The president used the council meeting to announce 30 actions to improve access to medicine and needed economic data as well as other programs tied to the production and shipment of goods.
Carol Semple
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What’s Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
Lookups for the word ‘authentic’ are routinely heavy on the dictionary company’s site but were boosted to new heights throughout this year.
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Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight, a moment they hope can be more than that
From “Reservation Dogs,” “Dark Winds” and “Rutherford Falls” on TV to “Prey” on the big screen and Larissa FastHorse becoming the first Indigenous female playwright on Broadway, barriers are being broken.
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I am an expert on polls. Here’s why they can’t tell you if Biden beats Trump again – or vice versa
Analysis: History never entirely repeats itself, and President Biden faces problems his predecessors did not.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Slain New Hampshire security guard honored at candlelight vigil
Bradley Haas was shot to death Friday afternoon in the lobby of the state psychiatric hospital and the gunman was then shot and killed by a state trooper assigned to the hospital.
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Federal court deals blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue
The 2-1 decision found that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce the section of the Voting Rights Act that requires political maps to include districts where minority populations’ preferred candidates can win elections.
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Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital sheltering thousands
A medical worker inside the facility and the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said a shell struck the second floor of the Indonesian Hospital, killing 12 people.
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The Lewiston mass shooting was the first test of Biden’s new gun violence prevention office
It’s something survivors and advocates have wanted for years as gun violence continues to plague the nation.
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Five Republican candidates will debate in Miami, while Trump holds a rally nearby
The ongoing Israel-Hamas war is sure to feature in discussion during the 3rd Republican presidential debate.
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Russia reportedly is using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow’s side
Experts say such actions would be an apparent violation of the Geneva Conventions, which forbids POWs from being exposed to combat or from working in unhealthy or dangerous conditions – coerced or not.