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Eagle County, CO voters approve tax changes that will fund childcare and public safety enhancements.
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Colorado voters in Eagle County approve doubling lodging tax to fund child care, public safety enhancements
Residents of Eagle County in Colorado's high country approved a ballot measure in Tuesday's election that will double the county's lodging tax to help support child care, public safety and advertising...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Sharon Owens is elected mayor of Syracuse, becoming the city’s first Black mayor and the second woman elected to the role.
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Sharon Owens wins, makes history as Syracuse’s first Black mayor
Owens, 62, spent the last eight years as deputy mayor under Ben Walsh
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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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City Council President Mary Sheffield is elected mayor of Detroit, becoming the first woman to hold the position.
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City Council President Mary Sheffield wins election to become Detroit’s first female mayor
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Sheffield defeated popular megachurch pastor the Rev.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Always Fatal Huntington’s Disease is Successfully Treated for First Time With Gene Therapy
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Always Fatal Huntington’s Disease is Successfully Treated for First Time With Gene Therapy
There is no cure for Huntington's disease, but a new gene treatment is the first to significantly slow the symptoms in human trials.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Harvesting Hope: The Urban Farms Helping Save a City’s Aging Sewer System
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Harvesting Hope: The Urban Farms Helping Save a City's Aging Sewer System
City-supported farms are making St. Louis more absorbent, and have kept nearly 100 million gallons of wastewater out of the Mississippi River.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The University of Utah, Smith College, Bryn Mawr College, and the Stevens Institute of Technology each launch free tuition programs for undergraduates who meet certain income, residence, or academic requirements.
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Four More Prominent Institutions Launch Free College Tuition Programs
Four more universities — University of Utah, Smith College, Bryn Mawr, & Stevens Institute— launch free tuition programs for undergraduates meeting certain requirements.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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In support of their students and their families, the Washington, DC Teachers’ Union joins a federal lawsuit brought against immigration authorities for racially motivated mass arrests made during workplace and neighborhood raids.
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Ice suffers blow in lawsuit over ‘mass arrests’
A D.C. teachers’ union joins a lawsuit alleging ICE raids are racially biased and harming students across the city.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Amidst the administration’s deletion of data and shuttering of climate monitoring resources, the nonprofit Climate Central revives the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s disaster database.
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Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Camera Traps Reveal Beavers Have Finally Returned to the Bronx River After ‘a Very Long Time’
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Camera Traps Reveal Beavers Have Finally Returned to the Bronx River After ‘a Very Long Time’
Beavers had not been seen in New York City for years, until a camera trap showed they've returned to the Bronx River.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Record-Breaking Night of Bird Migration Caught on Radar During a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Feathered Flight
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Record-Breaking Night of Bird Migration Caught on Radar During a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Feathered Flight
More than 1.2 billion birds streamed south in a single night setting a Fall migration record for the public radar project called Birdcast.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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DACA recipient Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago is released from immigration detention 60 days after Border Patrol unlawfully detained her.
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DACA recipient ‘Xóchitl’ Santiago released from ICE detention center after federal ruling
Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 1.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Houston neighbors create a network of solar-powered “hub homes” to support each other with resources and shelter during extreme weather and power outages.
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Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered 'hub homes'
The idea was a grassroots response to decades of community disinvestment and neglect that got neighbors talking about what they could do to be ready for extreme weather and power outages.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Thanks to conservation efforts, Green sea turtles are no longer endangered.
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Green sea turtles no longer endangered as global population rebounds
Once endangered, the global green sea turtle population is rebounding, according to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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While the USDA has yet to comply, two federal courts rule that the administration must continue to fund SNAP using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.
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Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown
Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Marshall Islands Experience Explosion of Wildlife One Year After Invasive Rats Were Removed
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Marshall Islands Experience Explosion of Wildlife One Year After Invasive Rats Were Removed
The Jemo Islet is a 16-hectare inhabited coral island that's known to be one of the major feeding grounds for green sea turtles.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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How One Country’s Russian Gas Crisis Became a Green Energy Boom
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How One Country's Russian Gas Crisis Became a Green Energy Boom
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Moldova quickly empowered its small towns to produce their own renewable energy so no one could push it around.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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A federal court permanently blocks the presidential administration from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, affirming that the directive is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers.
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Court Strikes Down Key Part of Trump’s Unlawful Voting Executive Order, Permanently Blocking Show-Your-Papers Requirement
The decision grants summary judgment to the plaintiffs, finding that the president lacks the authority to unilaterally alter election procedures — powers that rest with Congress and the states.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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After a U.S. court rules that ICE unlawfully detained Ruben Torres Maldonado, he is released and reunites with his family, including his daughter who is undergoing cancer treatment.
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Judge rules immigration detention of Chicago man with daughter battling cancer is illegal
A federal judge has ruled that the detention of a Chicago man by immigration authorities is illegal.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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NM becomes the first state to offer free universal childcare.
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New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal child care next week
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who championed the new initiative, told CBS News it would save families an average of $12,000 a year.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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ME launches an ICE Watch Hotline to keep communities informed and protected from unjust immigration enforcement.
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Maine launches ICE Watch Hotline to inform and protect immigrants
An ICE watch hotline, similar to ones created in other states, is now live here in Maine.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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OR becomes the first state to be determined Accessibility Verified by Wheel the World, a nonprofit dedicated to making travel accessible for disabled people.
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Oregon earns ‘Accessibility Verified’ status from disability nonprofit
Oregon is the first state in the nation to be considered ‘Accessibility Verified’ by Wheel the World, a nonprofit for travelers with disabilities.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Britain’s Oldest Working Brick Windmill Still Spinning After 250 Years–Grinding Grain Into Flour
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Britain’s Oldest Working Brick Windmill Still Spinning After 250 Years–Grinding Grain Into Flour
Britain's oldest brick windmill that sits amid a housing development is still operating, more than 250 years after it was first built.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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NASA Laser Sends Terabits from Beyond Mars in Huge Success for Deep-Space Communications Test
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NASA Laser Sends Terabits from Beyond Mars in Huge Success for Deep-Space Communications Test
Throughout all 65 passes, the system maintained downlink speeds comparable to household broadband internet.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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VA: Abigail Spanberger is elected governor, becoming the first woman elected to the governorship in state history.
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Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race
Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM