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EPA to cancel 800 grants, including all for environmental justice
Washington Post: US EPA canceling all environmental justice grants

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is canceling nearly 800 grants, including...

Automakers urge Congress to block California gas car ban
Automakers want Congress to bar California 2035 electric vehicle plan

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Major automobile companies want Congress to stop California's plan to ban the sale of gas-only cars by 2035—a rule...

Philly's forgotten history as a hub of anarchism with a thriving radical Yiddish press
Philly's forgotten history as a hub of anarchism with a thriving radical Yiddish press

On a late summer day in 1906, a small group of newly arrived Jewish immigrants in Philadelphia took a streetcar across town to Fairmount...

The legal limits of Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia
The legal limits of Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28, 2025, that demands the U.S. attorney general, in coordination with the...

Pennsylvania Guard Medical Unit Gains Vital Experience During Field Exercise
Pennsylvania Guard Medical Unit Gains Vital Experience During Field Exercise

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers with the 108th Medical Company Area Support, 213th Regional Support...

Raiders name Anthony Patch Senior Personnel Executive
Raiders name Anthony Patch Senior Personnel Executive

Raiders Communications HENDERSON, Nev.Anthony Patch has joined the Las Vegas Raiders as a Senior Personnel Executive, the club announced...

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Mexico plans to cut work week to 40 hours by 2030
Mexico plans gradual reduction to 40-hour work week by 2030

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Mexico is laying the groundwork to reduce its standard work week from 48 to 40 hours by 2030, Labor and Social...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. plans overhaul of vaccine testing, report says
Health Secretary will ensure all new vaccines undergo placebo testing

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to change how vaccines are tested, according...

US House votes to block California’s zero-emission truck plan
US House rescinds approval for California heavy-duty truck rules

WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a challenge to California's push for cleaner transportation, the U.S. House of Representatives voted this week...

Two measles cases confirmed in Cook County
Illinois health officials confirm two measles cases in Cook County

CHICAGO, Illinois: The Chicago and Cook County health departments say that two people in Cook County have measles. These are the...

EPA to cancel 800 grants, including all for environmental justice
Washington Post: US EPA canceling all environmental justice grants

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is canceling nearly 800 grants, including...

Forced disappearances continue to haunt Syrian families
Syrian doctor's plea for people of Syria

I will never forget that fateful moment when I was just 11 years old, walking back home from school with my friend. Unfortunately,...

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