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The Madison WI Capitol Times
- Live from Cap Times Idea Fest: What's the best case for Wisconsin's future economy? September 22, 2017In today's episode, five panelists from the realms of business, finance and higher education weigh in on the future economy.
- Daniel Schwartz: In Trump's zero-sum game on race, America loses September 22, 2017Consistent in Trump’s 12 books is his philosophy that in order for one person to win, someone else has to lose. Data show that for affirmative action programs, that's simply not true.
- Measure jeopardizing sidewalks and bike paths survives Scott Walker's veto September 22, 2017The ban on eminent domain was slipped into the budget without debate.
- Steve Klafka: City response to Kipp's PCB contamination is inadequate September 22, 2017Dear Editor: It was recently reported that Madison-Kipp is moving slowly to investigate and remove polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCB contamination, in the community rain garden along the Capital City Trail bike path. For those familiar with Kipp and the Superfund…
- Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan: Anti-fascist heroines then and now September 22, 2017Like Anne Frank and Sophie Scholl before her, Heather Heyer was killed resisting fascism. Let all their stories inspire a new wave of bold resistance.
- Recalls this week: infant bib and bootie sets, lawn tractors September 22, 2017A line of infant bib and bootie sets are being recalled because a piece poses a choking hazard. Other recalled consumer products this week include lawn tractors with potentially faulty transmissions.
- Live from Cap Times Idea Fest: Tammy Baldwin's conversation with David Maraniss September 22, 2017In today's episode of the podcast, Tammy Baldwin talks about how her childhood shaped her politics.
- Bill Dagnon: Tell senators to vote against Graham-Cassidy bill September 22, 2017Dear Editor: Most people know a family member, friend, or neighbor who has had a traumatic health problem. In our family it was when our 2-year-old son ran into the highway as a car came over the hill. Comprehensive health…
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- Hurricane Maria Live Updates: Structural Damage at Dam Prompts Evacuations in Puerto Rico September 23, 2017A dam in northwestern Puerto Rico suffered structural damage on Friday, the governor said at a news conference, prompting evacuations of areas nearby in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
- Let Right-Wing Speakers Come to Berkeley? Faculty Is Divided September 22, 2017Students looking to the faculty and administration for guidance on how to interpret the free speech issue are seeing deep divisions among their leaders.
- Puerto Rico Faces Mountain of Obstacles on the Road to Recovery September 22, 2017For an island long crippled by enormous debt and an essentially bankrupt financial system, Puerto Rico’s road back has gone from long to seemingly endless.
- For Puerto Ricans Off the Island, a Struggle to Make Contact After Maria September 21, 2017With all power out and most cell towers down, many Puerto Ricans found themselves unable to communicate with loved ones on the storm-ravaged island.
- Hurricane Maria Updates: In Puerto Rico, the Storm ‘Destroyed Us’ September 22, 2017Puerto Ricans are facing the crushing devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria — splintered homes, uprooted trees and floodwaters coursing through streets.
- Maria Strikes, and Puerto Rico Goes Dark September 21, 2017Less than two weeks after Hurricane Irma, a new storm made a direct hit on the island, knocking out its power grid.
- Battle Over Confederate Monuments Moves to the Cemeteries September 21, 2017Calls to remove cemetery monuments are raising questions. Are such monuments really on public display? Should they be treated like the ones in public squares?
- ‘The Pills Are Everywhere’: How the Opioid Crisis Claims Its Youngest Victims September 20, 2017Increasingly, toddlers and young children are being found unconscious or dead after consuming an adult’s drugs.
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The New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Bourbon Street reconstruction cost doubles, start of 2nd half delayed to May 2018 August 23, 2017Final cost has jumped from original estimate of $6 million to over $13 million.
- CVS to place new limits on opioid prescriptions: report September 23, 2017The changes will take effect in February.
- 'Dedicated' Isidore Newman School teacher dies at 28, school says September 22, 2017Shawn Riley also taught with ReNEW Schools and at John McDonogh High School.
