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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 ... -
Online schooling is the bad idea that refuses to die
Comment this story Comment Almost all of the 20 largest US school districts will offer online schooling options this fall. More than half of them will ... -
Your skin needs you to use more sunscreen
Comment this story Comment Julian Sass is a sunscreen educator for his nearly 20,000 followers on instagramand every time he posts a sunscreen review — via ... -
Kenly, NC, police department resigns over work environment
KENLY, North Carolina — An entire police department in a North Carolina town has quit over what it called a hostile work environment, and local leaders ... -
South Carolina bill bans websites that explain how to get an abortion
Comment this story Comment Shortly after the Supreme Court ruling that struck down abortion rights in June, South Carolina state senators introduced legislation prohibiting “aiding, abetting, ... -
They’re giving Washington’s arch a good clean
Hello. It’s Friday. We’ll see how Mayor Eric Adams’ focus on crime may have clouded his efforts to move past the pandemic and revive the city. ... -
First U.S. polio case in nearly a decade confirmed in unvaccinated Rockland County man
Comment this story Comment The first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade has been confirmed in an unvaccinated person in Rockland County, NY, local ... -
Mayra Flores accuses Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of funding racist ads
Comment this story Comment Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Tex.) is under fire after a political blogger who was paid to run ads for his campaign launched a ... -
Officials revamp HHS to boost pandemic response
Comment this story Comment OpenThis article is open access. Why? The Biden administration is revamping the federal health department to create an independent division that would ... -
Russia threatens to cut gas; Germany draws up contingency plans
Comment this story Comment BERLIN — Nuremberg has stopped lighting its historic buildings, Hamburg homeowners are rationing hot water and Berlin can turn off non-essential traffic ... -
Micronesia is the last of the largest nations to have an outbreak of COVID-19
Comment this story Comment WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Micronesia has likely become the last nation in the world with a population of over 100,000 to experience ... -
Africa’s wildlife park managers come together to boost conservation
Comment this story Comment MOMBASA, Kenya – Officials are gathering in Kigali, Rwanda this week as part of the continent’s first-ever African Protected Areas Congress in ... -
COVID scars linger for sickest survivors and families
Comment this story Comment Freddy Fernandez was hardly there, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby in his lap, gnawing at the pulse oximeter ... -
At Tatsu-ya’s Austin restaurants, Japanese cuisine gets a Texan twist
The chefs behind Ramen Tatsu-ya are building a culinary ‘multiverse’ with tiki drinks and Texas brisket July 18, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. EDT A giant Maneki-neko ... -
Mukteshwari “Mukti” Bosco receives the 2022 Roux Prize
Ms. Bosco is recognized for her innovative and impactful use of Data on the global burden of disease to empower women and improve access to health ... -
More than reading glasses – new options for ‘old’ eyes
Comment this story Comment The restaurant had tablecloths, dim lighting, and large leather-bound menus with a fancy script outlining the fare. But those otherwise attractive features ... -
Maryland Churches youth group stuck amid protests in Panama
Comment this story Comment A leader of a youth group from two churches in Maryland said Friday that about two dozen people had been stranded at ... -
Reviews | Drivers with unpaid tickets who keep their license are not safe
Comment this story Comment Six months into 2022, there have been 1,528 Traffic accidents injuring DC Nineteen people were killed. The deaths follow a year in ... -
Officials suggest pipeline company hid issues after spill
Comment this story Comment BILLINGS, Mont. – U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially covering up problems with a pipeline that ruptured in 2015 and ... -
Texas sues Biden administration for requiring abortions in medical emergencies
Comment this story Comment Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) sued the Biden administration over federal rules that require abortions to be performed in medical emergencies ... -
Tri-Cities population growth continues its upward trend
Franklin County has overtaken Benton County in population growth over the past year, ranking 7th in the state compared to 8th in its neighbor. Franklin County, ... -
Starbucks closes 16 locations due to worker safety concerns
Comment this story Comment Starbucks is closing 16 stores in cities across the country, fearing its customers and employees will be safe, despite training the company ... -
Justice Department announces task force to fight excessive abortion bans
Comment this story Comment The Department of Justice launches a “reproductive rights task force” to marshal federal legal resources aimed at preventing the excesses of state ... -
California Library Hosts Stuffed Animal Slumber Party
Comment this story Comment With book bans, heated political debates and a pandemic to manage, it’s not an easy time to be a librarian. In cities ... -
What to watch on Tuesday: ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ returns to FX
