Author: Tomas S. Mercer
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Propaganda newspapers show how Russia promoted annexation in Kharkiv
September 24, 2022 at 2:10 a.m. EDT “The Red Star”, June 15 issue, a Russian propaganda newspaper distributed in the occupied territories of Ukraine. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/For ... -
Russian military mobilization targets ethnic minorities and protesters
RIGA, Latvia – In just two days since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization to help his ailing war in Ukraine, thousands of men have ... -
Carolyn Hax: The ‘Obsessed’ ex insists their daughter have long hair
Dear Caroline: My ex-husband is obsessed with our 7-year-old daughter’s hair. I once had him cut off inches below his shoulders, and he threatened legal action. ... -
Montana voters to decide on ‘born alive’ abortion bill
HELEN, Mont. – A referendum on the Montana ballot in November raises the prospect of criminal prosecution of health care providers unless they take “all medically ... -
California is the first state to create an office of gun violence prevention
California will be the first state to establish an office dedicated to reducing gun violence by keeping guns away from “dangerous individuals” and promoting research and ... -
A marker in a small hamlet in Missouri indicates an American population center
HARTVILLE, Mo. – It’s not every day that a tiny hamlet in the Missouri Ozarks is in the middle of everything, but that was the case ... -
Marshall Islands urges US to better address climate change and its nuclear legacy
UNITED NATIONS – The President of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday welcomed what he called progress towards a new Association Agreement with the United States, but ... -
Governor Jay Inslee to end coronavirus state of emergency, but some rules remain in effect for Washington state
By MICHAEL WHITNEYPosted on September 21, 2022 Government ends coronavirus state of emergency, but some rules remain in place SNOHOMISH COUNTY — By Oct. 31, Washington’s ... -
Drought-stricken inland California sees much-needed rainfall
Much-needed rainfall and thunderstorms are hitting central and northern California, bringing relief to places that typically receive little rainfall in September. An upper level low pressure ... -
Fetterman wants to “invest more” in public schools. He once owed tens of thousands of dollars to his school district.
Senate hopeful John Fetterman cast himself as a champion of Pennsylvania public schools, telling voters he “will make sure our public schools have the funding they ... -
Smoke from the Western wildfires has dramatically altered DC sunrises and sunsets
The usually bright and vibrant colors of the sun at sunrise and sunset in recent days have been replaced by dark and soft reddish hues in ... -
Britain and the world to bury Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world bury Queen Elizabeth II on Monday in a state funeral that will draw presidents and kings, princes and prime ... -
DC lowers speed limits to 25mph on major roads
The speed limit on some of DC’s major suburban corridors is lowered from 30 mph to 25 mph, in the latest effort by Mayor Muriel E. ... -
Hurricane warning issued for Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Fiona strengthens
Tropical Storm Fiona is gradually gaining strength as it sweeps across the eastern Caribbean, triggering a hurricane warning for Puerto Rico. More than 12 inches of ... -
Pat Ryan has a message for his House colleagues: Show voters your fight
Pat Ryan received a standing ovation Wednesday from House Democrats, the morning after he was formally sworn into Congress after his upset victory in a highly ... -
Dogs expire a bit in 37-7 win over Washington
Chuck Vandenberg, current editor of Pen City FORT MADISON — After starting the year 3-0 but trailing every game so far, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds needed ... -
Virginia judge dismisses youths’ climate change lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 youths who claim state authorization of fossil fuel projects is ... -
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez apologizes after Rep. Higgins calls witness “boo”
It was a House Oversight Committee hearing meant to examine how fossil fuel companies campaigned to thwart climate action. But Thursday’s debate took a turn after ... -
Texas doctor Raynaldo Ortiz Jr. accused of tampering with IV bags
In June, a Dallas-area doctor who wasn’t feeling well wanted to use a bag of saline solution she got from work to try and rehydrate herself. ... -
Russian mercenaries search prisons for reinforcements to send to Ukraine
To address the shortage of Russian soldiers to send to war in Ukraine, the Wagner mercenary group appears to be making an offer it hopes convicted ... -
Punishing the Russians will not end the Ukraine war
So far, economic sanctions against Russia have done nothing to stop Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The ruble is still strong. Oil prices are high. Before ... -
Sweden election: Sweden’s anti-immigrant Democrats celebrate their gains
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — A loose coalition of right-wing parties narrowly defeated Sweden’s center-left government in a general election, a victory that promises to upend Swedish politics ... -
Washington County Ambulance Service appeals for emergency assistance
FAYETTEVILLE — Caught between rising costs and falling revenues, Central Emergency Medical Services is asking local governments for more than $1 million to help the agency ... -
Nationals reserve receiver spot up for grabs
At the trade deadline last July, as the Washington Nationals prepared for the early stages of their rebuild, they placed a premium on young receivers. Keibert ... -
Bolsonaro trails Lula in Brazilian presidential election
As Brazilians grapple with double-digit inflation and an election just weeks away, President Jair Bolsonaro has taken action. The right-wing populist cut fuel taxes to lower ... -
New Zealand scraps most remaining COVID rules as cases drop
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand lifted most of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions on Monday as the government signaled a return to normal for the first ... -
Australian PM says republic referendum not his priority
CANBERRA, Australia – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who had begun laying the groundwork for an Australian republic after the May election, said on Sunday that ... -
Air conditioning technology is outdated. These are AC options for a warmer future.
