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How the Israeli settlers movement shaped modern Israel

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The increase in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year has been unprecedented. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and the start of the war, there have been more than 1,000 attacks, according to a new report from the International Crisis Group.

The spike, which has raised international alarm, is ...Read more

Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case

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After Charla’s landlord failed to repair leaks that caused the ceiling to collapse in her daughter’s bedroom, she withheld her rent. Shortly after, her landlord filed an eviction case against her for nonpayment.

Though she won her court case, Charla and her family had to remain in unsafe conditions as she searched for new housing ...Read more

Abortion rights are on 10 state ballots in November − Democrats can’t count on this to win elections for them

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Ten states will vote on ballot initiatives on abortion this November: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada and South Dakota.

Many political analysts and pundits view abortion as a partisan issue, fueling speculation that direct votes on abortion rights will boost Democrats’ chances up ...Read more

Why Pennsylvania is the key to a Harris or Trump Electoral College victory

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With less than two months until Election Day, Pennsylvania has emerged as the keystone state in each party’s plan to win the White House.

The Pennsylvania focus is so great that the firm AdImpact, which tracks political advertising purchasing, reports that both the Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns are spending more money on ...Read more

UN’s pact to protect future generations will be undermined by Security Council’s veto and its use in cases of mass atrocity

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World leaders will gather at the United Nations on Sept. 22-23, 2024, where they are set to adopt the Pact for the Future – an ambitious plan for how to best reform the U.N., and other institutions, to address the current problems of the world and protect future generations.

It couldn’t come at a more pressing time. As presidents,...Read more

What the jet stream and climate change had to do with the hottest summer on record − remember all those heat domes?

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Summer 2024 was officially the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest on record. In the United States, fierce heat waves seemed to hit somewhere almost every day.

Phoenix reached 100 degrees for more than 100 days straight. The 2024 Olympic Games started in the midst of a long-running heat wave in Europe that included the three hottest days ...Read more

To American revolutionaries, patriotism meant fair dealing with one another

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When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old.

In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies gathered in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. They quickly hammered out a political, economic and cultural ...Read more

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A decade after signing of California groundwater law, major challenges remain

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In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed historic legislation establishing a framework for California to begin managing groundwater in an effort to curb widespread overpumping, which had sent aquifer levels into rapid decline, left hundreds of wells dry, and caused the ground to sink in parts of the Central Valley.

The law was based on the idea that ...Read more

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Catholic church pours big bucks into fight to defeat Florida abortion rights amendment

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MIAMI — Catholic churches and other religious institutions in Florida are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the campaign to defeat an amendment intended to overturn the state’s controversial restrictions on abortion access.

Defeating the Amendment 4 proposal has become a major goal for the state’s Republican leadership, with ...Read more

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Wildfire smoke increases risk of mental illness in children, new study finds

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DENVER — Each day a child breathes wildfire smoke thick with ash and fine soot that child’s likelihood of experiencing anxiety and depression and other mental health problems increases, according to new scientific research on air pollution and childhood development.

The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, looked at the ...Read more

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Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change

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LOS ANGELES — Eight years after an independent state watchdog agency harshly criticized the state for failing to provide dental care to low-income children, California has failed to remedy the problem or fully implement the commission's recommendations, according to a follow-up review published last week.

The Little Hoover Commission found ...Read more

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A bear crashed a picnic and swiped a woman's leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make

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A 500-pound bear with chestnut fur and a tan muzzle hunches over a picnic table in a Mammoth Lakes campground, picking over T-bone steak and jostling drinking glasses.

“Don’t spill my wine — that’s all we have!” someone calls out in a video of the incident. Somewhere, out of view of the camera, campers attempt to scare the bear away ...Read more

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Forecasters watching 2 areas with potential for tropical development

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Forecasters on Tuesday were monitoring two areas with potential to develop into the next tropical depression or storm.

In an 8 p.m. tropical weather outlook, the National Hurricane Center said an area of low pressure could form this weekend over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

“Thereafter, some slow development of this system is possible ...Read more

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Nearly 100,000 Arizona voters are in limbo thanks to an error in registration system

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The ability of nearly 100,000 Arizonans to vote in state and local elections is headed to court after election officials said they discovered an error in their system last week, throwing a chaotic wrinkle into the battleground state's voter registration roll — less than two months before election day.

At issue is Arizona's unique requirement ...Read more

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As 12-month Key Bridge design process begins, 'structure remnants' to be blasted, demolished in months ahead

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BALTIMORE — Each weekday, Baltimore-area motorists lose more than 20,000 vehicle-hours due to effects of traffic caused by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, and each day, the state gets infinitesimally, but incrementally, closer to rebuilding the felled structure.

The Maryland Transportation Authority — the bridge’s owner — has ...Read more

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Gov. Andy Beshear to sign executive order banning conversion therapy in Kentucky

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Kentucky’s governor will sign an executive order Wednesday to ban a controversial therapy practice that has been discredited by nearly all major medical associations.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s office said the Democrat will sign the order to unilaterally ban conversion therapy across the commonwealth.

Conversion therapy is a discredited form of ...Read more

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Schools across Kansas City metro confront surge of threats in wake of Georgia shooting

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Nearly ten school districts across the Kansas City metro have confirmed threats of violence over the past few weeks, mostly through social media, in the wake of a fatal mass shooting at a Georgia high school in early September.

In that case, two teachers and two students were shot and killed at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, ...Read more

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Prosecution of golf course gunman becomes 'political football' as DeSantis jumps in

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One day after federal prosecutors filed gun charges against a man suspected of attempting to ambush Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, Florida’s governor elbowed his way into the case, saying he wants the state to pursue its own investigation and seek an attempted murder charge against the former president�...Read more

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North Korea fires missiles after dispatching top envoy to Russia

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North Korea fired at least two suspected ballistic missiles in what would be its second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program.

The projectiles were launched early Wednesday and have likely already fallen outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Coast Guard ...Read more

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SpaceX pushes booster recovery limits with satellite launch

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SpaceX pushed one of its most-used boosters to its limits with a launch Tuesday evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A Falcon 9 rocket using a booster for the 22nd time managed a successful recovery landing even though it was used to fly its payload, a pair of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 satellites, to a medium-Earth orbit. The ...Read more