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A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump announced last week the administration was finalizing a repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, which declared the agency could […]
A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump announced last week the administration was finalizing a repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, which declared the agency could […]
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曾高调抨击企业将工作外移、力挺关税政策与本土制造的亿万富豪，如今却被指亲手将美国工厂迁往中国。
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曾高调抨击企业将工作外移、力挺关税政策与本土制造的亿万富豪，如今却被指亲手将美国工厂迁往中国。
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Plus: Vote that could overturn BWCA mining ban set for next week; Renee Good memorial set on fire; domestic violence survivors face new legal hurdles The post Minnesota could still charge federal agents in Good, Pretti killings appeared first on MinnPost.
Plus: Vote that could overturn BWCA mining ban set for next week; Renee Good memorial set on fire; domestic violence survivors face new legal hurdles The post Minnesota could still charge federal agents in Good, Pretti killings appeared first on MinnPost.
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Gillespie County Republicans have scrapped plans to hand count all of their 2026 primary ballots after failing to recruit enough workers — at least for early voting. The lack of manpower prompted party officials to vote last week to use the county’s voting equipment to tabulate thousands of ballots expected to be cast during the two weeks before Election Day on March 3. However, Gillespie Republicans still plan to hand count ballots cast on Election Day, party officials told Votebeat. The effort has deepened a divide within the county party: Some members wish to ditch electronic voting equipment entirely and hand count all ballots, while others trust that the county’s electronic voting equipment is safe and the process contains appropriate checks and balances. It’s a continuation of a long-running disagreement that began in 2024, when the county party first hand counted primary ballots. In 2024, Republicans in Gillespie County spent nearly 24 hours on Election Day hand counting more than 8,000 ballots, deploying over 350 workers they’d spent months training and recruiting. Party officials later found tallying errors in 12 of the county’s 13 precincts, but because Texas law does not require a post-election audit of hand-counted ballots, those results were never formally reviewed for accuracy. The hand counting effort cost more than $40,000 — more than five times the roughly $7,000 spent in 2020, when the party used voting machines. Those expenses are ultimately reimbursed by the state. Bruce Campbell, the chair of the county Republican Party, told Votebeat that since last week’s vote to use the county’s voting equipment to tabulate early votes, county party officials in charge of recruiting workers to count ballots have kept him in the dark about the number of people who have signed up to work on Election Day. Campbell said he doesn’t know how many will show up. “They think that I’m going to somehow talk [workers] out of hand counting, which would not benefit me at all,” Campbell, who defended the 2024 hand count, said. “I just want the votes counted, and when it didn’t look like we were going to have enough people, I called a meeting and solved the problem.” Worker shortages expose rift over machines, hand counting The last time Campbell was given updated figures was at a party executive committee meeting in January, when the precinct chairs informed him that only about 60 people had signed up for a job that requires closer to 200. Jim Riley, the county’s election administrator, declined a request for comment. He sent an email to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office late last month to say the local Republican party was receiving “little or no response in recruiting and training hand counters” and that some Republican precinct chairs had begun to “object” to the process of hand counting. “I know this is a local problem and a Party problem. Yet, the splash back will hurt our elections in Gillespie,” he wrote, asking for guidance on how best to ensure votes were counted. The Secretary of State’s Office told Votebeat they responded to Riley’s request for guidance via phone call, and declined further comment. In 2024, the office sent election inspectors to monitor Gillespie County’s hand