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Month: February 2023

Biden administration restores Obama-era mercury rules for power plants, eyes more regulations in coming months

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration on Friday finalized a decision to reestablish Obama-era rules that require coal and oil-fired power plants to reduce toxic pollutants, including mercury and acid gas, that come out of their smokestacks. Mercury is a neurotoxin with several health impacts, including harmful effects on children’s brain development. And while

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Bill would require California high school students to take personal finance class

By Lysée Mitri Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A new bill would require California high school students to take one semester of a personal finance class in order to graduate. Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, introduced Assembly Bill 984, which calls for schools to offer a financial literacy course by

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Michigan State to ease back into classes and athletics as students and staff continue to grapple with horror of mass shooting

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN After the Michigan State University community was paralyzed by a horrific mass shooting that killed three students, injured five others and halted campus activity, the school will begin to resume athletic and academic life, as many are still struggling to make sense of the tragedy. Athletic events, some

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Intervención quirúrgica del presidente Lasso culmina “con éxito” en Ecuador

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Ecuador informó que fue exitosa la intervención quirúrgica al presidente Guillermo Lasso este viernes por una fractura en el peroné izquierdo, tras sufrir una caída. “Esta tarde finalizó con éxito la intervención quirúrgica al presidente por la factura del peroné izquierdo”, se leía en un breve comunicado. “El

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Josh Duggar’s attorneys present arguments, seeking to overturn child porn convictions

By Adam Roberts Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KHBS) — Josh Duggar’s attorneys argued Thursday that the former reality TV star’s child porn convictions should be overturned. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the arguments in Kansas City. Duggar’s attorneys argued that a federal agent physically stopped him

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Analysis: Fox News has been exposed as a dishonest organization terrified of its own audience

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Fox News has been exposed like never before. A trove of newly-released text messages and emails have laid bare how the right-wing media giant operated with little regard for fact in the weeks and months following the 2020 presidential election. The correspondence reveals that the network’s senior-most executives and highest-profile

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