Comment this story Comment Catfish: The TV Show (MTV at age 8) Kimberly has been burned by con artists before, but she thinks she’s found true ... -
Chuck Schumer tested positive for coronavirus
Comment this story Comment Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (DN.Y.) has tested positive for the coronavirus, his spokesman said in a statement Sunday. The positive ... -
Ex-WA lawmaker and Richland mayor squabble over Benton County commission
Left to right, William “Bill” Jenkin, Michael Alvarez and Barry Bush. Eric Rosane [email protected] READ MORE Tri-City 2022 Election Coverage The latest news and updates on ... -
Preventing the spread of monkeypox as cases rise in Washington
Experts say knowing the symptoms and isolating potential cases is the best way to stop the spread. SEATTLE — Experts say education is power when it ... -
Electric buses to harness solar energy using a microgrid
Comment this story Comment The first microgrid to power electric buses will soon debut in the Washington area as transit agencies across the country increasingly turn ... -
WA leaders react in support to Biden’s executive order on abortion access, call for more action
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden on Friday morning aims to protect access to reproductive health care — and while it has won the ... -
Reviews | John Garvey improved the Catholic University – and Washington
Comment this story Comment Tim Busch, member of the Board of Visitors of the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and member ... -
Former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies at 79
Comment this story Comment LISBON, Portugal — José Eduardo dos Santos, once one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders who, for nearly four decades as president of Angola, ... -
Video captures intense lightning striking a car
Comment this story Comment Returning home from a family vacation during a thunderstorm near St. Petersburg, Florida on Friday, Michaelle May Whalen decided to try to ... -
Abortion access in Australia becomes easier amid Roe v. wade
Comment this story Comment SYDNEY – Access to abortion became easier in Australia on Thursday as decriminalization came into force in the South Australian state, part ... -
Mayor proposes compromise on public lands, property and sidewalks
Mayor proposes compromise on public lands, property and sidewalks Brian Coddington, Director of Communications, 509.625.6740 Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 1:25 p.m. Mayor Nadine Woodward today ... -
Is Seattle shrinking or continuing to grow? Depends who you ask
If you’re one of those who say Seattle is dying, you’ll find data showing a shrinking population to back you up. But if you’re a Seattle ... -
Judge strikes down Trump administration changes to endangered species law
A The California federal judge on Tuesday struck down Trump-era changes to the Endangered Species Act in a victory for environmental groups, who said the ruling ... -
Reviews | Advocates of forced births show how barbaric their position is
Placeholder while loading article actions When abortion rights advocates accused anti-abortion supporters of being disturbingly indifferent to women and even aspiring to cruelly force women into ... -
Sydney floods overwhelm 50,000 people around Australia’s biggest city
Placeholder while loading article actions RICHMOND, Australia — Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s biggest city in a flood emergency that has ... -
WA and BC leaders mull closure of controversial salmon farms
The Canadian decision will come first. The majority of British Columbia’s 105 net-pen Atlantic salmon licenses are due to expire on June 30, and Joyce Murray, ... -
Bauxite miners want to clear WA forest of Seven Rottnest Islands
But the EPA wanted to examine it as part of its review of the Pinjarra expansion to better assess the cumulative impacts of multiple mining operations ... -
Reviews | An advance for non-heterosexual medical students and health care
The Biden administration’s new ruling that students deserve to learn free from harassment, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, is enraging conservatives across the ... -
Sioux Falls, SD, was America’s divorce capital amid widespread bans
Placeholder while loading article actions Dark clouds and driving rain greeted the steam train as it stopped in Sioux Falls, SD on June 1, 1891. Accompanied ... -
Oklahoma plans to execute 25 prisoners in the next 29 months
Placeholder while loading article actions Oklahoma plans to execute 25 prisoners over the next 29 months after ending a moratorium spurred by botched lethal injections and ... -
Community scientists – even children – produce usable data for researchers
Placeholder while loading article actions Citizen science projects are turning ordinary people into researchers, and in recent years such efforts have abounded, tackling everything from astronomy ... -
Maryland law expanding who can perform abortion goes into effect
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland law taking effect Friday will allow nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants who receive special training to perform abortions, as ... -
Timberwolves land Jazz’s Rudy Gobert in NBA blockbuster
Placeholder while loading article actions The long-awaited breakup of the Utah Jazz star partnership has finally arrived. Utah has agreed to trade star center Rudy Gobert ... -
Isla McNabb, 2, from Kentucky, becomes the youngest member of Mensa
Placeholder while loading article actions Shortly after their daughter Isla turned 2, Amanda and Jason McNabb began spotting strange patterns of multicolored plastic toy letters around ... -