count, but no post-election audit was conducted because state law does not require audits of ballots counted by hand. This year, one inspector will observe part of early voting and two will be there on Election Day, according to the agency. Texas law does require a bipartisan post-election audit of machine-counted ballots in a random sampling of precincts. But Gillespie Republicans say they plan to go further, voluntarily hand recounting all ballots cast in the election whether they were initially counted by hand or by machine — a step that would require recruiting many of the same volunteers a second time. Party officials have not released details about how that recount would work. But unlike in 2024, this year’s ballots were designed to be scanned by a tabulator if needed, allowing results to be verified without organizing another full hand count. It’s unclear if party officials will take that step. In 2024, the old ballot design meant results could only be counted — and recounted — by hand. Without a scannable paper trail, there was no practical way to independently verify the outcome without organizing another full hand count, so the 2024 results were never formally audited or otherwise checked for accuracy. This year, the ballots can be run through voting machines, a decision Riley told the Secretary of State’s Office he made because he “anticipated the collapse potential” of the hand count. In the same email to the state, Riley described a chaotic internal debate within the county GOP. During a Zoom call held the day he sent the email, he wrote, party leaders acknowledged the mounting problems but disagreed about how to move forward — and some did not show up at all. “I didn’t expect the childish behavior of these folks,” he writes. That meeting described in Riley’s email was the precursor for last week’s vote to count the early voting ballots electronically instead. The vote passed 7-3, Campbell said. In September, Campbell sent the party’s 13 precinct chairs — local elected party officials tasked with staffing polling locations — contact information for all 355 workers who’d counted ballots in 2024. Campbell said the recruitment effort by precinct chairs wasn’t done early enough and there was little interest among hand counters for returning this year. “People weren’t signing up like they did last time for whatever reason, so if we don’t have enough people, we need to be responsible,” said Campbell. Lack of responsibility in this context has consequences. Texas law requires that ballots be counted within 24 hours after polls close. If a county’s results are not reported to the state within that window, party officials from that county could face a misdemeanor charge. They could also be subject to lawsuits from candidates contesting the results. But not everyone in the party shares Campbell’s worries. David Treibs, a Republican precinct chair and vocal opponent of electronic tabulation, opposed the move to count the ballots electronically. He said he hasn’t heard of any candidates on the ballot concerned about the hand count, and told Votebeat he’s not worried about legal fallout if the count isn’t done by the state-mandated deadline. “Nobody’s gone to jail yet over this,” Treibs said. “I don’t think anybody’s going to sue either, unless they want to make an example out of this.” He also rejected assertions that the party’s recruitment efforts were unsuccessful. “We were on track” to have enough workers, he told Votebeat. “I believe strongly that that was not the real issue. They just wanted to flip us back to machines.” Each of the county’s 13 precincts will need a minimum of three election workers to help supervise the polling location and help check in voters, and a minimum of three additional people to hand count the ballots. The county’s two largest precincts would require between 3-5 teams of people to hand count. Triebs said he doesn’t know how many workers the party has recruited. His precinct — precinct 13 — is fully staffed. But Triebs said it won’t matter if they don’t get the numbers they’re expecting — they’ll just take longer to count the ballots. “It’s not like they’re going to shred all the ballots if we’re not done on time. Of course not. That’s ridiculous. That’s not going to happen, “ Treibs said. “The ballots will be counted, so that’s not the issue.” Natalia Contreras covers election administration and voting access for Votebeat in partnership with the Texas Tribune. Natalia is based in Corpus Christi. Contact her at ncontreras@votebeat.org.
