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COLUMBIA — As measles cases in South Carolina continue to rise, vaccine supporters and opponents clashed Wednesday over two dueling bills on children’s immunization requirements. A panel of senators voted 7-1 to advance a bill that would prohibit vaccine mandates for children under 2 years old, even though all vaccines are already optional. The senators […]

Customers of Montana-Dakota Utilities will see their electric bills go up $10.32 a month on average starting April 1. Tuesday, the Montana Public Service Commission approved an interim rate increase for the monopoly utility. The request had been pending for five months, and the PSC took up the matter a couple of times, but didn’t […]

Faced with a new court-ordered congressional map that turned one of Utah’s Republican-majority districts blue, Utah Rep. Burgess Owens has announced he won’t seek reelection. Owens made the announcement in a lengthy post on X on Wednesday, saying he made the decision after “prayer, reflection and many long conversations.”  “I will complete this term fully […]

The Florida Senate overwhelmingly approved the DeSantis-backed “AI Bill of Rights” Wednesday — but it won’t matter because the Trump-aligned speaker won’t bring the bill to the House Floor. “A bill that that hasn’t moved in the House is not going to be brought up at this time,” Speaker Daniel Perez, a Miami Republican, told […]

(The Center Square) - The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has already inflated prices at the gas pump for people across the Southwest and the rest of America. But experts say the biggest hikes could be yet to come. The war, which started this past weekend and reportedly has killed over 1,000 people (including six U.S. service members), has pushed gas prices up by an average of 21 cents across the U.S. since last week. “The last time we saw something similar to this was when Russia invaded Ukraine," AAA Mountain West Group Spokesperson John Treanor told The Center Square. Another spokesperson stressed the war's impact at the pumps. “This war in Iran has definitely caused oil prices to go up quite a bit in the last week,” AAA Mountain West Group Spokesperson Julian Paredes told The Center Square. “ Twenty cents going up in a week is pretty extreme.” While minor gas price increases are typical in the spring, AAA experts said the difference over the past week can't be accounted for by this seasonal difference. “It's typical to see gas prices go up a little bit because people are driving more as the weather gets nicer, and we switch over to what's called the summer-blend gasoline, which is a more expensive form of gasoline,” Treanor said. Oil refineries make summer-blend gas that has more expensive additives to prevent evaporation during the heat, according to AAA. “What does not typically happen are large jumps like this due to extenuating circumstances, historical events,” Treanor said. He added that seasonal changes normally account for a couple of cents per gallon. As of Wednesday, the U.S. average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.20, up 22 cents from last week’s $2.98, AAA reported. In Arizona, the average price for a regular gallon on Wednesday was $3.49, up from last week’s $3.27. California, with the most expensive gas in the country, was up to $4.74 from $4.63. Colorado was at $3.11 from $2.90, and Nevadans were seeing an average of $3.83 at the pumps, up from $3.70 last week. “This war with Iran impacts us in Arizona,” said Paredes. Elsewhere in the U.S., average gas prices on Wednesday were $4.41 a gallon in Washington state, up from $4.36 a week ago; $3.32 in Illinois, which is an increase from $3.03 one week ago; and $2.817 in one of the states with the lowest prices, Texas, up from $2.61 a week ago. The U.S. does not buy oil or gas from Iran, but experts say the sharp price increases over the past week have come from market speculation and the expected tightened global supply. At the same time, the war in Iran could stretch on longer, with President Donald Trump on Sunday saying it could last four to five weeks. “We haven't yet seen the limits in supply affect the market, but it will if there's a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz,” said Auto Club Group Spokesperson Skyler McKinley in Colorado. “I think we're still about a week out from the increase in the per-barrel cost affecting what consumers are paying at the pump.” The strait is a narrow stretch of sea alongside Iran before the Persian Gulf, which saw around 20% of global petroleum liquids pass through in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Parades noted the war and its impact are unpredictable. “It really depends on how long it lasts and how far it escalates, and the scary thing is we don't know." The AAA experts offered a variety of tips on how to minimize wallet damage as consumers. “There's a world where we're paying north of $3.50 during the summer – we could be paying north of $4 – but it's impossible to speculate when that’s going to happen, or if it's going to happen, because it's not really up to the market,” said McKinley, who stressed the need to budget for potential price increases. “It's up to all of these broader questions. There's such a temptation to say, ‘This is going on; therefore, this will happen at the pump,’ but it's just way more complicated than that.” The little details that impact mileage are worth noting as well, according to Paredes in Arizona. “Keeping it [your car] properly maintained, sticking to the speed limit, even just making sure your tires are properly inflated,” he said. “Flat tires or under-inflated tires can really hurt your fuel economy. You can't really control gas prices, but you can make sure you're getting the most for what you're paying for.” In Nevada, Treanor reminded drivers that sharp price increases at the pump were unfortunately nothing new. “When Russia invaded Ukraine, demand went up, supply went down, and we became very smart consumers,” said Treanor. “You started using apps that told you where the cheaper gas was in your area. You carpooled. You changed the way you drove. You became more efficient drivers. Those kinds of things should still ring true. You can find ways to stretch that so you don't have to fill up as much.”

