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Ohio Officials Warn of Danger of Explosion After Train Derailment
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told residents in an eastern Ohio village living within a mile of a train derailment to stay away from their homes, ...
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Artsakh President convenes consultations with heads of law-enforcement agencies
On February 6, President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan convened a working consultation with the leadership of the law enforcement agencies. Issues facing the law enforcement system of the republic and measures taken to overcome them were on the agenda. The President touched upon the activity of the law enforcement agencies following the 44-day …
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A Bay Area city with exorbitant parking fees — and more citations than people — tries ticket reform
Historically, the number of parking citations that the Berkeley Police Department doles out each year has outnumbered the city’s population of 117,145 people.
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Santa Clara County breaks from rest of Bay Area in how it counts homelessness
Experts say the break could hinder the Bay Area’s efforts to collect regional data on the scope of the homelessness crisis.
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Biden prepares for State of the Union amid China balloon squabble – US politics live
Officials claim ballon entered US three times under TrumpSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailGood morning, US politics blog readers.Joe Biden is finalizing his state of the union address after a weekend spent working on the remarks at Camp David. It will be his first address to a divided Congress and comes amid sharp criticism from Republicans over the week-long wait to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon. Military officials determined that downing the balloon over...
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Farmland Becomes Flashpoint in U.S.-China Relations
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I needed to borrow £800k to buy all of my children toothbrushes, insists Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has defended his decision to call in favours to borrow £800k, insisting he needed to borrow the money to make sure all of his children had a new toothbrush.
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Colorado politicians want more property tax relief as state forecasts 26.5% increase in assessed values
The question of how to blunt the edge of rising property taxes is again echoing in the halls of Colorado’s Capitol.
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The balloon debacle is a needless crisis – but a crisis nonetheless
Whether it was a spy balloon or not, US politicians’ ability to take a nuanced approach to Beijing has been made even more difficult.
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Guardian Essential poll: majority of Australians continue to support Indigenous voice
With 65% of respondents supporting the change, survey suggests Peter Dutton’s soft no campaign is failing to shift sentimentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA majority of Australians continue to support a constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll, including an overwhelming majority of young Australians.The latest fortnightly survey of 1,000 respondents suggests a soft no campaign by the Liberal leader,...
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Greens threaten Andrews government with possible defeat in parliament over bail laws
Exclusive: Party say its new bill will be put to a vote if Labor doesn’t announce its own reformsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Greens are set to issue an ultimatum to the Andrews Labor government to reform the state’s bail laws within three months or risk a defeat on the issue in parliament’s upper house.As parliament resumes on Tuesday, the minor party will introduce a private...
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Greens vow action as $110 a week rent hike sees Sydney siblings forced to move back in with parents
Exclusive: Party seeking rent freezes, new body to set controls on prices and end to no-grounds evictionsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJeremy Bryant wasn’t expecting to be moving back in with his parents just a few weeks after turning 30.But that’s where the successful musician and university student now finds himself, along with his little brother, after the rent on their Redfern home was raised by $110 a week. Continue reading