Critics claim wildlife officials are slow to acknowledge wolves in their midst because they would have to accommodate the presence of a federally protected species.
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USDA scattering rabies vaccines for wildlife in Maine, 12 other states
The 348,000 Raboral V-RG baits in Maine and 535,000 in the 3 other states are being dropped from planes in rural areas and from vehicles in urban and suburban areas.
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Stocks fall as Fed chair says rates to remain high a while
Stocks fell at first, then erased nearly all their losses, and then turned decisively lower as investors initially struggled to make out the meaning of Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech.
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Secret Service recovers $286 million in stolen pandemic loans
The Secret Service said an investigation found that alleged conspirators submitted pandemic loan applications by using fake or stolen employment and personal information and used an online bank to conceal and move their criminal proceeds.
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Inflation eases as consumer prices rise 6.3% in July
Inflation started rising sharply in the spring of 2021 as the economy rebounded with surprising speed from the short but devastating coronavirus recession a year earlier.
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UN doesn’t yet have access to Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine
There were conflicting reports Friday on the extent of the damage to a transmission line at the complex —Europe’s largest nuclear plant — that caused a blackout across the region on Thursday.
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Chairman Powell says Fed could keep lifting rates sharply ‘for some time’
Stocks tumbled after Jerome Powell’s remarks, and bond yields rose, a sign that investors foresee more large interest rate hikes ahead.
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FBI: Trump mixed top secret documents with magazines, other items
A just-released 32-page affidavit, even in its redacted form, underscores the volume of sensitive government documents located at Mar-a-Lago and reveals FBI concerns that the records were being retained illegally.
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Biden rallies for Democrats, slams ‘semi-fascism’ in GOP
President Joe Biden is calling on Democrats “to vote to literally save democracy once again” in the midterm elections.
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Woman sues Vermont over residency requirement for assisted suicide
Vermont’s law allowing some terminally ill patients to end their own lives shouldn’t apply only to residents, says a Connecticut woman with cancer.