Most weeks, televised golf looks like an unfamiliar sport. The shots fly higher, stop quicker and bend in ways the rest of us can only dream of emulating. We may …
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Climate
Keystone pipeline operator to pay $27-million penalty over oil spill
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9-million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in …
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new video loaded: Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Dead at 71 transcript Back transcript Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Dead at 71 Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina …
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Entertainment
Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA Democratic senator alleges that whistleblowers have detailed several problems stemming from rushed or improper reconstruction of the Kennedy Center, adding a new layer to the travails of the arts …
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Researchers net tilapia, which they’ll transport to the paddies of a rice farm in the Senegal River Valley. Ricci Shyrock for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ricci Shyrock for NPR …
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National
A T. rex fossil is up for auction and could fetch $30 million : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Gus,” a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is pictured during a press preview at Sotheby’s in New York City on July 1. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption …
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latimes
State legislators warn of threat to film and TV tax credit program
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMore than three dozen California legislators are calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exempt the state’s film and TV production incentive program from a recently approved cap on corporate tax …
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npr
Former Senator Jeff Flake remembers his colleague and friend Lindsay Graham
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFormer Republican Senator Jeff Flake served in congress alongside Lindsay Graham from 2013-2019. Despite moments of tension and disagreement, he says he and Sen. Graham were “friends to the end.” …
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thehill
McConnell says he ‘won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he won’t return to the Capitol for votes “quite yet” as lawmakers prepare to return from recess. “As much as it frustrates me, …
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nytimes
Michael Cohen Helped Convict Trump. Now, He’s Making Nice Again.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLast summer, as many onetime adversaries of President Trump sought to bury the hatchet with him, he met with someone who seemed like an intractable enemy: his former personal lawyer …