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The 'temporary' town terrorized by Big Tech: Long-forgotten WWII-era city with run down bordered up shacks sits in the shadow of huge $4B plant
Clearview Village was home to 6,000 people at its peak during WW2. The hamlet is now a rundown ghost town of just 500 people. A $4 billion Panasonic plant is scheduled to open next to the village in 2025
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Ahmad Massoud: Afghan resistance leader warns attack on American soil ‘not a matter of if but when’
Ahmad Massoud warns against rising threats of attacks by terror outfits regrouping in vacuum created by US troops pullout from Aghanistan
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Tension grows on UCLA campus as police order dispersal of large pro-Palestinian gathering
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Law enforcement on the UCLA campus donned riot gear Wednesday evening as they ordered the dispersal of over a thousand people who had gathered in support of a pro-Palestinian student encampment, warning over loudspeakers that anyone who refused to leave could face arrest. A large crowd of students, alumni and neighbors []
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Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail
Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail
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Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’
Former NSW premier’s threat to sue comes amid debate about whether New Zealand should join pillar two of Aukus pactAustralia’s former foreign minister and New South Wales premier, Bob Carr, says he intends to sue New Zealand’s deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, for allegations made about Carr’s closeness to China as debate about Aukus ramps up.Peters called Carr “nothing more than a Chinese puppet” on the national broadcaster RNZ on Thursday morning. Continue reading
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Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local schools. Authorities had previously said []
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More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains
More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains
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More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains
African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa
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Frantic text messages and bloody sheets: Brittney Griner shares harrowing details of Russian prison odyssey
WNBA star revealed final text messages to family before she was sent to prison in tell-all interview
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Blinken says US cannot support Rafah assault without humanitarian plan
'We cannot, will not support a major military operation in Rafah absent an effective plan to make sure that civilians are not harmed and no, we've not seen such a plan,' US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says
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Ex-Nickelodeon producer Schneider sues 'Quiet on Set' makers for defamation, sex abuse implications
Ex-Nickelodeon producer Schneider sues 'Quiet on Set' makers for defamation, sex abuse implications
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Police tell UCLA protesters to disperse or face arrest
Announcements broadcasted on the University of California, Los Angeles campus Wednesday evening told demonstrators to disperse or they would be arrested and face a misdemeanor charge. The protesters largely stayed in place, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. Police stood by strapping on riot gear. UCLA posted on the social platform X that campus operations will be limited []