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هاوپەیمانی هێزە سیاسییەکانی کوردستانی ئێران بەخێرهاتنی کۆمه‌ڵه‌ی شۆڕشگێڕی زه‌حمه‌تکێشانی کوردستانی ئێرانی دەکات بۆ هاتنە نێو هاوپەیمانێتییەکە و دەڵێت تەبایی پتری هێزە سیاسییەکانی کوردستانی ئێرانی لێ دەکەوێتەوە. هاوپەیمانییە کوردستانییەکە لە ڕاگەیاندراوێکدا گوتی، "دڵنیاین وەک چۆن کۆمه‌ڵه‌ی شۆڕشگێڕی زه‌حمه‌تکێشانی کوردستانی ئێران له‌ داڕشتنی بڕگه‌ و خاڵه‌کانی پلاتفۆڕمی پەسەندکراوی هاوپه‌یمانییەکەدا ده‌ور و نه‌خشێکی گرنگیان هەبوو، لە بەردەوامی کاری مەیدانی و بەدیهێنانی ئامانجەکانی ئەم...

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تصویر منتسب به انفجار در فرمانداری شهرستان بوکان، چهارشنبه ۱۳ اسفند- منبع وحید آنلاین

(The Center Square) – A second anti-ICE flyer discovered on Penn State’s campus has brought bipartisan agreement among student groups, even as a national free-speech watchdog warns the university’s prior response risks violating the First Amendment. The latest flyer follows a Jan. 29 incident in which one depicting an ICE agent hanging from a noose, with the words, “DEAD ICE AGENTS CAN’T KILL,” appeared on a pole outside Penn State’s primary student union building, the HUB-Robeson Center. Images of the flyer circulated online, accompanied by calls to identify and punish those responsible. Penn State condemned it and announced an investigation, however, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, FIRE, argues that while the images and messages are offensive to many, it does not fall into one of the narrow categories of unprotected speech – especially at a public university. On Feb. 5, FIRE sent Penn State a letter urging them to cease any investigation, to refrain from punishing the people behind it, and to remain institutionally neutral on political and social questions unrelated to university governance. Based on publicly available facts, nothing suggests that this speech is not unprotected, Charlotte Arneson, FIRE’s program officer of Campus Rights Advocacy told The Center Square. Arneson explained that context matters and speech loses First Amendment protection only in narrow categories such as true threats, incitement, or unlawful harassment. While she acknowledged that language celebrating or describing violence can be uncomfortable and offensive, she said those statements still often fall into the category of political speech – one of the most important types, and one the Supreme Court has clearly protected. As a public university, she added, Penn State is required to respect its students’ First Amendment rights. On the flip side, Arneson pointed to a case at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where on Jan. 31, the student group Illini Republicans posted an image to Instagram that appeared to be an ICE agent pointing a gun at the head of a kneeling man, a reference seeming to depict Alex Pretti, that was also a disturbing image. It read, “Only Traitors Help Invaders.” FIRE also defended that speech for similar reasons, she said. “We’re not taking a side on what the messages are conveying,” said Arneson. “It’s about the right to make that speech that we’re defending.” She said Penn State has declined to respond to them, so the organization recently stood outside the HUB-Robeson Center engaging with students and handed out over 250 campus speech rights pamphlets. FIRE says it will follow up with the school and continue its educational efforts. Penn State, contacted for comment, referred us to its website for information on its free speech policies. Meanwhile, on Feb. 28, the same anti-ICE flyer was again posted outside the student union. This time, two student groups – the Penn State Republicans and Democrats – released a joint statement condemning the violent rhetoric. After the second flyer was spotted, Tristin Kilgore, president of the Penn State College Republicans, told The Center Square he realized rhetoric like calling for the death of ICE agents would continue to be promoted – and they needed more than their members to stand against it. So, after speaking with the group’s vice president, they approached the Penn State College Democrats. Their statement says this kind of dangerous and reckless rhetoric, calling for violence against our federal law enforcement officers and others, is unacceptable in today’s America. “It’s about fostering a more stable and constructive political environment and ensuring students feel safe expressing their views and opinions without fear of retaliation – not about political wins or partisanship.” Kilgore said that while most of the students he has spoken with agree it’s unacceptable, there are some who admit it’s close to the line but consider it free speech, and therefore allowable. Reactions to their Instagram statement are predictably mixed, and Kilgore noted a comment from a professor at the University of Pittsburgh calling ICE illegitimate. He said there are also comments from Penn State students who support this type of rhetoric. In his opinion, targeting a specific group, using the image of an ICE officer, and considering the increased assaults and violence against agents, pushes it to a place where it would probably be against the law. The most important thing to understand is, he said, as a Penn State community, or as Americans, this is not something that can be allowed to go on, because there are real world consequences. “Look at what happened to Charlie Kirk, to the President, and Ella Cook, who was the vice president of College Republicans at Brown University,” he said. Cook was one of two students killed, and nine others wounded, on campus in December. The joint statement says, “If we hope to begin making positive and lasting changes in our country, it must, and will, start with the Young Americans. We hope a moment of division like this can serve as a chance to bring us all back together.”

