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美国共和党联邦参议员史蒂夫·戴恩斯(Steve Daines)表示，美国不应寻求与中国全面脱钩，而应在保持接触的同时降低风险。他强调，美国需要保持经济和军事力量，并通过外交沟通避免美中关系进一步升级。在台湾议题上，戴恩斯主张“保持现有路线”。

Arkansas is set to receive between $32 million and $80 million to resolve claims that now-banned industrial chemicals known as PCBs manufactured by Monsanto Company caused environmental contamination, state Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Friday. Griffin said the state reached the settlement with Monsanto and affiliates Pharmacia LLC and Solutia, Inc. Griffin said the state […]

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تامی پیگوت، سخنگوی وزارت خارجه آمریکا، در گفت‌وگویی با شبکه فاکس‌نیوز،‌ با اشاره به عملکرد جمهوری اسلامی گفت این رژیم «ده‌ها هزار نفر از مردم خود را قتل‌عام کرده» و علاوه بر آن، فعالیت‌های تروریستی جمهوری اسلامی در سراسر جهان نیز دیده شده است.

A Polícia Federal (PF) cumpriu, nesta sexta-feira (2), dois mandados de busca e apreensão para investigar pessoas suspeitas de planejarem ataques contra a Embaixada e consulados dos Estados Unidos no Brasil. Mais cedo, o governo dos Estados Unidos havia anunciado o fechamento de seus órgãos por “questões de segurança”. A PF informou que não foram […] Fonte

KAXE partnered with ICTV to host candidate forums for Grand Rapids and Deer River school boards on Sept. 30, 2026. Videos of the forum are available at watchictv.org.

Italy ended Zinedine Zidane's triumphant start to life as France head coach on Friday night with a 1-1 draw at the Stade de France in the Nations League.

Working behind closed doors, the nine-member committee will have a big say in replacing retiring President C. Scott Green.

Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name.A state oversight board appointed to take over Memphis schools may soon take charge of Tennessee’s largest school district.U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw said he is prepared to dissolve his order blocking the board from taking control of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Crenshaw made the comment during a court hearing Friday in which he closely questioned attorneys for the Memphis-Shelby County school board. “Whenever the oversight board is ready to do business, I’m going to dissolve my order,” Crenshaw said. Crenshaw also sided with Tennessee attorneys on a motion to dismiss Gov. Bill Lee, Education Commissioner Lizette Reynolds, and legislative leaders as defendants in the pending lawsuit. After a summer of uncertainty over whether and when the state takeover would move forward, Friday’s hearing suggested the oversight board could soon begin exercising its authority while leaving questions about how the takeover will proceed. The takeover was established under a new state law that created a nine-person politically appointed oversight board and was scheduled to take effect July 1.The school district quickly sued over the law in June and asked Crenshaw to temporarily block the oversight board ahead of the new school year. The district argued its elected school board and superintendent needed to maintain financial control over critical district purchases and contracts, including school maintenance.When Crenshaw issued the temporary block on July 1, the oversight board was newly formed and had no formal infrastructure to review district purchases. In June, the newly named board was still grappling with where to hold meetings and whether members would be issued state email addresses. Crenshaw on Friday suggested he didn’t intend for his summer order to be a long-term block of the takeover if the new board was able to begin its work.He also appeared skeptical about portions of the elected school board’s argument, including its claim that the new state law giving appointees authority over Memphis schools violates students’ constitutional rights. Attorneys have argued the law unfairly targets Memphis by taking power away from its elected school board.“They don’t have a constitutional right to who manages the school,” Crenshaw said.State attorneys have asked Crenshaw to dismiss the lawsuit altogether, arguing it does not belong in federal court. Crenshaw gave the local school board another week to file amended arguments detailing specific harm the state takeover causes students. Until Crenshaw clarifies his order or issues a new one, the elected school board will maintain control of the district. But if the pause is lifted, the oversight board could move quickly on major district decisions involving contracts, the overall budget, school closures, and even the superintendent’s contract. Even if Crenshaw lifts the current pause, the district’s overall lawsuit challenging the state law could move forward.Melissa Brown is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Tennessee. Contact Melissa at mbrown@chalkbeat.org.

The new store will be a part of Cassco’s Overland community development in Edwards Ranch.

