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Giant cracks push imperiled Antarctic glacier closer to collapse
Dec 17, 2021 04:00Giant fractures in the floating ice of Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier — a fast-melting formation that has become an icon of climate change — could shatter part of the shelf within five years, research suggests.
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Investigation finds at least 48 members of US Congress have violated stock act
Dec 17, 2021 03:55At least 48 members of Congress and 182 top Capitol Hill staffers have violated a law meant to increase transparency and prevent conflicts of interests around stock trading in Washington, a recently released Insider investigation found.
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‘A terrible tragedy’: US passes 800,000 COVID deaths – highest in the world
Dec 17, 2021 03:36The US death toll from COVID-19 has passed 800,000, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after vaccines became available last spring.
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Hunger lingers for millions of underemployed, low-income Americans
Dec 17, 2021 03:21According to the most recent US Census Bureau's Pulse Survey, during the first two weeks of October, 19.8 million American households reported being food insecure - defined as "sometimes or often" not having enough to eat.
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Revealed: Biden administration was not legally bound to auction gulf drilling rights
Dec 16, 2021 18:23Recently, the US government held the largest-ever auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico’s history, offering up more than 80m acres of the Gulf’s seabed for fossil fuel extraction.
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Rights groups warn extradition of Assange would have 'dangerous implications for future of journalism'
Dec 16, 2021 18:19A chorus of international human rights and press freedom groups roundly condemned a British court's ruling that WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States where he could face torturous conditions and life in prison.
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Pentagon blasted for 'unacceptable failure' to reckon with civilian casualties
Dec 16, 2021 18:14Days after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a new investigation into a clandestine airstrike that killed scores of Syrian noncombatants whose deaths were subsequently covered up, 24 advocacy groups on Wednesday published an open letter calling on the Pentagon to "reckon with U.S.-caused civilian casualties and commit to urgent reforms."
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Saudi Arabia arms sale is one of Biden’s many militaristic actions in first year
Dec 15, 2021 07:16The U.S. is selling Saudi Arabia $650 million worth of missiles and providing $500 million worth of maintenance for U.S.-made aircraft, training and other support for its military operations.
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Meadows was deeply involved in fighting election outcome, Jan. 6 panel says
Dec 15, 2021 07:02The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released a report on Sunday (Dec. 12) that laid out its case for a contempt of Congress charge against Mark Meadows, the Chief of Staff to former President Donald J. Trump, presenting evidence of Meadows’s deep involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Forever captives of America's forever wars
Dec 14, 2021 06:07As August ended, American troops completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan almost 20 years after they first arrived.