Politics
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Texas power grid CEO Bill Magness getting fired in wake of deadly blackouts
Austin, Texas — Texas’ power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February’s deadly blackouts…
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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlinks, boosting total past 1,200
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, using a first stage making its eighth flight, boosted 60 more Starlink internet relay satellites…
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Chinese astronauts training for space station crewed flights
BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday a cohort of astronauts is training for four crewed missions this year as the…
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Democrats in Congress propose monument to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Democratic lawmakers want to build a monument in the Capitol to honor the late civil rights icon and Supreme Court…
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Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo are the first non-humans to be vaccinated against COVID-19
With fewer than 5,000 gorillas left in the wild, researchers have expressed concern that, because apes live in close family…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says it’s “not tolerable” for the FBI to avoid questions from lawmakers
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Wednesday criticized the FBI for a lack of transparency with Congress, saying “it’s not tolerable” to…
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Tammy Duckworth on anti-Asian American hate crimes: We “are still viewed as an other”
Senator Tammy Duckworth partly blamed former President Trump’s rhetoric for a rise in violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus…
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President Biden criticizes Texas and Mississippi for lifting mask mandates
President Biden criticized the governors of Texas and Mississippi after they lifted their states’ mask mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.…
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SpaceX Starship prototype sticks landing, then explodes
A SpaceX Starship prototype blasted off from southern Texas on Wednesday, climbed to an altitude of six miles, tipped over…
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Then and now: A ‘megadrought’ in California
In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against…
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