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In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
The birds are up with the sunrise - warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots,…
Source: Washington Times
After years of waiting, Apple joins the foldable phone club
Apple's first foldable iPhone debuts Wednesday, joining rivals Samsung, Motorola and Google in the category. Here's what to expect from new CEO John Ternus's first keynote -- and why the price could…
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Texas couple sentenced for selling smuggled veterinary drugs, pesticides online
A Garland, Texas, wife and husband were sentenced in federal court to prison and probation, respectively, on charges stemming from their operation of a website that sold veterinary drugs and…
Source: Washington Times
First Anti-Communist Film Festival set for six flicks in October
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation announced the lineup for its Anti-Communist Film Festival next month.
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Republicans gather in Dallas for two-day midterm convention billed as a 'Trump-a-Palooza'
Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual midterm convention, a "Trump-a-Palooza" that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall's midterm elections -…
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No charges for woman who falsely accused Buttigieg of threatening his children
An Indiana prosecutor will not pursue criminal charges against the woman whose false child welfare tip led authorities to bar Pete Buttigieg from being alone with his 4-year-old twins for about 24…
Source: Washington Times
Zelenskyy urges more international pressure on Russia for civilian deaths
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community Wednesday for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine.
Source: Washington Times
Oil and gas prices surge as GOP convenes for midterm convention to tout 'affordability' solutions
Diesel fuel prices hit an all-time high on Wednesday, while gas prices jumped another 7 cents in a single day and the stock market headed for another selloff because crude oil prices rose above $100…
Source: Washington Times
Airlines scramble to dig out from British air traffic control tech problems that canceled 2K flights
Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out of the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than…
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Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial
Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate…
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Yemen prison death toll rises to 23 as Houthi rebel clashes with Saudi-backed forces escalate
Rescuers in Yemen pulled more bodies from the rubble Wednesday of a prison run by Iran-backed Houthi rebels that was hit in a deadly airstrike earlier this week, as an escalation between the rebels…
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White House aides report $155,000 in total cash gifts
President Trump gave substantial cash gifts to four White House aides for last year's holiday season, according to financial disclosures filed by the White House.
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Is empathy a virtue or a weakness? Vance, Musk and others say it's gone too far
Several conservative public figures say misplaced empathy for hardened criminals and Islamist migrants has pushed Western society to the brink of collapse.
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Car windshield smashed by object thrown off overpass above Dulles Greenway
Police are investigating after a couple alleged that, as they were driving on Virginia State Route 267, someone on an overpass dropped a rock or concrete chunk that struck their car.
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Donald Trump Jr.'s VC company counters Dem claims of White House windfalls
A venture capital company linked to President Trump's family on Tuesday fired back at Democrats' claims that it benefited from White House connections.
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Alex Gibney says his Musk documentary busts the 'genius inventor' myth
The director of the "Musk" documentary says Elon is "not an inventor; he's an investor. His genius is stock pumping."
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German FM Johann Wadephul says Ukrainians should return home to fight for their country
Germany's foreign minister said military-age Ukrainian men in Germany should go home but insisted that any such move should be voluntary.
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Spirits council hopes Trump ban spurs trade talks, not mutual pain for U.S., Canadian distillers
A major lobby for U.S. distillers said Wednesday that President Trump's ban on Canadian alcohol imports must lead to a positive resolution for both nations, rather than a bitter cycle of revenge.
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What stacking your plates at a restaurant signals about you, according to psychologists
Watch the end of a meal in any busy restaurant and you will see the split. Some tables stack the plates, gather the glasses, and hand the pile over. Others get up and leave everything exactly where it…
Source: Washington Times
Never forget, never agree: Public schools struggle to explain 9/11 on 25th anniversary
None of today's K-12 students was alive during the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago -- and analysts say schools are stumbling over how to teach why they happened.
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