Would a Texas law take away workers' water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127
Opponents of a sweeping Texas bill blocking local governments from enforcing their laws say it would deprive workers of water breaks during a historic heat wave, among other dangers
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Hurricane Hilary prompts historic tropical storm warning for California as Southwest braces for dangerous rain, flooding
Residents in the Southwest are bracing for heavy rains and potentially catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Hilary is expected to pummel the region as a rare tropical storm beginning Sunday and lasting into next week.
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Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage
Public health advocates say Georgia appears to be doing little to promote its new Medicaid plan or enroll people in it
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Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?
Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar
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Why F-16 jets can't come soon enough for Ukraine
The depth and frequency of craters across the frontline city of Orikhiv are a blunt example of why Ukraine needs F-16 fighter jets urgently.
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Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays
The Los Angeles Angels turned their first triple play in 26 years during the ninth inning of Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays
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Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
Thousands of migrants from the West African country of Mauritania have arrived in the U.S. in recent months, following a new route taking them to Nicaragua and up through the southern border
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Japan's Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his government continues working to promote understanding over the controversial plan at home and abroad
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Hundreds of Mexican cultural artifacts were detained and returned to Mexico by US CBP
More than 200 Mexican artifacts seized by US customs agents, some dating to 900 BC, have been repatriated to the government of Mexico.
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Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
Lawyers and unions representing rail workers say there is a clear pattern across the industry of railroads retaliating against workers who report safety violations or injuries on the job
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Chinese military launches drills around Taiwan as 'warning' after top island official stopped in US
China’s defense ministry says its military has launched drills around Taiwan as a “stern warning” over what it calls collusion between “separatists and foreign forces,” days after the island’s vice president stopped over in the United States
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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law
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