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Gillespie County Republicans have scrapped plans to hand count all of their 2026 primary ballots after failing to recruit enough workers — at least for early voting. The lack of manpower prompted party officials to vote last week to use the county’s voting equipment to tabulate thousands of ballots expected to be cast during the two weeks before Election Day on March 3. However, Gillespie Republicans still plan to hand count ballots cast on Election Day, party officials told Votebeat. The effort has deepened a divide within the county party: Some members wish to ditch electronic voting equipment entirely and hand count all ballots, while others trust that the county’s electronic voting equipment is safe and the process contains appropriate checks and balances. It’s a continuation of a long-running disagreement that began in 2024, when the county party first hand counted primary ballots. In 2024, Republicans in Gillespie County spent nearly 24 hours on Election Day hand counting more than 8,000 ballots, deploying over 350 workers they’d spent months training and recruiting. Party officials later found tallying errors in 12 of the county’s 13 precincts, but because Texas law does not require a post-election audit of hand-counted ballots, those results were never formally reviewed for accuracy. The hand counting effort cost more than $40,000 — more than five times the roughly $7,000 spent in 2020, when the party used voting machines. Those expenses are ultimately reimbursed by the state. Bruce Campbell, the chair of the county Republican Party, told Votebeat that since last week’s vote to use the county’s voting equipment to tabulate early votes, county party officials in charge of recruiting workers to count ballots have kept him in the dark about the number of people who have signed up to work on Election Day. Campbell said he doesn’t know how many will show up. “They think that I’m going to somehow talk [workers] out of hand counting, which would not benefit me at all,” Campbell, who defended the 2024 hand count, said. “I just want the votes counted, and when it didn’t look like we were going to have enough people, I called a meeting and solved the problem.” Worker shortages expose rift over machines, hand counting The last time Campbell was given updated figures was at a party executive committee meeting in January, when the precinct chairs informed him that only about 60 people had signed up for a job that requires closer to 200. Jim Riley, the county’s election administrator, declined a request for comment. He sent an email to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office late last month to say the local Republican party was receiving “little or no response in recruiting and training hand counters” and that some Republican precinct chairs had begun to “object” to the process of hand counting. “I know this is a local problem and a Party problem. Yet, the splash back will hurt our elections in Gillespie,” he wrote, asking for guidance on how best to ensure votes were counted. The Secretary of State’s Office told Votebeat they responded to Riley’s request for guidance via phone call, and declined further comment. In 2024, the office sent election inspectors to monitor Gillespie County’s hand count, but no post-election audit was conducted because state law does not require audits of ballots counted by hand. This year, one inspector will observe part of early voting and two will be there on Election Day, according to the agency. Texas law does require a bipartisan post-election audit of machine-counted ballots in a random sampling of precincts. But Gillespie Republicans say they plan to go further, voluntarily hand recounting all ballots cast in the election whether they were initially counted by hand or by machine — a step that would require recruiting many of the same volunteers a second time. Party officials have not released details about how that recount would work. But unlike in 2024, this year’s ballots were designed to be scanned by a tabulator if needed, allowing results to be verified without organizing another full hand count. It’s unclear if party officials will take that step. In 2024, the old ballot design meant results could only be counted — and recounted — by hand. Without a scannable paper trail, there was no practical way to independently verify the outcome without organizing another full hand count, so the 2024 results were never formally audited or otherwise checked for accuracy. This year, the ballots can be run through voting machines, a decision Riley told the Secretary of State’s Office he made because he “anticipated the collapse potential” of the hand count. In the same email to the state, Riley described a chaotic internal debate within the county GOP. During a Zoom call held the day he sent the email, he wrote, party leaders acknowledged the mounting problems but disagreed about how to move forward — and some did not show up at all. “I didn’t expect the childish behavior of these folks,” he writes. That meeting described in Riley’s email was the precursor for last week’s vote to count the early voting ballots electronically instead. The vote passed 7-3, Campbell said. In September, Campbell sent the party’s 13 precinct chairs — local elected party officials tasked with staffing polling locations — contact information for all 355 workers who’d counted ballots in 2024. Campbell said the recruitment effort by precinct chairs wasn’t done early enough and there was little interest among hand counters for returning this year. “People weren’t signing up like they did last time for whatever reason, so if we don’t have enough people, we need to be responsible,” said Campbell. Lack of responsibility in this context has consequences. Texas law requires that ballots be counted within 24 hours after polls close. If a county’s results are not reported to the state within that