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Pentagon backs army's right to repair its own weapons
Pentagon to seek 'Right to Repair' provisions in Army contracts

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Defense wants to change its contracts so the Army can fix its own weapons instead of always...

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...

Feature: Music offers pathway for China-U.S. understanding
Feature: Music offers pathway for China-U.S. understanding

Members of the Bard East-West Ensemble perform during the annual international conference of the US-China Music Institute at the China...

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...

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...

Back from the dead
Back from the dead

Trump is trying to rebuild the Iran nuclear deal he destroyed, then declare personal triumph, writes Linda Pentz Gunter There is deep...

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7 dead, 8 injured in tourist van crash near Yellowstone
Seven people killed in road crash near Yellowstone

BOISE, Idaho: Seven people died, and eight were hurt when a van carrying tourists crashed into a pickup truck and caught fire near...

Saudi Arabia to receive US missiles worth $3.5 billion
US State Dept approves $3.5 billion missile sale to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. State Department has approved a potential US$3.5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including AIM-120C-8...

Dozens dead as Israeli pilots continue to bombard Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes bomb two schools housing displaced Gazans

GAZA STRIP - From Tuesday night to dawn on Wednesday, Israel Air Force pilots were responsible for the ending of at least forty-nine...

Tesla sales plunge in Europe as Chinese rivals surge
Europeans continue to shun Tesla as April sales plunge

BRUSSELS, Belgium: Tesla's sales in Europe nosedived in April, with sharp drops across multiple countries, including an 81 percent...

Texas approves school vouchers for 5 million students
Texas governor signs largest US school voucher law

AUSTIN, Texas: Over the weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a new law that will let more than five million students use state...

U.S. moves to boost air traffic controller workforce
US offers incentives to boost air traffic hiring, retention

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Transportation Department says it is working to fix a significant shortage of air traffic controllers by...

Movie Review

Movie Review
The Incredible Shrinking Man [Blu-Ray]