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EPA says it will stop calculating health care savings from key air pollution rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs avoided and deaths prevented from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants.The change means the EPA will focus rules for fine particulate matter and ozone only on the cost to industry, part of a broader realignment under President Donald Trump toward a business-friendly approach that has included the rollback of multiple policies meant to safeguard human health and the environment and slow climate change.
The agency said in a... Read More
US and Mexico flag football teams will play a game during the Super Bowl week in an Olympic preview
The week of the Super Bowl next month in San Francisco will feature not one but two marquee flag football games.It’s just another way to gain even more exposure for the game ahead of flag football's Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
First, the NFL's elite take the field on Feb. 3 as part of the Pro Bowl festivities. Then, the flag football specialists will stage an exhibition match two days later, with Team USA taking on rival Mexico.
In LA two years from now, the roster could very well be a mix of NFL players — or former players — and flag... Read More
Democrats will spend millions to shift voter registration strategy ahead of the midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee will spend millions of dollars to cement control of voter registration efforts that have traditionally been entrusted to nonprofit advocacy groups and individual political campaigns, a shift that party leaders hope will increase their chances in this year's midterm elections.The initiative, being announced on Tuesday, will begin in Arizona and Nevada with at least $2 million for training organizers. It's the first step in what could become the DNC's largest-ever push to sign up new voters, with a particular focus on young... Read More
Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists in Minneapolis on Tuesday as students walked out of a suburban school in protest at the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps.The government crackdown is next headed to a federal court where Minnesota and two mayors are asking a judge to immediately suspend the operation. No hearing has been set on the request.
Gas clouds filled a Minneapolis street near where Renee Good was fatally shot in the head by an immigration agent last week. A man scrubbed his eyes with snow... Read More
Trump is ending protected immigration status for Somalis, long a target of his anti-immigrant barbs
Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday it will end temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia, the latest move in the president's mass deportation agenda.The move affects hundreds of people who are a small subset of immigrants with TPS protections in the United States. It comes during Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where many native Somalis live and where street protests have intensified since a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed a U.S citizen who was demonstrating against federal presence in the city.
The... Read More
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