Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect
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Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency
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Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
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Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise
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Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries
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Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed.
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The war in Ukraine is heightening tensions between Russians and Norwegians living on Svalbard | Focus on Europe
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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Feeding seaweed to cows can cut methane emissions – Swedish study proposes government commission more research into environmental benefits of cattle feed additives
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California High-Speed Rail project scores 202 million dollar federal grant. Here’s what it will pay for.
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US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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New Orleans officials seek to build a freshwater pipeline as saltwater wedge inches closer
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Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are planning to sue the Danish state
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‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary
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Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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Joe Biden administration grants Seattle Children's Hospital $240K for LGBT sex education tool
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Lord Sugar documents east London’s rubbish mountains
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Gainesville, Florida is giving trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace a key to the city
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Size of McKinsey consulting firm opioid settlement increased by $230 million
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New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
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Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future.
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Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates
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Norway's Fyllingsdalen tunnel is a showstopping piece of urban cycling infrastructure – for a city where car-centric development still dominates
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Sweden's minority-run coalition announced on Wednesday it would be cutting funding for climate and environmental measures next year
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French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims
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‘We put in air conditionin’, stayed year-round, and ruined America’
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit Saturday against five major oil companies and their subsidiaries over climate change
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Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024
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Small US cities experiment with grant funded Uber-like microtransit
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UK government vows action after man dies in latest dog attack
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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
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Investors can't get enough US debt as Treasury bills are bought at a record pace
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Women who were denied emergency abortions file lawsuits in three states: Lawsuits want to clarify abortion ban exceptions for ‘medical emergencies’ in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee
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California announced the strongest railway emissions regulations in the US. Freight companies are suing.
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California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts
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Why does Norway want to extract seabed minerals – an explainer
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Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows
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Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
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Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software?
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Philadelphia to cap section of I-676, reconnecting Chinatown
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Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities
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Chicago: Fifty years after it was promised, the South Red Line Extension is slated to get a $1.973B grant
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Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech
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As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules
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California Department of Transportation awards $54 million for Sustainable Transportation Planning grants
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Brazilian delivery workers take their fight to get app users to pick up their orders to local legislatures
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Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed
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Here’s what it takes to get speed humps approved on just one US block
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Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines
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Scientologists ask US Federal government to restrict right to repair
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