O maior doador pessoa física da campanha do governador de São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos), à reeleição é um empresário de Mato Grosso, herdeiro de uma família que mantém há décadas propriedades rurais na região da Terra Indígena (TI) Piripkura, onde vivem indígenas isolados. Parte desses imóveis aparece em levantamentos técnicos com áreas sobrepostas […] Fonte

A former Polk County lawyer is facing additional sanctions after admitting he practiced law for years while his license was under suspension. State records indicate Warren J. Polson was first licensed to practice law in Iowa in April 2016. In April 2022, his license was suspended for failing to cooperate with the Iowa Supreme Court’s […]

Republican Ron Schutz said if he’s elected Minnesota attorney general, he will give up control of his vast stock portfolio and divest from any companies that are currently in litigation with the state. Schutz made the commitment on Friday during an MPR News debate with Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison, days after the Reformer reported […]

Alaska has roughly the population it had in 2013. What little growth the state has seen in the past three years came from residents over 65, while the working-age population shrank. A state that is not growing should not have a housing shortage. It has one anyway. Rental vacancy in March was 4.9% in Anchorage, […]

(The Center Square) - Spokane is moving toward operating its own emergency communications system, a change that city officials say will give them greater control over public safety operations, while Spokane Regional Emergency Communications officials warn the move could create additional costs and duplicate infrastructure. The city is scheduled to begin routing non-emergency police and fire calls from the county's Crime Check service through Spokane 311 on Oct. 27 as it prepares to launch its own public safety answering point, or PSAP. Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown said the transition is intended to streamline the reporting process, improve response and make it easier for residents to know who to call for non-emergency needs. “Transitioning City of Spokane non-emergency calls from Crime Check to Spokane 311 marks the first step in the implementation of our independent emergency communications system,” Brown said in a Sept. 29 announcement. The transition comes after months of disagreements between the City of Spokane and SREC over governance, financing and the future of regional emergency communications. Kelly Conley, communications and public information officer for SREC, spoke with The Center Square and said the regional agency does not oppose Spokane establishing its own communications center. “Fundamentally we support the City’s decision to create their own center,” Conley said. SREC's concerns instead center on what Conley described as the potential duplication of costs and infrastructure that comes with operating separate systems. Cost and staffing concerns Conley said regionalization allows agencies to share the costs of staffing, technology, maintenance and other infrastructure. SREC currently has 18 budgeted fire dispatcher positions, with 14 filled. Spokane's planning documents have projected the city would need approximately 14 fire dispatchers under its independent system. Conley questioned whether maintaining separate staffing structures could result in costs that otherwise could have been shared through the regional system. The city says its staffing model will be different from SREC's. Spokane Public Information Officer Erin Hut told The Center Square via email on Friday that the city's model will include call-taker I and II positions and dispatcher I and II positions for police and fire, with Dispatcher II employees trained in both disciplines. Hut said the structure is intended to improve staff retention and dispatcher well-being while giving the city more flexibility during periods when demand shifts. “If there are more fire dispatchers needed than police dispatchers, we have already trained staff available to assist with that demand,” Hut said. Hut also said the city expects the initial costs of creating its system to balance out within a few years. “When it comes to emergency services, redundancy is helpful,” Hut said in her email. “While there are initial startup costs, the City’s analysis/projections show that we will balance costs within a few short years.” The city has not yet provided updated dollar figures supporting that projection. Hut said the city's budget team is currently focused on the biennial budget but could provide additional details in the coming days or weeks. CAD systems One of the biggest areas of disagreement involves Computer-Aided Dispatch, or CAD. Conley said SREC and Spokane had previously been involved in discussions surrounding SREC's new CAD system. Spokane is now developing and implementing its own system, creating what SREC considers another area of potentially duplicated cost. Separate systems also require the agencies to maintain CAD-to-CAD connectivity so information can be shared when agencies respond together or provide automatic aid. “We continue to work with the City to ensure we will have an interface between the two systems,” Conley said. “It does add another layer of complexity and requires more work to be done, however.” The city says operating its own CAD system is a deliberate decision based on security, privacy and data integrity. Hut said controlling its own CAD system will allow Spokane to build and govern the platform around the specific needs of Spokane police and fire. The city also says CAD-to-CAD connectivity for automatic aid was a central part of its planning with SREC. Hut said SREC had originally planned to bring its CAD system online in the fourth quarter of 2026 before later announcing a delay to March 2027. Spokane has already built its system, is testing it and training employees, and is targeting a December 2026 launch. Radio infrastructure Radio infrastructure is another area where the agencies will have to coordinate. SREC operates 23 radio towers and nearly 5,000 radios used by first responders, according to the regional agency. Conley said regional infrastructure allows agencies to share those costs rather than building and maintaining separate systems. Hut said Spokane, Spokane County and SREC have agreed to a separate interlocal agreement involving radio systems. The city also plans to use an independent consultant to help develop a cost-sharing structure for the radio system. Hut said that issue is expected to go before the Spokane City Council later this month. Response times Conley also cautioned against assuming that creating a separate communications center will automatically mean emergency responders arrive faster. She said emergency response involves multiple stages, including taking the call, processing information, dispatching responders and the responders' actual travel time. The city argues that operating its own PSAP will provide greater flexibility to respond to Spokane-specific public safety needs. Hut said Spokane also plans to integrate mental health clinicians into its dispatch operations. “Simply put: it’s about fast response times AND appropriate service response,” Hut said. Why Spokane is leaving the regional model The disagreement also involves how Spokane's departure from the regional system came about. Hut said the city approached SREC in good faith with concerns about governance and financing after receiving a demand from the SREC Board that Spokane either place Spokane Police into SREC or remove Spokane Fire from the regional model. According to Hut, the SREC Board ultimately voted to remove Spokane Fire from the regional model beginning Jan. 1. The city subsequently negotiated a different timeline for the transition, Hut said. Conley said SREC supports Spokane establishing its own center, while the disagreement has focused on the structure and consequences of the separation. Hut said Spokane is the largest municipality in the region and has public safety needs that differ from its rural neighbors. She said an independent system will allow the city to make decisions based on the needs of Spokane residents. Transition cost The ultimate cost of creating a separate system remains an unresolved question. SREC has previously cited projections of approximately $39.4 million in costs during the first two years and $94 million over five years. Those figures include existing expenses as well as projected costs associated with the new system. “From SREC’s perspective, the central question is what residents will pay to sustain separate systems compared with sharing those functions regionally, and what measurable service benefits they will receive,” Conley said. The city has not provided updated figures corresponding to those projections. Hut said Spokane expects the startup costs to be offset within a few years, in part through the reallocation of sales and use tax and excise tax revenues that fund emergency communications locally.

