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Month: March 2024

UN watchdog’s head in Russia to discuss safety of Ukrainian nuclear plant caught in crossfire

MOSCOW (AP) — The U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency chief is visiting Russia amid concern about a Ukrainian nuclear power plant caught in the crossfire since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 and seized the facility shortly after. IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi arrived at the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday evening, according

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Postal Service offers $150,000 reward after 2 letter carriers robbed at gunpoint in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood

By Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — The United States Postal Service has posted a $150,000 reward after two letter carriers were robbed at gunpoint in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood. The armed robberies happened around 5 p.m. Monday; one robbery was near Bolling Drive and Duluth Court, the second

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South Africa urges top UN court to impose more emergency orders on Israel to end starvation in Gaza

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa is urging the United Nations’ top court to order Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn region. The request is part of an ongoing case alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza breaches the Genocide Convention.  Israel

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Nearly half of US states join GOP lawsuit challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollution

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-four Republican-led states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency rule would raise costs for manufacturers, utilities and families across the country and could block new manufacturing facilities and infrastructure

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Millions in federal funding for infrastructure projects could head to the Coachella Valley

More federal funding for infrastructure projects across the Coachella Valley could soon be on the way. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he secured over $75.5 million in federal funding for 27 projects across the Inland Empire in the first package of FY 2024 appropriations bills. The package includes the Agriculture; Energy and

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Senate hopeful Kari Lake courts Nikki Haley supporters while calling failed presidential bid a ‘vanity project’

By Melanie Zanona, Kristin Wilson and Jeremy Herb, CNN Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake says she will court voters who backed GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley – and those who would have voted for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema – even as she criticized Haley’s campaign as a “vanity project” in an interview with CNN Wednesday. Lake,

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Senate hopeful Kari Lake courts Nikki Haley supporters while calling failed presidential bid a ‘vanity project’

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Kristin Wilson and Jeremy Herb, CNN Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake says she will court voters who backed GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley – and those who would have voted for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema – even as she criticized Haley’s campaign as a “vanity project” in an interview with CNN Wednesday.

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