window, party officials from that county could face a misdemeanor charge. They could also be subject to lawsuits from candidates contesting the results. But not everyone in the party shares Campbell’s worries. David Treibs, a Republican precinct chair and vocal opponent of electronic tabulation, opposed the move to count the ballots electronically. He said he hasn’t heard of any candidates on the ballot concerned about the hand count, and told Votebeat he’s not worried about legal fallout if the count isn’t done by the state-mandated deadline. “Nobody’s gone to jail yet over this,” Treibs said. “I don’t think anybody’s going to sue either, unless they want to make an example out of this.” He also rejected assertions that the party’s recruitment efforts were unsuccessful. “We were on track” to have enough workers, he told Votebeat. “I believe strongly that that was not the real issue. They just wanted to flip us back to machines.” Each of the county’s 13 precincts will need a minimum of three election workers to help supervise the polling location and help check in voters, and a minimum of three additional people to hand count the ballots. The county’s two largest precincts would require between 3-5 teams of people to hand count. Triebs said he doesn’t know how many workers the party has recruited. His precinct — precinct 13 — is fully staffed. But Triebs said it won’t matter if they don’t get the numbers they’re expecting — they’ll just take longer to count the ballots. “It’s not like they’re going to shred all the ballots if we’re not done on time. Of course not. That’s ridiculous. That’s not going to happen, “ Treibs said. “The ballots will be counted, so that’s not the issue.” Natalia Contreras covers election administration and voting access for Votebeat in partnership with the Texas Tribune. Natalia is based in Corpus Christi. Contact her at ncontreras@votebeat.org.
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中国在人工智能（AI）领域迅速进展，让目前居市场主导地位的美国备感威胁。分析指出：中国将科技实力结合成本与供应链优势，很可能5到10年会看到中国科技圈的浮现。
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中国在人工智能（AI）领域迅速进展，让目前居市场主导地位的美国备感威胁。分析指出：中国将科技实力结合成本与供应链优势，很可能5到10年会看到中国科技圈的浮现。
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Reports of an immigration-related arrest brought observers to Wilkinsburg schools and Westinghouse High, while Allderdice students left early and marched to express anti-ICE sentiment. The post Talk of ICE activity around schools prompts advocacy and a walkout appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.
Reports of an immigration-related arrest brought observers to Wilkinsburg schools and Westinghouse High, while Allderdice students left early and marched to express anti-ICE sentiment. The post Talk of ICE activity around schools prompts advocacy and a walkout appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.
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Um dos mais expressivos e conhecidos poetas negros do Rio Grande do Sul, Oliveira Silveira, vai ser companheiro de praça de Mario Quintana, Carlos Drummond de Andrade e de nomes históricos como os do General Osório, Barão do Rio Branco e Júlio La Porta*. A Praça é a da Alfândega, no coração do Centro Histórico […] Poeta negro Oliveira Silveira terá monumento na Praça da Alfândega apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
Um dos mais expressivos e conhecidos poetas negros do Rio Grande do Sul, Oliveira Silveira, vai ser companheiro de praça de Mario Quintana, Carlos Drummond de Andrade e de nomes históricos como os do General Osório, Barão do Rio Branco e Júlio La Porta*. A Praça é a da Alfândega, no coração do Centro Histórico […] Poeta negro Oliveira Silveira terá monumento na Praça da Alfândega apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
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Uefa apura ofensa racista contra o atacante brasileiro durante jogo do Real Madrid e Benfica, pela Champions League ‘Vini Jr. é a nossa maior força hoje no combate ao racismo’, diz ex-goleiro Aranha apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
Uefa apura ofensa racista contra o atacante brasileiro durante jogo do Real Madrid e Benfica, pela Champions League ‘Vini Jr. é a nossa maior força hoje no combate ao racismo’, diz ex-goleiro Aranha apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
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مواضع قاطع مقامات آمریکایی و راهبرد جدید ایالات متحده در برابر جمهوری اسلامی
مواضع قاطع مقامات آمریکایی و راهبرد جدید ایالات متحده در برابر جمهوری اسلامی
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Já estão disponíveis os resultados individualizados das provas do Concurso Público Nacional Unificado (CPNU 2). Dentre as consultas disponíveis estão o resultado definitivo da prova discursiva, da avaliação de títulos e a resposta dos pedidos de revisão. A lista das pessoas aprovadas em vagas imediatas, e em lista de espera, e a convocação para cursos […] Candidatos já podem conferir resultados individuais do Concurso Nacional Unificado 2; lista de aprovados sai na sexta apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
Já estão disponíveis os resultados individualizados das provas do Concurso Público Nacional Unificado (CPNU 2). Dentre as consultas disponíveis estão o resultado definitivo da prova discursiva, da avaliação de títulos e a resposta dos pedidos de revisão. A lista das pessoas aprovadas em vagas imediatas, e em lista de espera, e a convocação para cursos […] Candidatos já podem conferir resultados individuais do Concurso Nacional Unificado 2; lista de aprovados sai na sexta apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
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The grand opening showcased the facilities, such as state-of-the-art punching bags, a boxing ring and various workout equipment to train aspiring champions. The post Mike Epps opens The Right Jab Boxing Gym in Indy appeared first on Mirror Indy.
