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Boomers Trusted Government on Climate, Gen Z Doubts Tech Billionaires
Generational attitudes to climate solutions diverge sharply, with baby boomers backing state action while younger cohorts place little …
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US Skilled Trades Face a Prestige Gap, Not a Value Gap
A survey by the Ad Council Research Institute and Ford finds that only 11% of students are genuinely …
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US Federal Government Probes New York Hospital Over Foreign Doctor Residency Hiring
Rochester General Hospital is under federal scrutiny after filling the vast majority of its residency class with graduates …
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Harold Hamm donates $150m to University of Oklahoma for diabetes research
The oil tycoon's gift is the largest in the university's history and will fund a new health campus …
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San Clemente voters weigh beach tax as coastal erosion threatens rail line
Residents of the Southern California city of San Clemente will vote in November on a 1% sales tax …
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Libraries Become Cost-of-Living Hack as Card Sign-Ups Surge
US libraries are reporting a rise in card registrations and circulation as households cut spending, with some offering …
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Sarandon and Einbinder arrested as NYPD breaks up anti-Netanyahu protest in New York
Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder were among those detained as police moved in on …
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Wealthy families pay £75,000 a year for AI schooling as literacy crisis deepens
Alpha School charges up to $75,000 annually for AI-tutored education, attracting affluent families while public schools struggle with …
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Mont Blanc rock falls surge as climate warming destabilises Alpine permafrost
Record summer heat has degraded permafrost on Mont Blanc, triggering hundreds of rock collapses and forcing climbing route …
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Karbala Sorcery Case Exposes Coercion Behind a 366m-Dinar Claim
Police say a woman paid 176 million Iraqi dinars and was then pressured with promissory notes worth another …
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Palace draws a firm institutional line around Harry and Meghan’s UK return
The Sussexes’ move back to Britain does not restore official royal duties. Buckingham Palace has clarified that their …
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Dover and Portsmouth protests expose an intelligence gap for UK policing
Coordinated anti-immigration actions at two south-coast ports have shifted attention from the protests themselves to how police gather …
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Portsmouth landing becomes a policing test for Britain’s south coast
About 140 migrants were brought ashore at Eastney after an unusually western Channel crossing, followed by a night …
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Bank of America vice president killed in Times Square stabbing
Erin Piacenti, 32, a Bank of America vice president, was killed and a 68-year-old man injured in a …
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Grand Canyon pipeline badly damaged by flash floods
Flash flooding has damaged roughly 40% of the Grand Canyon's sole water pipeline, forcing water restrictions and complicating …
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One dead and 15 missing after Grand Canyon flash flood as more storms forecast
A flash flood in the Grand Canyon has killed at least one person and left around 15 missing, …
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Costa cappuccino contains caffeine equivalent to four cans of Red Bull, study finds
A new study has revealed a 'wild' difference in caffeine levels between high street coffee chains, with a …
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Florida architects design for rising seas and stronger storms
Three decades after Hurricane Andrew destroyed his childhood roof, landscape architect Jeffrey Huber is part of a Florida …
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Epiphanius sets a limit on personal power inside church institutions
The Ukrainian Orthodox leader’s sermon frames unity as an institutional discipline: Christ above personalities, tested tradition above improvisation …
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Biden’s post-presidency visibility is being reshaped by cancer treatment
A reported Wilmington church sighting came after Hunter Biden described the physical toll of his father’s metastatic cancer. …