a California Republicant) and President Joe Biden to raise the ceiling on national debt, the...
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Jill Biden is in Paris to mark U.S. return to the UN's educational and scientific agencyJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Jill Biden has represented her country at the Olympics in Tokyo, a king's coronation in London and a royal wedding in Jordan. She gets another chance to put...
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Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Our ugly past is always nipping at our heelsJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - We all know history doesn't really repeat itself, but it sure does echo through the decades and centuries. As Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner wrote: "The p...