Month: August 2023
The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country’s wetlands
The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency’s power to regulate waterways and wetlands. (Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Read More‘Tel Aviv, we love you’: Imagine Dragons performs to sold-out crowd at Yarkon Park
Las Vegas indie pop band plays two-hour, 20-song show in front of 62,000 people who packed into coastal city’s outdoor venue
Read MoreWhere Tech Investors Are Buying Up Land, Locals Are Worried
In Solano County, Calif., longtime residents are both worried and baffled by an ambitious plan to build a city where there is now mostly farmland.
Read MoreA California Land Mystery Is Solved. Now the Political Fight Begins.
Tech industry investors spent roughly $900 million buying land to build a dream city in a rural part of the Bay Area. It could be years, though, before they can do anything with it.
Read MoreSmuggler With Islamic State Ties Helped Uzbeks Cross From Mexico Into U.S.
Washington said it doesn’t believe the migrants are connected to terrorist plots, but is continuing to investigate.
Read MoreCan Trump Appeal His Federal Election Trial Date? What to Know.
The ex-president vowed to appeal a judge’s decision to schedule the start on his trial the day before Super Tuesday. He can’t disrupt the trial that way, legal experts say — but there is a longer-shot possibility.
Read MoreCan Trump Appeal His Federal Election Trial Date? What to Know.
The ex-president vowed to appeal a judge’s decision to schedule the start on his trial the day before Super Tuesday. He can’t disrupt the trial that way, legal experts say — but there is a longer-shot possibility.
Read MoreGallant meets US officials in NYC after Netanyahu said to bar talks in Washington
Defense minister talks with State Department’s Barbara Leaf, White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield during muted trip to US
Read MoreHurricane Idalia intensifying as it heads for landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast
Hurricane Idalia is gaining strength and barreling toward Florida where it is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday morning. Forecasters are warning of a catastrophic storm surge along with destructive winds, flooding rain and tornadoes. Amna
Read MoreNews Wrap: Jan. 6 victims speak in court ahead of former Proud Boys leader’s sentencing
In our news wrap Tuesday, victims of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol had their say in a federal court a day before former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three others will be sentenced for their roles in
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