The Senate on Saturday passed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of September, in a bipartisan effort to head off a major spending skirmish …
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Entertainment
LA Jazz Festival, with John Legend and Janelle Monáe, is canceled
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThis month’s LA Jazz Festival was slated to be one of the largest concerts in Los Angeles history. With dozens of performances spread throughout every City Council district, organizers hoped …
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Climate
Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThree years ago, environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley. Few imagined the calamity that would follow. Somehow the landfill’s pollution …
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Health
Kalshi, Polymarket offer bets on clinical trials and FDA approvals : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKalshi and Polymarket say allowing people to bet on the outcomes of clinical trials and FDA drug approvals provides valuable information about drug development. But researchers warn the bets could …
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National
Who or what is ‘taking a step back from visibility’? The quiz knows : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFrom left: Ray Bradbury, Abdul El-Sayed, Natalie Portman. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Jeff Kowalsky/AFP …
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latimes
Judge rejects challenge to California attorney general’s description of voter ID measure
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA state judge Thursday rejected a challenge to how California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s office summarized a strict new voter ID measure on November ballots — ruling that the summary …
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The race between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson is one of the nation’s most high-profile Senate contests this year — and may ultimately be decided by an especially powerful voting …
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thehill
TPS protections terminated for Myanmar, South Sudan migrants
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTwo U.S. district judges rejected cases defending temporary protections for migrants from South Sudan and Myanmar, leaving some at risk for deportation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued two …
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nytimes
Max Miller Continues to Resist Pressure to Drop Out as Deadline Looms
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRepresentative Max Miller, the increasingly embattled Republican from Ohio who was accused of physically abusing his ex-wife and young daughter, continued to resist pressure on Friday to drop his re-election …
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BBC
Two police officers investigated over handling of sex offender who murdered two women
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLevy, from Tottenham, north London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday of two counts of murder, two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm with intent, and non-fatal …