The grand opening showcased the facilities, such as state-of-the-art punching bags, a boxing ring and various workout equipment to train aspiring champions. The post Mike Epps opens The Right Jab Boxing Gym in Indy appeared first on Mirror Indy.
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انضمّ مزيد من المشاركين الحاليين والسابقين في مهرجان برلين السينمائي (البرليناله)، بمن فيهم مارك روفالو، وكين لوتش، ومنتج فيلم "منطقة الاهتمام" جيمس ويلسون، إلى رسالة مفتوحة موجّهة إلى المهرجان، تُدين ما تصفه بـ"صمته" إزاء النزاع في غزة و"قمعه" للفنانين الذين عبّروا عن مواقفهم. وكان من بين الموقّعين الأصليين على الرسالة، التي نُشرت في 17 شباط/فبراير […] The post المزيد من السينمائيين يوقعون على رسالة تنتقد موقف البرليناله تجاه فلسطين appeared first on مجلة رمان الثقافية.
انضمّ مزيد من المشاركين الحاليين والسابقين في مهرجان برلين السينمائي (البرليناله)، بمن فيهم مارك روفالو، وكين لوتش، ومنتج فيلم "منطقة الاهتمام" جيمس ويلسون، إلى رسالة مفتوحة موجّهة إلى المهرجان، تُدين ما تصفه بـ"صمته" إزاء النزاع في غزة و"قمعه" للفنانين الذين عبّروا عن مواقفهم. وكان من بين الموقّعين الأصليين على الرسالة، التي نُشرت في 17 شباط/فبراير […] The post المزيد من السينمائيين يوقعون على رسالة تنتقد موقف البرليناله تجاه فلسطين appeared first on مجلة رمان الثقافية.
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The third deadline in as many weeks came Tuesday in the Washington Legislature. It meant the end of the road for numerous bills, including priorities on issues like homelessness, child welfare, gun safety and juvenile detention. It also signals a turning point in the Legislature’s work, as lawmakers move back to House and Senate committee […]
The third deadline in as many weeks came Tuesday in the Washington Legislature. It meant the end of the road for numerous bills, including priorities on issues like homelessness, child welfare, gun safety and juvenile detention. It also signals a turning point in the Legislature’s work, as lawmakers move back to House and Senate committee […]
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Progress doesn’t look like letting billion-dollar corporations and big industries continue to pollute groundwater for a few more years in order to protect their profits.
Progress doesn’t look like letting billion-dollar corporations and big industries continue to pollute groundwater for a few more years in order to protect their profits.
