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Senate passes bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent – CNN
Senate passes bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent – CNN

(CNN)The Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the United States. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the chamber by unanimous consent. The bill would still need to pass the House and be signed by Pre...

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Mar 16, 2022
Doug Emhoff, Vice President’s Husband, Tests Positive for the Coronavirus – The New York Times
Doug Emhoff, Vice President’s Husband, Tests Positive for the Coronavirus – The New York Times

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for the virus on Tuesday, an aide said, but Mr. Emhoff's positive test forced her to back out of an event with President Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris an...

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Mar 16, 2022
Russia Bombards Kyiv as European Leaders Arrive in Ukraine’s Capital – The Wall Street Journal
Russia Bombards Kyiv as European Leaders Arrive in Ukraine’s Capital – The Wall Street Journal

KYIV, Ukraine–A delegation of European leaders traveled to Kyiv and met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russia lobbed more missiles at the embattled capital amid heightened fighting in the city's outskirts. One missile destroyed a buildi...

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Mar 16, 2022
Lawmakers losing patience with White House as calls to help Ukraine grow louder
Lawmakers losing patience with White House as calls to help Ukraine grow louder

Those calls are poised to only grow louder on Wednesday after members of Congress hear fresh pleas for assistance directly from one man who is hunkered down in Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky is set to deliver a rare wartime sp...

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Mar 16, 2022
New satellite image shows the destruction of Russia’s equipment at a Kherson airport
New satellite image shows the destruction of Russia’s equipment at a Kherson airport

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg/Getty Images) US President Joe Biden is confronting a daily deluge of pressure from lawmakers on Capitol Hill to do more — and act faster — to help Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin intensifies his bloody attacks acr...

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Mar 16, 2022
Apple employees evacuate Cupertino campus following potential hazmat situation – Engadget
Apple employees evacuate Cupertino campus following potential hazmat situation – Engadget

Apple ordered the evacuation of a "portion" of its Apple Park headquarters on Tuesday after first responders from the Santa Clara County Fire Department found an envelope containing an unidentified powdery white substance, according to NBC Bay Area....

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Mar 15, 2022
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for Covid-19 – CNN
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for Covid-19 – CNN

(CNN)Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, according to a statement from the vice president's office. "Earlier today, the Second Gentleman tested positive for Covid-19," said Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary f...

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Mar 15, 2022
The conservative movement has a parenting problem. We need to talk about it.
The conservative movement has a parenting problem. We need to talk about it.

Across the country, conservative propaganda is helpingsell the Republican Party's claim that it's pro-parents. Policies that would bar educators from teaching American history accurately or prohibit lessons on gender and sexual orientation are ju...

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Mar 15, 2022
A new Selena album will be released in April, 27 years after her death
A new Selena album will be released in April, 27 years after her death

Enlarge this image American singer Selena rides in a carriage during a performance at Houston's Astrodome on Feb. 26, 1995. The performance was her last before the 23-year-old's murder the following month....

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Mar 15, 2022
Letters: Mosquito abatement | Do leaders care? | Gas tax | COVID safeguards | Santa Cruz rail | GOP responsibility
Letters: Mosquito abatement | Do leaders care? | Gas tax | COVID safeguards | Santa Cruz rail | GOP responsibility

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Let’s get on board with promising mosquito trial Re. “A better mosquito?” Page A1, March 14: Roughly 400 million people globally are infected each year with dengue,...

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Mar 15, 2022
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