This week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well above 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas ... -
Our Healthy Alliance aims to improve access to health care for Marshallese and Hispanics in Northwest Arkansas
A group of organizations and health care providers want to help local Marshallese and Hispanic communities find, pay for, and use health care. Our Healthy Alliance ... -
Hazmat incident kills 100 fish in Arlington Creek
About 100 fish died Wednesday after a hazmat incident in a northern Virginia creek. The incident happened at Four Mile Run between South Walter Reed Drive ... -
Remnants of Hurricane Kay could bring a rare downpour and flood California
With much of California baking in a record-breaking heatwave in September, it seems hard to believe the weather could get more unusual. However, as early as ... -
Liz Truss can’t escape Boris Johnson’s legacy
Comment this story Comment As Conservative Party members elevated Liz Truss as their new leader on Monday, the nostalgia for Boris Johnson is palpable – including ... -
Moon Landrieu dies; New Orleans mayor led on civil rights
Moon Landrieu, who battled segregationists as a young Louisiana state legislator in the 1960s, entered New Orleans city government during his transformative years as mayor in ... -
Liz Truss named next UK PM, leader of Conservative Party
Comment this story Comment LONDON — Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister, succeeding Boris Johnson at a time of economic peril and political upheaval ... -
September’s relentless heat wave grips California and the western United States
Comment this story Comment OAKLAND, Calif. – California and the western United States are in the grip of a historically severe September heat wave that is ... -
Chile votes on draft constitution with big changes
Comment this story Comment SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans are voting in a plebiscite on Sunday on whether to adopt a sweeping new constitution that would fundamentally ... -
Pilot threatened to crash into a Walmart, Tupelo, Miss., police say
Comment this story Comment The pilot of a small private plane that threatened Saturday morning to crash into a Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, will be charged ... -
Pensions are not the answer to your retirement anxiety
Comment this story Comment The market is down, inflation is up, and your retirement prospects are not so good. It’s tempting to yearn for the good ... -
Eradicate the “forever” of “chemicals forever”
Comment this story Comment You may not have heard of “eternal chemicals”, but you have certainly been exposed to them. This large family of molecules is ... -
Asian stock markets fall ahead of latest US jobs reading
Comment this story Comment BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mixed on Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that could bolster the Federal Reserve’s plans for ... -
Columbus, Ohio, police shoot black man in bed, release body camera video
Comment this story Comment Ohio police released body camera footage Wednesday of an officer fatally shooting an unarmed black man in his bed. Twenty-year-old Donovan Lewis ... -
Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies
Comment this story Comment BEIRUT — Forty years after Hezbollah was founded at the height of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the group has grown from ... -
Pakistan could have avoided its climate catastrophe
Comment this story Comment If you’re looking for an emblem of why Pakistan will struggle to recover from the floods that have killed more than 1,000 ... -
NH Delegation Applauds Over $1.4 Million to New Hampshire Healthcare Navigation Organizations
August 30, 2022 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) hosted more ... -
Ukraine incites Russia to waste bombs to destroy their “artillery”
Comment this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine may be outgunned, but in the latest sign it’s not outgunned yet, a fleet of decoys resembling advanced ... -
22 North targets a smaller youth population
The number of young adults living at 22 North is set to drop significantly – part of an ongoing ‘restabilization’ of permanent supportive housing in Bellingham ... -
Blueprint Facilitates Cascadia Deal for Washington SNF; Walker & Dunlop Structures Financing of $57.2 million
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors helped facilitate the sale of a 92-bed skilled nursing facility located in Colville, Washington. Pinewood Terrace was a “unique opportunity” for ... -