ویدیوی منتسب به وضعیت کلانتری ۱۴۰ باغ فیض تهران که گفته‌ می‌شود دوشنبه ۱۱ اسفند هدف گرفته شد - منبع وحیدآنلاین

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here.South Carolina has spent an estimated $1.6 million so far on public health efforts to combat its huge measles outbreak, according to information the state’s health department provided to Healthbeat on Wednesday.The outbreak, which began with just five known cases in October, surged in January following the winter holidays, and has slowed in recent weeks. The total number of people infected in the outbreak, which is centered around Spartanburg County, reached 990 this week. Most of the estimated $1.6 million spent so far on the outbreak response has been for personnel, the South Carolina Department of Public Health said in response to Healthbeat’s questions.As the outbreak grew, the number of staff assigned to work full-time on the outbreak grew to as many as 90 people, said Dr. Linda Bell, the state epidemiologist. Most of these staff, Bell said, have been involved in doing investigations of individual measles cases and tracing their contacts to help identify and quarantine those at risk of infection and further spread of the disease.S.C. measles cases surged after holiday school closures delayed outbreak investigationsFunding for some of the outbreak’s public health costs has come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through an immunizations cooperative agreement, which helps with outbreak response activities, the South Carolina DPH said. Additional funding has come from a H5N1 Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement, which funds influenza and other public health emergency preparedness and response, the department said, as well as some other state and federal funds.Although the number of new measles cases being detected each week has dropped significantly, the outbreak continues. The department said that final costs will be calculated once the outbreak is over.But the threat the outbreak could surge again remains – especially with the potential for the virus to spread during the upcoming spring break travel period, Bell said.“We remain concerned and must be mindful of the fact that we can see cases increase again from the low number that we’re seeing now,” she said. In recent weeks, the outbreak has slowed to about 10 new cases a week amid increases in measles vaccination in the Spartanburg County area and across the state. The increased travel during school spring break raises the potential for the kind of increased spread of measles that South Carolina experienced over schools’ winter break period. “In the two consecutive weeks following the Christmas holidays, we had over 200 cases reported in each of those weeks,” Bell said. Alison Young is Healthbeat’s senior national reporter. You can reach her at ayoung@healthbeat.org or through the messaging app Signal at alisonyoungreports.48.

ویدیوی منتسب به «حمله پهپادی» به کیش پنجشنبه ۱۴ اسفند؛ شهروند خبرنگار: «بزن ترامپ» - منبع وحید‌آنلاین