گفت‌وگوی حسین قاضیان، جامعه‌شناس با ونوس مرادی در «میدان زنان» با موضوع بدن و آزادی انتخاب زنان.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has alleged that the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its admissions process beginning in 2023. In a letter sent to the university, the Department of Justice alleged that UCLA Law “intentionally discriminated on the basis of race,” in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that prohibited the consideration of race in college admissions. The Department of Justice alleges that UCLA Law rejected white and Asian applicants with Law School Admission Test scores comparable to those of admitted Black and Hispanic applicants. In 2024 and 2025, half of admitted Black applicants had LSAT scores at or below 90% of the scores of admitted white applicants, according to the DOJ. The department further alleges that some white and Asian applicants with lower LSAT scores than admitted Black and Hispanic applicants would have been admitted if they belonged to those racial groups. “Like many of its peer institutions, UCLA Law School runs a two-tiered admissions system whose academic bar for acceptance shifts up or down depending on the color of your skin,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. “The use of race as a thumb on the scale that helps or disadvantages any student is illegal.” UCLA Law denied the allegations and said it remains committed to ensuring its admissions process complies with state and federal law. “Students are admitted through a comprehensive, merit-based review process that considers each applicant’s achievements and experiences. We are confident in our process,” UCLA Law said in a statement sent by Orli Belman, the assistant dean of communications, to The Center Square. The DOJ has stated that it wishes to enter into a voluntary resolution agreement with UCLA Law to “ensure that admissions practices are brought into legal compliance.”

State auditors found multiple problems with the Arizona Department of Housing’s policies and training, and found that it took the department months in some cases to notify  property owners of “health and safety” issues.  The report the Arizona Auditor General’s Office released this week is the second Housing Department audit in three years that has […]

朝鮮半島的非軍事區發生爆炸，造成3名韓國軍人重傷。平壤稱首爾要求道歉是“可悲”的行為。

朝鲜半岛的非军事区发生爆炸，造成3名韩国军人重伤。平壤称首尔要求道歉是“可悲”的行为。