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NJ Transit officials say steep price increases are necessary to offset costs associated with the World Cup.

Nevada earns high marks when it comes to administering elections, jumping to second best in the nation in the recently published 2024 Elections Performance Index, or EPI.  The EPI, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, compares election administration policy and performance across the states during each election cycle. Nevada jumped to second, up 11 […]

The city has to kick in $6 million to match a contribution of $22.5 million from the federal government toward the project. The post El Paso leaders face October deadline for $6 million deck plaza funding decision appeared first on El Paso Matters.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided a Plaquemines Parish lawsuit against Chevron over coastal wetlands damage, which resulted in a $745 million judgment for the local government, should be moved from state to federal court, where the company expects a more favorable outcome. The justices’ 8-0 decision issued Friday affects a portion of the more […]

MINDANAO, Philippines — There’s been a renewed push in the Philippines to develop oil and gas deposits in the southern Liguasan Marsh, prompted by the energy crisis caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which has drawn criticism from environmental groups. The 288,000-hectare (712,000-acre) Liguasan Marsh, the largest intact wetland in the Philippines and home […]

美国国会本周四针对中国非法、未报告及不受规范（IUU）捕鱼问题举行听证会，跨党派议员与官员一致警告，相关行为已从单纯渔业争议升高为影响国家安全、全球供应链与人权的复合性威胁。

Brazil has opened its first rehabilitation center for golden-headed lion tamarins, an endangered monkey species threatened by urban expansion and the loss of agroforestry farms to monocrop plantations. The tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysomelas, have been filmed in and around Ilhéus, a coastal city in Bahia state, eating fruit inside a supermarket or running across high-voltage electricity […]

Supervisors propose a three-part policy in response to ongoing ICE operations in and around Santa Barbara County. The post Voices: Protecting community, democracy, and local control from ICE in Santa Barbara County appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

伊朗周五宣布在停战期间“全面”开放霍尔木兹海峡，稍早，以色列与黎巴嫩真主党民兵正式停战。

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O Movimento de Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST) realizou um ato político na Assembleia Legislativa da Bahia (Alba), em Salvador, na manhã desta sexta-feira (17), durante sessão especial em memória aos 30 anos do massacre de Eldorado dos Carajás. Ocorrido em 17 de abril de 1996 no Pará, o episódio, que levou ao assassinato de […] Fonte

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If New Mexico does not significantly reduce its error rate, the state could face major financial penalties.

In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages. Trump administration lawyers had claimed that Hawaii, by trying to sue fossil fuel companies, was standing in the way […]

Taukeer Alam, a writer of Van Gujjari, a vulnerable dialect with low documentation, shares the need for audio-visual documentation and safeguards to protect against AI and other exploitations

Point Loma's boys lacrosse team is a Div. I top 10 team as the CIF playoffs near, and they are hungry for another championship.

A coalition of advocacy groups hopes to inspire North Dakotans to become more civically active at its second annual all-day organizing event on April 25 in Bismarck. The inaugural People’s Session took place last May. The event was born out of dissatisfaction with the 2025 North Dakota legislative session, organizers said at the time. Attendees […]

Lenfilm studio will produce a multi-part series based on a book by Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, the agency’s press service announced.

Professores da rede pública do Distrito Federal anunciaram uma paralisação na próxima quinta-feira (23) contra a redução salarial de profissionais temporários. A categoria convocou um ato a partir das 9h na Praça do Buriti. A mobilização ocorre após mudanças no cálculo da jornada de trabalho implementadas pelo sistema EducaDF que, segundo a categoria, têm provocado […] Fonte