Reviews | Why My Child and I Swapped Arizona for a More Tolerant New York City
Comment this story Comment There are cycles in life, new experiences informed by the lessons we learn or our stumbles, beginnings and endings between beginning and ... -
How ‘Heat Agents’ Plan to Help Cities Survive Ever Hotter Summers
Comment this story Comment The world will remember the northern hemisphere summer of 2022 as a season of brutal heat that saw rivers dry up, wildfires ... -
Washington auto dealership industry executive concerned about electric vehicle plans
Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that the state will ban the sale of new gas-powered cars starting in 2030. SEATTLE — California earlier this week announced ... -
School districts are moving to alleviate teacher stress and burnout
Comment this story Comment CONCORD, NH — With Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” in the background, about 20 New Hampshire educators grabbed wooden sticks and began pounding their ... -
DC’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for government employees ‘unlawful’, judge says
Comment this story Comment A DC Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday that the vaccination mandate imposed by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on city government ... -
Chauvin moved to a federal enclosure in Arizona for the murder of George Floyd
Comment this story Comment Derek Chauvin has been moved from a state prison in Minnesota where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security ... -
Standards incorporated into a federal system
When state and local authorities incorporate voluntary codes and standards, they must always be mindful of federal preemption. The tax incentives of the recently passed Cut ... -
Ex-Kinship worker accuses Michelin star chef of using racist language
Comment this story Comment For nearly a week, a former Kinship and Craft restaurant runner has stood outside Michelin-starred restaurants, trying to warn passers-by and potential ... -
PENNSYLVANIANS CAN HELP MONITOR RABBIT DISEASE
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania – The Pennsylvania Game Commission asks members of the public to report any hare/rabbit mortality event – defined as finding two or more dead ... -
Zoom’s corporate bet delayed as company cuts sales forecast
Comment this story Comment Results from Zoom Video Communications Inc. showed that its transition from an essential Covid-era tool to an enterprise commerce platform is going ... -
Sunrun CEO Powell sees need for more rooftop solar
Comment this story Comment NEW YORK – As head of the nation’s largest rooftop solar installer, Mary Powell has a stake in the recently passed Cut ... -
Language of Minneapolis teacher contract race sparks firestorm
Comment this story Comment MINNEAPOLIS — When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike In March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that sought ... -
Climate change could cause bees to grow with unbalanced wings, scientists say
Comment this story Comment The fate of the bumblebee is well documented. In recent years, researchers and advocates have reported concerning population declines in North America ... -
Mexico arrests attorney general in Ayotzinapa student disappearances
Comment this story Comment MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities arrested the country’s former attorney general on Friday and charged him with torture and enforced disappearance in ... -
US protections for Idaho salmon and rainbow trout are here to stay
Comment this story Comment BOISE, Idaho – A five-year review by U.S. officials has determined that Endangered Species Act protections for ocean salmon and rainbow trout ... -
Videos show wild week of waterspouts from Florida to Greece
Comment this story Comment A week of wild waterspouts produced several stunning videos around the world – from rope-like waterspouts dancing harmlessly over European oceans to ... -
DC to release monkeypox data online after criticism from board members
Placeholder while loading article actions DC public health officials said Tuesday they plan to release an online dashboard of the city’s monkeypox cases, including demographics, a ... -
China set to discourage abortion amid concerns over birth rates
Comment this story Comment China’s National Health Commission announced on Tuesday that it would take steps to reduce the number of abortions in the country – ... -
The source of a resounding boom in Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor.