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(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill on a voice vote Wednesday afternoon that would fund WisconsinEye with more than $585,000 in taxpayer funds for the next year while collecting requests for proposal for a public affairs network. The proposals must be submitted by June 30. Sen. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, called the compromise between parties on Senate Bill 994 true bipartisan work that worked toward a solution after what he called a “breach of contract” when WisconsinEye took its archives off its website along with stopping production of new meeting coverage Dec. 15. When asked for the reason WisEye was taking the archives off its site, WisEye President and CEO Jon Henkes told The Center Square that taking the more than 30,000 hours of archives offline is to show donors the value of WisconsinEye’s work and the fiscal situation for the company. “We don’t know what the Assembly is going to do,” Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein said. “We don’t know what the Assembly is going to do on so many things.” The bill would have to be approved by the Assembly, which has a separate WisEye bill, and be signed by Gov. Tony Evers to go into effect. It stipulates that the Joint Committee on Finance would also need to approve the request for 12 payments totaling $585,630 to WisconsinEye to provide ongoing video coverage with the payments set to end if a new public affairs network is selected to provide live broadcasts of state government proceedings and a digital archive.
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill on a voice vote Wednesday afternoon that would fund WisconsinEye with more than $585,000 in taxpayer funds for the next year while collecting requests for proposal for a public affairs network. The proposals must be submitted by June 30. Sen. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, called the compromise between parties on Senate Bill 994 true bipartisan work that worked toward a solution after what he called a “breach of contract” when WisconsinEye took its archives off its website along with stopping production of new meeting coverage Dec. 15. When asked for the reason WisEye was taking the archives off its site, WisEye President and CEO Jon Henkes told The Center Square that taking the more than 30,000 hours of archives offline is to show donors the value of WisconsinEye’s work and the fiscal situation for the company. “We don’t know what the Assembly is going to do,” Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein said. “We don’t know what the Assembly is going to do on so many things.” The bill would have to be approved by the Assembly, which has a separate WisEye bill, and be signed by Gov. Tony Evers to go into effect. It stipulates that the Joint Committee on Finance would also need to approve the request for 12 payments totaling $585,630 to WisconsinEye to provide ongoing video coverage with the payments set to end if a new public affairs network is selected to provide live broadcasts of state government proceedings and a digital archive.
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La operadora activa su plan 2026-2030 con una gran jugada en Reino Unido para desafiar el dominio histórico de BT.
La operadora activa su plan 2026-2030 con una gran jugada en Reino Unido para desafiar el dominio histórico de BT.
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تشدید حضور نظامی آمریکا در منطقه همزمان با ابهام درباره سرنوشت مذاکرات ژنو
تشدید حضور نظامی آمریکا در منطقه همزمان با ابهام درباره سرنوشت مذاکرات ژنو
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PIERRE — A South Dakota House of Representatives panel endorsed a bill that would require mobile app stores to use age verification to control access by minors. House Bill 1275 passed the House State Affairs Committee 8-3 on Wednesday and heads to the House floor with a “do pass” recommendation. The bill is the second […]
PIERRE — A South Dakota House of Representatives panel endorsed a bill that would require mobile app stores to use age verification to control access by minors. House Bill 1275 passed the House State Affairs Committee 8-3 on Wednesday and heads to the House floor with a “do pass” recommendation. The bill is the second […]
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Le petit club norvégien Bodo/Glimt a frappé un grand coup en barrages aller de la Ligue des champions en s’imposant contre l’Inter Milan (3-1), finaliste la saison dernière. C’est un exploit monumental, mais qui n’a rien d’une surprise pour la « horde jaune ».
Le petit club norvégien Bodo/Glimt a frappé un grand coup en barrages aller de la Ligue des champions en s’imposant contre l’Inter Milan (3-1), finaliste la saison dernière. C’est un exploit monumental, mais qui n’a rien d’une surprise pour la « horde jaune ».
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An avalanche during a heavy, wet snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada killed at least eight skiers on a guided backcountry excursion.
An avalanche during a heavy, wet snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada killed at least eight skiers on a guided backcountry excursion.