What to know about state legislative seats that changed party control in 2024
Ballotpedia reports that the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans.
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5 ways small business owners can reduce taxes in 2025
Ramp explains that some of the most successful business owners know that tax planning is a year-round process, not a one-time event.
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Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world's food is grown.
Grist details how farmers from Italy to California are embracing mango crops as the world warms.
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Fish are thriving in the river Seine
Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not teeming with marine life once again.
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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost
The Hechinger Report reports on how a much-touted federal reform effort, and a tribal lawsuit, sought to improve outcomes for Bureau of Indian Education students, but now the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the government threaten what little progress the agency has made.
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'This business just wouldn't exist': Farmer says federal program was critical to success
The Daily Yonder reports on the confusion over a federal spending freeze that is threatening large- and small-scale farmers who rely on USDA programs in areas that private investors won’t touch, according to a national farmers coalition.
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‘We are in no man’s land:’ Families of Gaza hostages pin their hopes on Trump
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Nimrod Cohen’s mother never got to ask him why he chose a raven for the tattoo he got in October 2023. Three days after getting inked, Nimrod was kidnapped and taken to Gaza. The next time Cohen saw that bird was more than 500 days later, in a Hamas
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Putin tendrá que sentarse a la mesa “tarde o temprano” sobre Ucrania, dice el primer ministro de Reino Unido
Por Nic Robertson, Edward Szekeres, Christian Edwards y Maria Kostenko, CNN El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, tendrá que sentarse a la mesa para negociar la paz en Ucrania “tarde o temprano”, dijo el primer ministro de Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, en una cumbre de aliados de Kyiv este sábado. En sus comentarios de apertura
Continue Reading Large, long-lived tornadoes are tearing across the South after a deadly outbreak Friday night
CNN By Hanna Park, Eric Zerkel, Angela Fritz and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Large tornadoes are carving paths of destruction across the South for the second day in a row as a deadly storm system churns across the United States. EF-4 or EF-5 tornadoes, the most violent on the damage scale, are possible if
Continue ReadingUS tourist who sparked outrage picking up wombat says she was acting out of concern for the animal
By Billy Stockwell and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — An American tourist who caused uproar after picking up and running off with a baby wombat in Australia has said she is “truly sorry” for the incident, saying she was acting out of concern for the young animal’s welfare. A video shared widely on social media
Continue ReadingTornado outbreak is raking across Central US as part of a major storm that has killed 3 so far
By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Zoe Sottile and Angela Fritz (CNN) — The strongest storm system of spring so far roared across the Midwest and South Friday night into Saturday morning, spawning what could end up being dozens of tornadoes that raked through towns in darkness — the most dangerous and deadly time for a
Continue Reading Feeling betrayed by deportations, free speech on trial, ‘exercise snacks’: Catch up on the day’s stories
CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! They’re called “exercise snacks” — short bursts of activity just 30 seconds long to five or 10 minutes
Continue ReadingThe man on a mission to visit every Irish pub in the world
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — People around the world this weekend will be seeking out their local Irish pubs to join in the revelry associated with Ireland’s national holiday, Saint Patrick’s Day, on March 17. For one Irishman, however, a visit to his country’s outposts abroad isn’t an annual treat, but a way of
Continue ReadingThey helped start Twitter. They didn’t realize what it would become
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Tech founders don’t always know what their products will become or how people will eventually use them. That’s what happened with Twitter, early employees of the company told CNN in a new documentary series called “Twitter: Breaking the Bird.” The original version of Twitter reflected the early
Continue ReadingMcLaren dominates first F1 qualifying of the season at Australian GP as Lewis Hamilton finishes eighth in Ferrari debut
By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — McLaren finished with an impressive one-two in the first Formula 1 qualifying event of the 2025 season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday. Lando Norris will start Sunday’s opening race of the new season on pole with teammate Oscar Piastri finishing in second after qualifying. The McLaren pair
Continue Reading How America’s online right became obsessed with a low-profile European country
By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Romania, a country on Europe’s eastern fringe, is perhaps a surprising focus of attention for a new US administration whose foreign policy priorities include ending the war in Ukraine, reshaping the Middle East and expanding American territory. Accustomed to flying under the radar, many in the country have been
Continue Reading ¿Te deprimen los aranceles? Cómo sustituir los vinos europeos por alternativas estadounidenses
Por Jordan Valinsky, CNN El whisky escocés y el irlandés no son los únicos alcoholes que sufrirán las consecuencias de un arancel del 200% sobre los productos fabricados en Europa: también lo harán tus botellas favoritas de Burdeos y Chianti. El vino, que ya sufrió una caída del 8% en las ventas estadounidenses el año
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Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes stopgap funding bill
By Morgan Rimmer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. The stopgap measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk of
Continue ReadingCongress averts government shutdown after Senate passes stopgap funding bill
CNN By Morgan Rimmer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. The stopgap measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk
Continue ReadingThe world’s best city for food for 2025, according to Time Out
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why Nigerians say their Guinness is even better than Ireland’s, a Texan woman who moved to France in her 70s and is loving every minute, plus Time Out reveals the best foodie destinations for 2025. Delectable destinations A golden rule of travel should be
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