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Letters to the Editor: Fine tow companies that leave car parts at accident scenes

Letter: At the east ramp entrance to Route 22 there are two bumpers and just a short distance further are two more and t...

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Cash is dying, but government plans to keep it alive

The use of physical currency has plummeted in recent years, but Australians will still be able to use it to buy essentia...

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Cash to stay king for essential products

The federal government will also call time on the use of cheques in the Australian economy, limiting their use from 2028...

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Watch: Seven arrested after gang assaults police in Tamil Nadu's Rajapalayam, video goes viral

A group of men attacked police officers in Rajapalayam town. The officers were investigating a fight. The men beat the o...

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World looks to G20 for breakthrough in climate talks

United Nations officials are urging G20 leaders to break the COP29 stalemate as wealthy nations ask more countries to he...

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Don Wooten: Trump transforming our democracy into a dictatorship

As more and more cabinet and government appointments come pouring out of Mar-a-Lago, voters - pro and con - are beginnin...

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High-Stake Battle In Maharashtra As Eknath Shinde, Fadnavis, Aaditya Among Top Candidates — IN PICS

High-Stake Battle In Maharashtra As Eknath Shinde, Fadnavis, Aaditya Among Top Candidates — IN PICS...

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After PM Modi’s challenge, Rahul Gandhi remembers Balasaheb Thackeray on death anniversary, but refrains from praising him

Days after PM Modi challenged the Shiv Sena (UBT) to get Congress to praise Balasaheb Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi posted a t...

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Other voices: Progressives now learn to love the Senate filibuster

After this election, progressives should send the previously vilified Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema a gift basket....

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Clarence Page: How Democrats let a rising generation of supporters slip away

Donald Trump’s winning strategy involved luring and enlisting a mostly male-oriented following that was largely voting...

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Edward Keegan: 3 Chicago museum exhibits show us something new about architecture

Three exhibitions in Chicago museums tell some interesting stories about Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar Miller and Germane Ba...

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Editorial: Trump’s immigration deportation plans need compassion and a dose of humanity

Donald Trump should reframe the immigration debate to promote legal avenues and seek consensus at all points....

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Sarah Moskowitz: ComEd’s coming spike in energy prices is an urgent call to us to move forward

ComEd customers will pay more because PJM's capacity auction favors generators over everyday consumers....

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J.D. Tuccille: Trump's focus should be on slashing government

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency a much better means of offsetting tax cuts than economy-killing tariffs...

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Letters: Can Mexican American who voted for Donald Trump really be ‘proud’ now?

Bottom line — Peterson voted for an individual who has vowed to deport his undocumented family members....

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Letter: Rock Island students, teachers showed dedication at ILMEA

I would like to send a big shout-out to music educators and music students at Rock Island High School. On Saturday, Nov....

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John Donald O'Shea: Edging closer to nuclear weapons in Ukraine

The notion that the country that once had the third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons can’t quickly build enough rudi...

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Letter: We are an ignorant country

Fear and racism from the “Make America White Again” party (formally know as the Republican party) has voted into the...

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The Tulsa World encourages letters to the editor. We can't print what we don't receive

"Whenever I hear a criticism that the Tulsa World leans one way or another when it comes to the letters to the editor we...

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Dan Lee: Wildcat Den State Park a wonderful place to decompress

From time to time, we all need to decompress a bit. I know the perfect place to do that – Wildcat Den State Park, loca...

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Parliament on the road to an unprecedented confidence crisis, but there are off-ramps

OTTAWA - If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for a...

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Shaming NHS managers doesn’t work – it has been tried before

Targets and relentless delivery culture does not lead to better care...

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Ask the Master Gardener: Northern sea oats a good choice for an ornamental grass

Northern sea oats reach 2-3 feet in height with a spread of 1-2.5 feet. It grows in full sun to part shade, preferring l...

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Behind the scenes of the Tooth Festival in Sri Lanka

Kandy Esala Perahera is a cultural masterpiece woven by the skilled hands of elephant costume makers, Geta Beraya drum a...

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Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit

US President Joe Biden will visit the Amazon en route to the G20 as his Brazilian counterpart seeks international suppor...

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Jury stalemate: Phan brothers await fate in murder trial

LOWELL — After more than 10 hours of deliberations over three days, the jury in the Phan brothers' murder trial passed...

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Letters: 'Shameful' hijacking of Remembrance Day won't be forgotten

Readers weigh in on Nov. 11 debacles, the Amsterdam pogrom, possible barbarians at the gates and more in letters to the ...

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Wike Is A Tool For Political Agendas – Sule Lamido

Former Governor of Jigawa State and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has taken a swip...

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Critical race theory, Euro-American pride and the genocide in Gaza

Proponents of CRT believe that racist practices are not individual or idiosyncratic, but are inherent in institutions, p...

