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Britain and France sued over Channel deaths
December 21, 2021"Serious failings” in a search and rescue operation may have contributed to the deaths of 27 people in the Channel last month, an expert report filed as part of a legal challenge has claimed.
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Key role for union workers, in $9.5B JFK Airport rebuild
December 21, 2021Some 6,000 unionized construction workers to start the project in mid-2022.
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Millionaire Manchin’s coal money behind his knifing of Build Back Better
December 21, 2021Angry Dems and other supporters of the legislation trying to see if it is possible to save at least some parts of the bill.
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Despite Manchin’s blow to Build Back Better, Biden boosts fuel economy standards to fight climate change
December 21, 2021The final standards will contribute toward a goal set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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D.C. sues white supremacist groups, 26 leaders for damages from Jan. 6 insurrection
December 20, 2021D.C. AG Karl Racine is using the 1871 Civil Rights Act, originally designed to target the Ku Klux Klan, to uncover who funded the groups.
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