Month: October 2020

Major cities, suburbs, and rural communities up and down the East Coast of the United States are digging out Sunday morning after a “monstrous” blizzard dumped multiple feet of snow across a region where tens of millions of people live. At least 19 people, mostly in traffic- and shoveling-related accidents, were reportedly killed across numerous …

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Though Bernie Sanders had an admittedly disappointing night on Tuesday, losing four of five primary contests to rival Hillary Clinton, he still took to the stage in Phoenix, Arizona to speak to his supporters and television cameras about his vision for the nation and the drive of his campaign moving forward. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL …

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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Monday fired an opening salvo against a Democrat reportedly launching a bid to challenge Sen. Dean HellerDean Arthur HellerOn The Trail: Democrats plan to hammer Trump on Social Security, Medicare Lobbying World Democrats spend big to put Senate in play MORE (R-Nev.) in 2018. The NRCC slammed Rep. …

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Less than a week after Fiji became the first of 195 countries to formally sign onto the Paris climate deal, the island nation felt the devastating impacts of global warming first-hand when it was battered by a Category 5 cyclone—among the biggest ever to hit the Southern Hemisphere. According to news reports, “monster” Cyclone Winston, …

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Outbreaks of disease could kill millions of people around the world if national and international health response systems are not improved, a United Nations panel has warned. The Ebola crisis which hit West Africa in 2014 shows how easily public health could be decimated by just one disease, and how quickly an outbreak could spiral …

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Decades after parts of its territory were “vaporized” by United States nuclear testing, the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Monday launched an international court battle against nuclear superpowers. The Pacific island country has sued nine nations for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed in 1970, and now three of those lawsuits are proceeding in …

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The FBI was trying to spy on Edward Snowden in 2013 when it targeted the secure email service he used, Lavabit, newly released documents have revealed. The Guardian reported the news on Friday, noting that the disclosure was accidental: it was only the government’s own redaction error that finally confirmed the fact observers and privacy …

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Bernie Sanders supporters cheered when their candidate won the Colorado caucuses by a sizeable margin—59 to 40 percentage points—on Super Tuesday last month, reportedly picking up 38 pledged delegates to rival Hillary Clinton’s 28. Now, they have more to celebrate. An apparent “error” on the part of that state’s Democratic Party could widen that lead …

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Following the suspension of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last week—in what some called a coup by conservative opponents—her supporters warned that the interim government, led by Vice President Michel Temer, may use the opportunity to push through neoliberal legislation. According to the advocacy group the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers and Thinkers (ALERT), they were …

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President Trump early Wednesday offered some advice to Democrats after Republican special election congressional wins in two states. “Democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with Republicans on Healthcare,Tax Cuts,Security,” he tweeted. Democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with Republicans on Healthcare,Tax Cuts,Security. Obstruction …

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