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Harris focuses on shaping a post-conflict Gaza during a diplomatic blitz in Dubai with Arab leaders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a speed round of diplomatic talks with Arab leaders on Saturday where she focused on shaping the outlook for a post-conflict Gaza while calling on Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians from the...
US targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection...
Don't ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming — and they have the pope's blessing. Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday's high-level speeches at the U.N. climate summit to press rich industrial countries...
AP Exclusive: America's Black attorneys general discuss race, politics and the justice system
BOSTON (AP) — The American legal system is facing a crisis of trust in communities around the country, with people of all races and across the political spectrum. For many, recent protests against police brutality called attention to longstanding discrepancies in the administration...
Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle two delicate tasks this weekend in Dubai: She'll try to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden 's notable absence from an annual summit on climate change and she'll work to nudge forward fragile efforts to...
Vice President Harris will attend COP28 climate conference in Dubai
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday. This weekend's trip for COP28 appears to have been hastily arranged, since her staff recently said she...
Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy
ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most. A gathering of first ladies and...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. November 17, 2023. Editorial: What ‘middle’ is Manchin looking for? Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said this week he’d consider a third-party presidential run on a centrist ticket representing “the radical middle” of U.S. politics, if it...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 18 The New York Times on the COVID learning loss: In the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress sent $190 billion in aid to schools, stipulating that 20 percent of the funds had to...
Los Angeles freeway closed after arson fire set to fully reopen before Monday morning's rush hour
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed for more than a week because of an arson fire is expected to reopen ahead of Monday morning's commute, a day earlier than previously announced and weeks ahead of the original estimate, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday. ...
