CBS News,
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Li Cohen
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A tropical storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, just a day after the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA forecasters said. Tropical Storm Arlene becomes the first named storm of the season. The system started as just a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday night, with only a 20% chance of becoming a cyclone within 48 hours. But by early Thursday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said it could become a tropical storm, with a 70% chance of development. It was originally dubbed Invest 91L before upgrading to Tropical Depression Two, and now
National Review,
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Jeff Zymeri
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6/1/2023 1:15:51 PM
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Senator Tim Kaine (D., Va.) introduced an amendment on Thursday to strip a provision in the debt-ceiling bill that would expedite the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In a concession proposed by the White House, the version of the debt-ceiling deal that passed the House Wednesday night included a provision stripping the courts of their ability to review any permit or authorization granted to the project by an executive agency, allowing the pipeline to finally be completed after years of litigation. (Snip) Kaine is furious he wasn’t consulted and that the normal permitting process is being circumvented. “It’s extremely
Mediaite,
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Ken Meyer
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6/1/2023 12:57:09 PM
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Fox Business is canceling Lisa Kennedy Montgomery’s self-named weekday show, Kennedy. Broadcasting & Cable learned that the network is scrapping Kennedy at 7:00 p.m. ET in order to run reruns of the Larry Kudlow show, Kudlow. Kennedy will hold its final program today, and Kudlow will air in its time slot from Monday through Thursday starting June 5. Kennedy is expected to remain at Fox News and remain a recurring figure on Outnumbered, The Five, and other programs.
More from the programming shuffle: Fridays are also seeing a change at Fox Business, with Wall Street Journal at Large with Gerry
WPHL-TV [Philadelphia PA],
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Jessica Yakubovsky
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5/31/2023 6:25:07 PM
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Philadelphia’s Pride March and Festival is back and better than ever. This Sunday, June 4, Galaei invites the entire LGBTQ+ community and allies to celebrate “Love, Light and Liberation” at the 2023 Philadelphia Pride March and Festival. The march will begin at 6th and Walnut Streets at 10:30 a,m, followed by the unveiling of a record-breaking 200 feet long Pride Flag, speeches, music, and so much more. The march will then go all the way up to the Gayborhood where the festival will take place from 12- 7 p.m. The festival will feature over 200 small businesses, performers, entertainers, artists
KCNC-TV [Denver, CO],
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Brian Maass
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A Denver woman says she was just engaging in some "retail therapy" as she shopped at a Ross Dress for Less store on South Colorado Boulevard just before closing time earlier this month. But as she was checking out, she couldn't believe what happened. "It happened really fast. It was really loud and scary," said the shopper, who asked that her name be withheld as she feared retaliation. Three people entered the store, grabbed suitcases and bags from the store and began stuffing them with whatever they could get their hands on. The female shopper said the chaos went on
Washington Examiner,
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Jack Elbaum
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5/30/2023 6:27:51 PM
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Last Thursday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held an event with law enforcement personnel and other “community leaders” to unveil his Memorial Day weekend “safety plan.” Holiday weekends in Chicago are notoriously violent, so Johnson’s attempt to curb it constituted his first “big test” as mayor. The consistent and senseless violence on holiday weekends is also why it was disappointing to hear so little substance during the event. Johnson briefly discussed how the Office of Emergency Management and Communications would “monitor citywide events and weather conditions” and all relevant agencies would coordinate with one another. He also tweeted that Chicago police
Associated Press,
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Zenel Zhinipotoku
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Llazar Semini
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5/30/2023 2:11:38 PM
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PRISTINA, Kosovo -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the military organization will send 700 more troops to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests after clashes with ethnic Serbs there left 30 international soldiers wounded. “We have decided to deploy 700 more troops from the operational reserve force for Western Balkans,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Oslo, after talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. He said that NATO would also "put an additional battalion of reserve forces on high readiness so they can also be deployed if needed. These are prudent steps.” A battalion typically ranges from 300
Associated Press,
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Staff
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5/29/2023 9:43:04 PM
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PARACHUTE, Colo. — A Colorado student barred from wearing a sash representing the flags of Mexico and the United States to her high school graduation did so anyway, partially covering it with another sash representing her participation in a service organization. “Always stand up for what you believe in,” Grand Valley High School graduate Naomi Peña Villasano told the Post Independent of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after receiving her diploma on Saturday in the west-central Colorado town of Parachute. Peña Villasano's case is the latest dispute in the U.S. about what kind of cultural graduation attire is allowed at commencement ceremonies.
The Hill [Washington DC],
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Zack Budryk
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5/29/2023 8:02:17 PM
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The idea that polluters should pay reparations for climate change is gaining steam among advocates. Some environmentalists and academics argue the companies or states that are most significantly contributing to the climate crisis should be made to compensate the people bearing the brunt of its impacts. Advocates have been calling for such reparations for years, especially since evidence emerged that fossil fuel companies were aware of the impact of carbon emissions. But the idea is now more practically achievable due to scientific advances, said Adrien Salazar, policy director at the nonprofit Grassroots Global Justice. He pointed to the increased sophistication
WTVO-TV [Rockford IL],
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John Clark
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5/29/2023 11:41:28 AM
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CHICAGO, Ill. — Nine people have been killed and 34 wounded — including 3 teenagers and 2 toddlers — over the Memorial Day Weekend so far, according to police. Chicago Police reported the two 2-year-old children were shot in separate incidents on Saturday, according to WGN. The violence began Friday night at North Avenue Beach. It continued throughout the weekend, despite Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new anti-crime initiatives, which included dispersing a team of “Peacekeepers” throughout the city. The Peacekeeper program is funded by the Reimagine Public Safety Act, a $250 million anti-violence initiative created as a reaction to the murder
Washington Examiner,
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Heather Hamilton
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5/29/2023 10:50:30 AM
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One Michigan school official admitted his district’s move to using electric buses was less than the government has touted it to be. Emile Lauzzana, the environmental sustainability director of Michigan’s fourth-largest school district, recently told the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education that the district’s electric bus fleet has had “a lot of downtime and performance issues.” It’s been a tough 2 1/2 years with this program,” Lauzzana said. “We’ve been learning a lot about this technology,” Lauzzana also said. “Electric buses are approximately five times more expensive than regular buses, and the electrical infrastructure, which was originally estimated
Fox News,
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Lindsay Kornick
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5/28/2023 8:44:33 PM
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Republicans’ "obsession" with work requirements are "offensive" to poor people and could produce a backlash, CNN political commentator Ashley Allison said on Sunday.. She appeared on a panel discussion during "State of the Union" to react to the news that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling after months of debate. McCarthy has argued that while some Republicans were unhappy with the concessions in the agreement, there is "not one thing in the bill for Democrats." One of the Republicans’ concessions, however, included removing work requirements for social programs like Medicaid and
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They love slapping a name on what is basically an area of rain showers and some breezes. The storm is moving south - away from land - and will never amount to a hill of beans.