Placeholder while loading article actions When a thunderous boom was heard in the Salt Lake City area over the weekend, it confused residents. Was the seemingly ... -
The Doctor Won’t See You Now: The UK Cost of Survival Crisis
Placeholder while loading article actions There is no shortage of grim headlines in the UK at the moment. Britain is facing a dire cost of living, ... -
Anne Heche, multifaceted actress, dies at 53 after car accident
Placeholder while loading article actions Anne Heche, an actress whose roles ranged from a White House stress ball assistant in ‘Wag the Dog’ to a Bates ... -
Reviews | ‘Long covid’ may haunt 1 in 8 people, Dutch study finds
The term “long covid” came from early patients who called themselves “long haul” when their pandemic illnesses persisted for months. It is now increasingly clear that ... -
CNN correspondent Bill Weir accuses Republicans of hastening ‘the end of a livable Earth’
CNN eClimate expert Bill Weir accused Republicans of bringing about the end of the world in a tweet, which he quickly deleted. “Not a single Republican ... -
Corporate minimum tax could hit these ultra-profitable companies
Updated August 12, 2022 at 7:20 p.m. EDT|Posted August 11, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Cash Effective Tax Rates of the most profitable companies since 2019 ... -
Las Vegas casinos flood for second time in about two weeks, videos show
Placeholder while loading article actions Water crashed through the ceilings of some of Las Vegas’ famous casinos Thursday night as torrential rains flooded the venues for ... -
The most regretted baby names according to Social Security, and more!
Young white adults who have left home over the past decade have tended to end up in New York. Their black peers were most likely to ... -
The rainstorm that hit the DC area Wednesday night was extreme
Placeholder while loading article actions The deluge in the DC area on Wednesday evening flooded roads and caused traffic jams, with high water levels, even stranded ... -
Library public safety director tenders resignation after officer shot
Placeholder while loading article actions The DC library’s director of public safety tendered his resignation hours after a 25-year-old library police officer in training was shot ... -
London children to be offered polio vaccine after new virus discovered
Placeholder while loading article actions LONDON – Children aged 1 to 9 in London were eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine on Wednesday after ... -
War in Ukraine accelerates Europe’s pivot to renewables
Comment this story Comment Shelved coal-fired power plants are coming back to life in Europe as utilities try to keep the lights on after Russia choked ... -
Presidents Hire Yes Men at Their Peril
Comment this story Comment Even before Donald Trump revealed the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday, the day brought new revelations ... -
Climate change stress causes lizards to age prematurely
Comment this story Comment As temperatures rise rapidly, some lizards give birth to young that are already old. In central France, temperatures are accelerating so rapidly ... -
Natural gas is better than many environmentalists admit
Comment this story Comment While most Washington progressives celebrated the announcement of the Cut Inflation Act, at least one left-wing gadfly didn’t. “A pipeline? asked Nina ... -
Latest Updates on the Russo-Ukrainian War – The Washington Post
War in Ukraine: what you need to know The last: The United Nations has expressed hope that the first shipments of grain from blocked Ukrainian ports ... -
Alabama city disbands police department over racist text
Comment this story Comment VINCENT, Ala. – A racist text message sent by a police officer prompted officials in a small town in Alabama to disband ... -
The economy grows one measure, falls another
Comment this story Comment Friday’s job blast report may have quelled claims that the US is in a recession, but it hasn’t ended the mystery over ... -
Children potentially exposed to monkeypox at Illinois daycare, officials say
Comment this story Comment A person who works at an Illinois daycare center has tested positive for monkeypox and potentially exposed children, who are at higher ... -
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill senior militant operative and at least 9 others
Comment this story Comment JERUSALEM — The Israeli military launched airstrikes on targets inside Gaza on Friday that killed an Islamist militant group leader and at ... -
How Russia’s Ukraine war is stoking tension in Kosovo
Comment this story Comment Three decades after the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia, the ethnic hostilities that sparked the conflict persist. Kosovo declared independence from the former ... -
NOAA still predicts above-average Atlantic hurricane season
Comment this story Comment As for the tropics, the Atlantic generally begins to warm rapidly as the calendar shifts to August. This year, however, there is ... -
IV Hydration Therapy Comes to West Bend | Washington Co. Business News
WEST BEND — Abby Fabian is bringing intravenous hydration, a service she says “will help the community take action to make you better, whatever that looks ... -
