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SHREVEPORT — Confetti and fireworks lit up the inside of the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium Monday afternoon as Gov. Jeff Landry unveiled Amazon as the company behind the construction of three data centers coming to Northwest Louisiana.  The company said it plans to invest more than $12 billion into three interconnected campuses across the region, promising […]

New Mexico environment officials released data showing higher levels of so-called “forever chemicals” in water systems across the state ahead of hearings starting this week to write rules for phasing out their use in makeup, upholstery, cooking gear and more. The data, released Friday, showed 15 New Mexico water systems — Albuquerque veterans hospital, a Placitas elementary school and several mountain villages — have PFAS levels exceeding federal drinking water guidelines, potentially affecting about 4,200 people statewide.

Employee body cams intended to deter theft, docking an employee’s pay if their computer mouse doesn’t move for more than two minutes and tracking employee bathroom breaks are just some examples of how companies are ramping up employee surveillance, Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou (D-East Lansing) shared during a Monday press conference.  Tsernoglou joined with Rep. Julie […]

Two Hasbro shareholders who brought a lawsuit against company executives for alleged overprinting of Magic: The Gathering cards have voluntarily dismissed their case in Rhode Island federal court less than a month after the initial filing. The Feb. 17 filing of a voluntary dismissal concludes for now the case filed by Joseph Crocono and Ultan […]

Attendees gathered February 19 in the Houston-area Highlands community, home to a notorious toxic waste site. They wanted to know why a state agency refused to provide details on high cancer rates in the area — and what they could do in response.

Monitors with Disability Rights NC were so alarmed by what they found at a juvenile detention center in Madison County in December 2024 that they immediately called state officials.  Youth were being tased, pepper-sprayed — sometimes for no apparent reason — and were put on “lockdown” in cells for days or months at a time, […]

Editor’s note: EdNC’s Alli Lindenberg Semon contributed reporting to this article. The child care center at Davidson-Davie Community College (Davidson-Davie) helps student parents stay in school, attracts faculty to the college, and provides hands-on learning to prospective teachers, college administrators... The post State task force visits child care center at Davidson-Davie Community College: ‘We need to duplicate that on every campus’ appeared first on EdNC.

In education, perception can sometimes move faster than facts. Opinions are formed without ever stepping inside the school building. A single letter, spoken loudly enough, can become shorthand for quality and shape a school’s reputation, influencing enrollment decisions and community... The post One Chatham: Literacy growth fueled by focus and a little fire appeared first on EdNC.

A surge in El Paso County primary voting is being driven largely by voters who did not participate in the 2022 primaries, with Democrats holding a turnout, gender and age advantage so far. The post Early voting in El Paso primaries up sharply from 2022 as new voters drive turnout appeared first on El Paso Matters.

Amauri Chamorro comenta a morte de ‘El Mencho’, a reação violenta dos cartéis e expõe o papel de Washington no financiamento do narcotráfico ‘Quem morre são os latinos, o dinheiro fica nos EUA’: especialista analisa a violência no México apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.

တရုတ်နိုင်ငံသား ၂၀ မှာ ၄ ဦးသာ နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ်ပါ။

O governo federal comunicou a revogação do Decreto nº 12.600/2025, que estabelecia a inclusão de trechos de rios amazônicos no Programa Nacional de Desestatização (PND). A medida implica no cancelamento das atividades de dragagem previstas para os rios Tapajós, Madeira e Tocantins.  A determinação foi divulgada após 33 dias de mobilização de povos indígenas do […] Governo federal revoga decreto que permitia privatização de rios da Amazônia: ‘Nossos rios não são mercadoria’ apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.

Caso notificado no Hospital de Base foi reclassificado pela Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia. Segundo o órgão, existe um único registro confirmado da doença, em Salvador.

La dirección nacional del Partido Popular ha movido ficha para encauzar sus negociaciones con Vox: un documento “único y vinculante” que obliga a los de Santiago Abascal a garantizar la aprobación de los presupuestos durante toda la legislatura autonómica.

This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, call or text the suicide prevention lifeline at 988.  A Kentucky bill aimed at keeping mental health therapy between humans passed the house 88-7 Monday.  House Bill 455 bars the use of artificial intelligence for direct therapy or making independent therapeutic decisions […]

သူတို့ဟာ အတင်းအကြပ် စစ်မှုထမ်းစေခိုင်းခံရသူများ ဖြစ်ပြီး ကောင်းမွန်စွာ ထိမ်းသိမ်း စောင့်ရှောက်ထားဟု KNU ဆို။

Kentucky public interest lawyer John Rosenberg has been awarded the American Bar Association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal, for “exceptionally distinguished service to the cause of American jurisprudence.” A Holocaust survivor, Rosenberg founded the nonprofit Appalachian Research and Defense Fund or AppalReD in 1970 to provide free legal assistance to low income Kentuckians in civil […]

အာဆီယံဘုံသဘောတူညီချက် ၅ ရပ်ကို အကောင်အထည်ဖော်နိုင်ခဲ့ရင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက ပဋိပက္ခတွေချုပ်ငြိမ်းနိုင်မည်ဟုဆို။

Russia's military claimed to have taken the city of Kupyansk while Ukraine insisted it remained under Kyiv's control. Then Moscow claimed a nearby town, prompting a Ukrainian officer to post videos of himself walking there, which in turn set off Russian accusations that his post was AI-generated.

Plus: Minnesota religious leaders sue Department of Homeland Security; farmer bankruptcy filings was up 2025 The post Whistleblower: ICE agents’ training ‘defective’ appeared first on MinnPost.