The hope is that ‘double-cropping’ will help meet a growing global demand for food while generating more profit for farmers amid high fertilizer and fuel costs.
2022
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Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal
Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO’s aborted plan to buy the social media platform.
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Tank defies hearing loss in making final album
The R&B star revealed last year he was suddenly going deaf in his right ear.
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Prosecutors rest in R. Kelly’s trial-fixing, child porn case
The highlight of the prosecutors’ case was testimony by a 37-year-old woman who described Kelly sexually abusing her hundreds of times starting in 1998 when she was 14.
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Stocks post another loss as markets worry about higher rates
Markets are trying to get a better sense of ‘how far, how fast the Fed’s going to have to go’ in slowing down the economy in order to fight inflation.
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U.S. consumers more confident in August as gas prices dip
The rebound followed 3 straight monthly declines.
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U.S. life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down by about a year
COVID-19 deaths were the main reason for the decline.
Posted inNew England, Religion and Values
Judge: Congregation at oldest U.S. synagogue can stay, for now
The New York owners of a 250-year-old synagogue in Rhode Island deny trying to evict its tenants.
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Mississippi capital: Water everywhere, not a drop to drink
Jackson, Miss., has too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use.
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New York to restrict gun carrying after Supreme Court ruling
New York City will begin posting signs proclaiming the iconic tourist destination Times Square as a ‘Gun Free Zone.’