How a five-person team saved a dying woman on a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean
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Potentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ US youth
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Grand jury in the US state of Georgia charges Donald Trump, former advisers in 2020 election case
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Ancient fires drove large mammals extinct, study suggests
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A state official refused to release water for West Maui fires until it was too late
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The United States can't build infrastructure. The reason: it refuses to learn from other countries.
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US Ninth circuit court of appeal upholds preliminary injunction against Idaho law banning transgender girls and women participation in women's sports
I haven't yet found a news article, but will add if I find one. Here is the ruling. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/17/20-35813.pdf
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Fifteen years ago, Tom Cruise revived his career with an uncredited role in Tropic Thunder
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How former US President Donald Trump benefits from an indictment effect
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 14
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation
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This is how we finally kill TurboTax
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US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces plans to regulate sale of personal data
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San Franciscans are taking the opportunity to have sex in robotaxis and it's not part of the conversation about driverless vehicles
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The Toxhards - Ængus, The Prize-Winning Hog (2022)
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Lawsuit over polychlorinated biphenyl contamination filed by Massachusetts mother of boy with leukemia. Lawsuit targets GE, Monsanto, Bayer and others.
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Hydrogen, additionality, & Joe Manchin
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US 5th Circuit Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Mifeprestone abortion pill’s approval, but upholds some restrictions
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White-nose syndrome in bats was detected in Texas in February 2020. Scientists are only now understanding the population loss.
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US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish
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Israeli proposal to move early Christian mosaic to US Museum of the Bible sparks controversy
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Power lines likely caused Maui’s first reported fire, video and data show
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New Jersey court sides with Catholic school that fired unmarried pregnant teacher
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The hidden fee costing US doctors millions every year
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US Special Counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Donald Trump’s account
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Recorded interview with Hawaiian indigenous community leader re the fires, ecology, climate change, water, history, politics, culture and current needs
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Tim O'Brien, author of the Things They Carried, announces new book America Fantastica
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Judge rules in favor of Oklahoma against big chicken producers in poultry-pollution lawsuit
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ESPN deal with Penn Entertainment means that watching sports will likely include watching a lot more ads for gambling
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Grand jury in the US state of Georgia returns indictments in Donald Trump 2020 election case
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Jeopardy! contestants weigh a second shot at glory versus crossing the picket line
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Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision
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How solar has exploded in the US in just a year – in numbers
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Marion County Record newspaper raid: the sworn affidavit for the search warrant is essentially just the text of the search warrant
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Boots Riley interview about SAG, WGA Strikes and the future of Hollywood's labor movement
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The history of the Minnesota Vikings | Part one: 1960s
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‘His name was Bélizaire’: Rare portrait of enslaved child arrives at the Met
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Using artificial intelligence to ban books only makes the problem worse
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US Education Department readies latest tranche of student debt relief but faces new legal challenges to the program
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Closing down an icon: Although Arecibo Observatory is slated to become an education center, astronomers hope research might one day return to the site
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Slaughter to Prevail - VIKING (2023)
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Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers
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The clean energy future is arriving faster than you think
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The trees on Xenia Street
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Cruise driverless cars, Outside Lands festival crowds compete for cell service and create traffic mess in San Francisco
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Provisional suicide deaths in the United States, 2022
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More US baby boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’.
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Sufjan Stevens – So You Are Tired (2023)
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Emily Blunt is 'so ready' for an Edge of Tomorrow sequel
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Complacency kills: The crash of Continental Airlines flight 1713
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