White House frustrated as Washington mayor seeks troops to help manage migrants
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants bused to Washington in recent months by Republican governors of states on the U.S.-Mexico border have sparked tensions ... -
Primary vote could mean no black members of Detroit sit in Congress
Comment this story Comment DETROIT — State Rep. Shri Thanedar has won Michigan’s 13th Democratic congressional primary, leading a field of nine candidates in a district ... -
How Taylor Swift, Drake and celebrities with private jets affect the climate
Comment this story Comment Music megastars Taylor Swift and Jay-Z are no strangers to the top of the charts. But recently, the two Grammy-winning artists found ... -
Union Bashing won’t win for conservatives
Comment this story Comment It looks like the price of victory in the Tory leadership election will be a bloody battle with Mick Lynch, the emerging ... -
Report on Afghanistan cites food shortages and oppression of women
Comment this story Comment KABUL – Millions of Afghans are expected to experience “extreme levels of hunger” in the coming months, while foreign aid agencies here ... -
2 bodies found in burnt-out vehicle in California wildfires
Comment this story Comment YREKA, Calif. — Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California ... -
Part of the silos in the port of Beirut, damaged in the 2020 explosion, collapse
Comment this story Comment BEIRUT – A section of the port of Beirut’s huge grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud ... -
DC schools’ covid vaccine mandate rare among national school systems
Comment this story Comment DC students ages 12 and older must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend school this upcoming school year. DC’s youth vaccination ... -
Storm beat Mystics 82-77, both clinch WNBA playoff berths
WASHINGTON Breanna Stewart made four free throws in the final 12 seconds and finished with 18 points, Tina Charles scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds ... -
EXPLAINER: What is the role of personality in the abortion debate?
Comment this story Comment ATLANTA — The concept of “personality” has appeared in debates since the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal right to ... -
Chips Act skips US leaders for Asian winners
Comment this story Comment The long-awaited funding for the CHIPS Act is a victory for a cabal of U.S. chipmakers and foreign companies, but largely ignores ... -
Abortion ruling will deepen military recruiting crisis, Pentagon says
Comment this story Comment Pentagon officials and military personnel told lawmakers on Friday that the Supreme Court’s ruling ending a constitutional right to abortion has upended ... -
How a declining British town changed its fortunes
Comment this story Comment “It feels like this is Birmingham’s chance to shine,” says Stephen Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, a hit TV series set ... -
Eli Evans, ‘poet laureate’ of Southern Jews, dies at 85
Eli N. Evans, an author and memoirist who explored through the lens of his family the history of the Jews of the American South — a ... -
Congress takes key steps to advance Environmental Justice for All Act
Press release | July 27, 2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held legislative scoping and passed the Environmental Justice for All Off the ... -
Bullish Democrats split over best choice to upset Missouri Senate
Comment this story Comment ST. LOUIS — Democrats are optimistic about their chances of an upset in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race if scandal-ridden former Gov. Eric ... -
Breaking Lower Snake River dams will aid recovery of native fish, new study finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. — A team of scientists, including one from Oregon State University, concluded in a recent paper that the failure of four dams in Washington’s ... -
What can national and local authorities do in the face of climate change?
Comment this story Comment In the coming weeks, the California government is expected to release regulations requiring all new cars sold in the state to be ... -
Trump back in Washington to deliver political speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will return to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office, delivering a policy speech to an ... -
Reviews | Florida has started penalizing bureaucratic delays. Housing permits have skyrocketed.
Comment this story Comment Hayden Dublois is director of data and analytics at the Foundation for Government Accountability in Naples, Florida. Rising interest rates aren’t the ... -
Chinatown fears community and loss of business in 76ers arena plan
Comment this story Comment PHILADELPHIA — Wei Chen wants people visiting Philadelphia’s Chinatown to see past the amber-colored roast ducks hanging in a restaurant window and ... -
Fire damages homes in southern Greece; more active flames
Comment this story Comment ATHENS, Greece – A major fire has broken out in southern Greece, burning houses in villages not far from the famous archaeological ...
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