Governor of Texas Abbott, Atty. General Paxton inaugurates measures against abortion and gay rights
Placeholder while loading article actions Following the historic reversal by the Supreme Court of Roe vs. WadeTexas looks set to cement its place at the center ... -
A health care cliff could leave millions without insurance
Placeholder while loading article actions Since the beginning of 2020, the United States has been under an official public health emergency. In July, after 30 months, ... -
Joshua Danehower accused of killing Gret Glyer
Placeholder while loading article actions A family acquaintance entered the town of Fairfax, Va., at the home of a 32-year-old website builder early Friday and shot ... -
Chinese Baidu races with Waymo and GM to develop self-driving cars
Placeholder while loading article actions BEIJING — With no one behind the wheel, a self-driving taxi developed by tech giant Baidu Inc. rolls down a Beijing ... -
More gas infrastructure needed to manage energy crisis, G-7 leaders agree
gThe Group of Seven leaders acknowledged the need to build more natural gas infrastructure to tackle the global energy crisis in a statement in tension with ... -
California to vote on constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights
Placeholder while loading article actions California is set to become one of the first states in the nation to explicitly enshrine the right to abortion and ... -
Missouri Amtrak derailment: train with 243 passengers runs off track; reported injuries
Placeholder while loading article actions A cross-country Amtrak train hit a dump truck in Missouri on Monday, derailing multiple cars and injuring passengers, the railroad said. ... -
From below to on the rocks: Invading crabs become whiskey
Placeholder while loading article actions CONCORD, NH – Want a hint of crab in your whisky? A New Hampshire distillery has developed its new concoction called ... -
Family and friends mourn British journalist killed in Brazil
Placeholder while loading article actions NITEROI, Brazil — Gathered in a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives on Sunday paid their ... -
How to keep your information private when requesting an abortion
Placeholder while loading article actions Everything you do online is already tracked. This information is about to become even more sensitive if you are seeking an ... -
Inslee seeks amendment to state constitution on abortion rights
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee addresses a rally before raising the LGBTQ Pride Celebration flag seen behind him during a noon ceremony at the Capitol Campus ... -
Russia Fires Missiles Through Ukraine, Cements Its Gains In The East
Placeholder while loading article actions KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces are seeking to swallow the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, the governor ... -
At LGBTQ Pride, celebration but also concern for civil rights
Placeholder while loading article actions NEW YORK – LGBTQ Pride commemorations that have at times felt like victory parties for civil rights are now grappling with ... -
Reviews | Approvals for Montgomery County Council’s Democratic primary
Placeholder while loading article actions Montgomery County voters decided in 2020 to add two new county council seats, creating an 11-member body. This decision, together with ... -
Ukraine withdraw from Severodonetsk as Russia advance to Luhansk
Placeholder while loading article actions While the war in Ukraine has lasted for more than 120 days, Russia has been concentrating its firepower in the east ... -
States make proposals to vote 1st in the 2024 Democratic primaries
Placeholder while loading article actions WASHINGTON — The Iowa delegation promised changes to its caucus after The collapse of the 2020s. New Hampshire brought gift bags. ... -
SF school board after recall overturns vote to cover controversial Washington High mural
The San Francisco school board voted on Wednesday to overturn an earlier board decision to cover up a controversial mural at Washington High School. This decision ... -
The owner of a nursing home whose residents suffered in Ida arrested
Placeholder while loading article actions NEW ORLEANS – The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes who sent more than 800 of his elderly residents to an ... -
Bowser wins Democratic DC mayoral nomination and AP projects
Placeholder while loading article actions Muriel E. Bowser (D), the no-nonsense politician who has led the district for eight years, won the Democratic nomination for mayor ... -
Men’s football signs six for 2022
History links WASHINGTON – GW Men’s Football has signed six newcomers to join the program this fall, head coach Craig Jones announced Tuesday. ... -
GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens criticized for ‘RINO hunting’ campaign ad
Placeholder while loading article actions Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, a Republican Senate candidate, is widely criticized after he released a campaign ad on Monday that ... -
Toddler shots: COVID vaccinations begin for America’s toddlers
Placeholder while loading article actions Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked, “Is today vaccine day?” For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the ... -
Xi Jinping, director of career planning in China?
Placeholder while loading article actions Over the next few weeks, China will produce a record 10.8 million university graduates. Finding jobs for them is proving an ...
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