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Dietary guidelines become mired in row over alcohol safety - Roll Call

An agency focused on underage drinking steps into a debate over how alcohol use impacts health and some lawmakers are not happy.

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Hungry foxes are having a ‘catastrophic’ impact on Australia’s juvenile freshwater turtles. There’s a push to change that

Turtle’s long lives may be masking extent of loss of young and eggs, experts say, with estimates that one species has declined in population by 90% or more

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Earl Blumenauer takes his last ride through Congress - Roll Call

As the Democrat prepares to retire from the House after nearly three decades, he will pass the Bike Caucus baton.

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House Democrats urge VA to find gun rider workaround - Roll Call

Rep. Mike Thompson led nearly 140 lawmakers in urging the VA to minimize the fallout from a gun-related policy rider in a new spending law.

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Milking it: bill aims to bring dairy staple back to US schools

Bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is determined to let kids drink full-fat milk in school, although critics say Congress is wasting its time

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How a team of Shropshire villagers rallied to save their local pub

The Falcon Inn in Hinstock lay empty and abandoned. After a huge community effort, it will reopen on Saturday

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Billionaires spent $800m snapping up California farms. Their mystery plan for a ‘utopian city’ is drawing suspicion

Secretive venture capitalists spent six years buying up farmland in Solano County with the dream of constructing an eco-friendly hamlet of the future, but not everyone is convinced, writes Joe Sommerlad

The Independent UK

Billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. They must convince voters first

Silicon Valley investors behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree got off to a rocky start with the voters they need to build a green new city in Northern California

The Independent UK

Billionaire group under scrutiny for plan to build ‘utopian city’ in California

Congressman says there would be a ‘whole bunch of hurdles’ the group would have to clear in order to build their city

The Independent UK

Kansas GOP leader wants to ban nonpartisan elections. Republicans are divided about it

The Kansas Republican Party’s new chairman wants to eliminate nonpartisan elections for cities, counties and school boards, throwing his weight behind the concept after the GOP-controlled state Senate earlier this year rejected a similar idea.

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Car expert warns kitchen cleaning staple can cause window tint to 'peel'

If you're wanting to clean your car at home rather than paying for an expensive professional job, you need to be careful which cleaning products to use as they could be doing more harm than good

Daily Mirror

Kansas passes anti-ESG bill, but it's milder than some want

A proposal designed to thwart environmentally and socially conscious investing has cleared the Kansas Legislature but divisions within its GOP majorities kept the measure from being a strong as some conservatives wanted

The Independent UK

Business backlash pushing GOP to weaken anti-ESG proposals

Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses

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New Ways and Means GOP members bring energy, agricultural focus - Roll Call

Newcomers on the GOP-led House Ways and Means Committee plan to focus on rural communities and a fossil fuel inclusive energy platform.

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Monterey Park police under fire for waiting five hours to warn that shooting suspect was on the run

A five-hour police delay in alerting the public that the California dance hall killer was on the run is throwing a spotlight on the nation's flawed, patchwork system for warnings of mass shooters at large

The Independent UK

Cops took 5 hours to warn dance hall shooter was on the run

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Unusual car hacks use cat litter and shaving foam to banish condensation

Household items could help beat misty windows for good this winter.

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Harry and Meghan join William and Kate to inspect tributes to Queen at Windsor Castle

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined Prince and Princess of Wales for a walkabout outside Windsor Castle

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Mourners at Windsor predict ‘top chap’ Charles will be ‘more modern’ king

Flowers continued to pile up outside the gates of the royal residence.

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Largest Kansas counties will recount abortion vote after roughly $120,000 raised

TOPEKA, Kan. — A partial recount of Kansas’ abortion rights vote will proceed after frantic fundraising to pay for a hand count of every ballot in the state fell short of the $230,000 needed.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Abortion rights are still in danger from radical politicians, Kansas voters be damned

Last week, Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson sent an email to supporters and constituents, bemoaning the landslide victory for abortion rights on Aug. 2.

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Gun Shooting Survivor Gabby Giffords Shares Her Story in New Film

Former Congresswomen and gun shooting survivor Gabby Giffords is sharing her story of recovery and determination in a new documentary released this week. "Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” recounts the former Democractic Representative's journey since she was seriously wounded in an attack at a gathering of constituents in Tucson, Arizona…

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Bipartisan Senate group strikes gun deal focused on school safety, mental health - Roll Call

A deal reached by 10 Democratic and GOP senators should have enough support to clear a filibuster, but doesn’t go as far as the House did.

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Biden renews calls for Congress to 'stand up' to gun lobby after Texas school shooting - Roll Call

No sooner than President Joe Biden had returned home, he was speaking to the country Tuesday as mourner-in-chief after another mass shooting.

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