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Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke contamination after wildfires.
Republican lawmakers are caught between the powerful gun lobby and top Trump officials over the deadly shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti . Why it matters: The GOP has a long, mutually beneficial history with influential Second Amendment rights groups. The tragedy in Minneapolis is complicating their political messaging . - Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) was asked Tuesday about Trump's latest comments on Pretti carrying a gun. - "One. It's a constitutional right. Two. It's legal under the laws of the state of Minnesota," Thune said. "Perhaps he didn't have ID, but with that exception, he was in compliance with the laws. He has a constitutional right." Between the lines: "You can't have guns. You can't walk in with…
After a yearlong investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board did not find a single cause for the deadly collision near Washington, D.C., but blamed the crash on multiple systemic failures.
The airline said its new policy, rolled out on Tuesday, responded to passengers’ preferences, but some customers said the scramble was part of the charm.
Censorship allegations are mounting against TikTok as users find themselves unable to locate content related to ICE raids across the country. Why it matters: People have been congregating on social media to share information related to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown — especially concerning ICE's killing of two civilians — with suppression concerns escalating across platforms like TikTok and Meta. Driving the news: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a probe into whether TikTok is violating state law by "censoring Trump-critical content." - That's as a flurry of users across TikTok reported being unable to upload videos about ICE this weekend. - Newsom's office declined to comment further on its…
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The process Virginia Democrats used in an effort to create more blue-leaning congressional seats was invalid, a judge said. Democrats vowed to appeal.
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An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing
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Also, some good news for a Broadway musical. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
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As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global satellite-based mapping system.
The project, known as Vineyard Wind, was already 95 percent complete when the Trump administration ordered construction to stop.