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GOP leaders reject Democratic demands for bill to avoid shutdown

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday that they will reject Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies, challenging Democrats to v...

State-funded gun range in South Dakota nearly finished, expected to open in November

webadmin 2025-09-18

PIEDMONT, S.D. (AP) — Dust plumes rose frequently along a gravel section of Elk Vale Road on the open prairie of Meade County, South Dakota in early September where workers are vigorously trying t...

FDA proposes to ban the food dye Orange B from sausage casings and frankfurters

webadmin 2025-09-18

Federal regulators are proposing to remove another artificial dye from the U.S. food supply — Orange B, a synthetic color that hasn’t been used in the U.S. for decades. The U.S. Food and Drug Adm...

UNHCR says refugee convention faces greatest threat since its 1951 creation

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The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that governments around the world, especially in the Global North, which includes the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the...

New Jersey is 14th state to allow human composting alternative

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation last ...

Jaden Smith joins Louboutin as men’s creative director in Paris

webadmin 2025-09-18

Fashion-forward Jaden Smith has been hired as men’s creative director by Christian Louboutin and is moving to Paris, according to a report. In a lengthy story with Louboutin and Smith confirming t...