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Month: May 2023

Biden plan would open leases to conservation, not just drilling and grazing

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration wants to put conserving vast government-owned lands on equal footing with oil drilling, livestock grazing and other interests, according to a top administration official who defended the idea against criticism that it could sideline industry. The proposal would allow conservationists and others to

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Biden plan would open leases to conservation, not just drilling and grazing

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration wants to put conserving vast government-owned lands on equal footing with oil drilling, livestock grazing and other interests, according to a top administration official who defended the idea against criticism that it could sideline industry. The proposal would allow conservationists and others to

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Suspenden a Ja Morant de las actividades de los Grizzlies tras un segundo video en el que se le ve mostrando una pistola

urielblanco (CNN) — Ja Morant, escolta de los Memphis Grizzlies, fue suspendido de las actividades del equipo después de que este domingo circulara en redes sociales un video de Instagram Live en el que aparecía mostrando una pistola mientras estaba en un vehículo con otras personas, apenas dos meses después de que el deportista fuera

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Vending machines are the latest tool for fighting opioid overdoses

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Vending machines that have long been stocked with snacks are getting repurposed to distribute life-saving supplies to help fight the opioid epidemic. A growing number of cities and local governments are making so-called “harm reduction” items, including the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, available for free via machines.

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Fanatics buying PointsBet’s US operations for $150M to expand sports betting, i-casino market share

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Fanatics Betting and Gaming is buying the U.S. operations of Australian sportsbook PointsBet for $150 million in a move that will help the sports apparel and memorabilia giant gain market share in the American sports betting and online casino markets. The companies said Sunday night that PointsBet shareholders will vote

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Wagner boss denies Washington Post report he offered Russian intelligence to Kyiv in exchange for territory

By Kostan Nechyporenko, Victoria Butenko, Anna Chernova and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin has denied a report that he proposed sharing Russian intelligence with Kyiv in exchange for ceded territory around the besieged city of Bakhmut — a denial that came days after the Wagner chief issued a series of criticisms revealing deep fissures

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Government supporters call for Pakistani chief justice to quit over releasing ex-Premier Imran Khan

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of government supporters in Pakistan are calling on  the country’s top judge to resign for ordering the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose dramatic arrest last week sparked deadly nationwide clashes. An estimated 20,000 demonstrators gathered in the capital, Islamabad, on Monday to protest

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