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Karad South Assembly Election: Prithviraj Chavan eyes third term, faces Atul Bhosale again

Atul Bhosale was defeated by Prithviraj Chavan from Karad South in the last two Assembly elections, but he was able to b...

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China’s Xi tells Biden ready for ‘smooth transition’ to Trump’s new administration

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday he was ready to work with Donald Trump’s new administration for a “smooth...

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‘Kejriwal’s Hanuman’ & L-G pick to hoist Tricolour—Kailash Gahlot, 3rd Delhi minister to quit AAP since 2022

Apart from induction of new buses, including electric vehicles, in the DTC fleet, Gahlot also steered roll out of Delhi ...

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Nigel Farage shared a photo to prove he was in Clacton and got owned into next week – 15 top takedowns

One of Twitter’s favourite games these days, apart from deadnaming X and sharing Bluesky and Threads addresses, is ‘...

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PDP sweeps Zamfara LG poll, wins all chairmanship seats

The Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission, ZASIEC, has released the results of the election in the remaining tw...

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Pols & Politics: Massachusetts’ most expensive ballot question fight of the 2024 election

A fight between a teacher’s union and business groups over the fate of the MCAS is so far the most expensive ballot qu...

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Mob attacks ex-BJP MP Navneet Rana, supporters in Amravati; police arrest 45, detain 3

According to the details, Rana's supporters clashed with the accused in the crowd, while chairs were thrown at the BJP l...

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Pope Francis urges ‘human-centered’ approach to ‘climate finance’ at UN COP29 summit

VATICAN— Referencing the concept of “climate finance,” Pope Francis said in a message to the U.N. climate summit o...

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'Chappals My Electoral Symbol': Maharashtra Candidate Seeks Ban On Slippers Near Polling Booths Citing MCC Violation

The Independent candidate has sought to ban "chappals" within a 200-metre radius of polling booths, news agency PTI repo...

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Intel report says Bangladeshis given shelter in madrasas, Hemant Soren govt facilitated Aadhaar, land: JP Nadda

Addressing a rally in Jharkhand, BJP president J P Nadda accused the ruling JMM-led coalition of harboring Bangladeshi i...

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Actress Kasturi Shankar remanded to Puzhal Central Prison over derogatory remarks on Telugu community

Actress Kasturi Shankar was arrested in Hyderabad and remanded in judicial custody until November 29th by a Chennai cour...

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Choking on growth: India's economic rise marred by deadly pollution

The causes for the annual pollution crisis require the central government to draw up an implementable plan, months in ad...

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Senegal votes for lawmakers in test for new president

Jobs and the economy are top of mind as Senegalese voters head to the polls to elect members of the country's 165-seat a...

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Ogun LG polls: OGSIEC declares APC winner of all chairmanship, councillorship seats

The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the win...

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For the first time, the elimination of a cancer is within our reach

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 660,000 are diagnosed. As a consequence, children ar...

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UK 'planning Meloni-style deals' to pay other countries in bid to stop illegal migration

Yvette Cooper tipped to sign off agreements with Turkey, Vietnam and the Kurdish region...

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Opinion: Candidates aren’t always home run picks, and that’s OK

"Five-tool" standouts are rare in both baseball and politics. Let's focus instead on understanding the traits voters fin...

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Advocates warn a Trump presidency could be a threat to Maine immigrants

The president-elect has said he plans to oversee mass deportations when he takes office, and advocates are also worried ...

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Our View: Challenge to gun sale waiting period puts lawmakers’ seriousness to the test

Yes, we all saw this coming. That doesn’t make it any less vexing....

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Opinion: Why shouldn’t a woman become president?

The sad reality is that much of our country isn’t ready for it....

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Jim Fossel: Surprises, speculation and a possible fresh start

The 2024 election could wind up have a unifying effect....

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The Maine Millennial: Trans people had nothing to do with Harris’ loss

In the Democrats' blame game, nobody is safe....

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Virginia attorney general expects 'a lot more common sense' during Trump presidency

Virginia AG Miyares said he looks forward to "common sense" coming out of Washington with President Trump at the helm st...

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I study guys like Trump. There’s a reason they keep winning

Democrats walked into the trap of defending the very institutions – the “establishment” – that most voters distr...

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Opinion: Trump’s mass deportation plan has its leaders in place

Polls show that a majority of Americans are convinced that immigration is out of control. Are they prepared for the pain...

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Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter

Ottawa will offer financial compensation to Inuit in Nunavik for the devastation caused by the mass slaughter of their s...

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Opinion: Why does Israel fight on?

Its strategy appears to be aimed at turning itself into a regional superpower, armed and backed diplomatically by the Un...

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Hal Phillips: Cassette-tape revival? Hipsters need a primer on what they’re getting into

One must have achieved a certain age in order to remember cassette tapes and what made them so special. But that doesn�...