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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – If you’ve ever fished off a pier, swum in a public pool, played ball on a local field or hiked in a state park, you’ve likely benefited from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. That program could be permanently reauthorized this...
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EFE Caracas – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Saturday that he is breaking off all political and diplomatic ties with the Colombian government and gave Colombian officials 24 hours to get out of the country. “My patience is exhausted, I can no longer bear it that the territory of...
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Suzanne Potter Public News Service CARSON CITY, Nev. – As expected, progressive groups slammed President Donald Trump’s lengthy State of the Union speech Tuesday night, calling it hypocritical and full of untruths. The president spoke at length about unity, but then railed against illegal immigration and turned the spotlight...
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EFE Pekín – Chinos a lo largo del país y en las comunidades del extranjero dieron el 5 de febrero la bienvenida al Año Nuevo lunar, en el que el despreocupado y generoso cerdo, duodécimo símbolo del horóscopo, sustituye al alegre pero inconformista perro. Durante una semana, el país...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The concept of a “Green New Deal” (GND), first called for in a 2007 New York Times op-ed by Thomas Friedman, has been in the news lately thanks to a protest outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office in mid-November a week after the 2018 mid-term elections...
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Eduard Ribas i Admetlla EFE Mexico City – During the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War, the Mexican government opened its doors to Republican intellectuals so they could practice their disciplines in what would become The College of Mexico. Today, eight decades later, this academic institution prepares to receive Spanish Prime...
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EFE Mexico City – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday January 15 that the people behind the fuel-theft racket blamed for some $3.4 billion in losses last year continue to damage pipelines, making it hard to fix the supply problem that several states are suffering. “The people running...
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Antionette Kerr Public News Service NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In one of his last acts as governor, Bill Haslam has granted the prospect of freedom to Cyntoia Brown, commuting her life sentence for murder with eligibility for parole in early August. Brown, who said she was a victim of child...
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EFE Tokio – Japón ha impuesto a partir de hoy una nueva tasa fiscal a cada pasajero que salga del país por avión o por barco, con el fin de financiar iniciativas para asistir a los turistas, según informó el Gobierno de Tokio. La tasa, de 1.000 yenes (8,07...