- US tells 21 states hackers targeted their election systems; Russia seen as culprit September 22, 2017The federal government on Friday told election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached.
- The New York Times executive editor: Support local journalism September 22, 2017Dean Baquet is a New Orleans native who used to work for The Times-Picayune.
- Mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock denies lewd conduct charge September 22, 2017Scurlock was charged after a prosecutor said he was found masturbating in the back of an Uber.
- Betsy DeVos travels with her own plane at 'zero cost' to US taxpayers September 22, 2017The Michigan billionaire also plans to donate her salary.
- New Orleans' newest playground opens Sunday on the Lafitte Greenway September 22, 2017City officials will celebrate with a second line at Lafitte Street and North Claiborne Avenue.
The Guardian, UK
- Puerto Rico evacuates 70,000 after dam fails in Hurricane Maria's wake September 22, 2017National Weather Service says: ‘This is an extremely dangerous situation’Maria knocked out island’s power and several rivers hit record flood levelsOfficials are rushing to evacuate tens of thousands of people from their homes in western Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria inflicted structural damage on a dam and unleashed “extremely dangerous” flash floods.So […]
- Germany faces first far-right party in parliament since second world war September 22, 2017Alternative für Deutschland could become main opposition group if Merkel keeps her coalition together, bringing raft of entitlements to populist partyGermany is bracing itself for a watershed moment in its postwar history, with an overtly nationalist party is set to emphatically enter the country’s parliament for the first time in almost six decades.Rightwin […]
- New Zealand election: voting begins as Ardern and English fight closest battle in years September 22, 2017Jacinda Ardern’s revitalised Labour party is looking to upset prime minister Bill English’s plans for a fourth term for NationalFollow all the results on our live blog when polling closesVoting opens on Saturday for New Zealand’s most exciting general election in years, with New Zealanders asked to decide between the status quo of National or taking a punt o […]
- Macron takes a page from Trump to change France's labour laws September 22, 2017French president signs set of controversial executive orders in the style of US leader during televised ceremony in Élysée Palace The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has signed a controversial set of executive orders making sweeping changes to France’s complex labour laws at a highly stage-managed ceremony in the style of the US president, Donald Trump. T […]
- John McCain says he can't vote for Republican plan to replace Obamacare September 22, 2017Republican senator’s stance will make it increasingly difficult for party leaders to get the votes they need to eliminate the Affordable Care ActRead John McCain’s statement in fullJohn McCain said on Friday he could not “in good conscience” vote for the latest Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), dealing a potentially fatal blow to […]
- Brazil's army returns to Rio favela amid clashes between gangs and police September 22, 2017Army heads to Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro after schools, businesses and a major road closed during fighting between drug gang members and policeAfter almost a week of intense gun battles between rival drug gangsters and the police, Brazil’s army has been deployed to encircle the sprawling Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro. A spokesperson for military com […]
- Japan braces as North Korea threatens hydrogen bomb test in Pacific September 22, 2017Kim Jong-un warns ‘deranged’ Trump he will ‘pay dearly’ for North Korea threatsTrump says Kim ‘who is obviously a madman’ will be ‘tested like never before’Japan must brace itself for the possible launch of a nuclear-armed North Korean missile over its territory if the regime carries out a threat to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s defence […]
- Kalashnikov statue altered after sculptor's monumental error September 22, 2017Tribute to famous Russian rifle creator unveiled in Moscow mistakenly depicted German second world war gun insteadWorkers have removed part of a new monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the Soviet Union’s AK-47 assault rifle, after eagle-eyed Russians noticed that it mistakenly depicted a German second world war weapon. Related: 30ft-high statue […]
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- Russia: Trump and Kim are like 'children in a kindergarten' September 22, 2017Russia's foreign minister says Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are acting like fighting schoolchildren.
- McCain torpedoes Republican Obamacare repeal plan again September 23, 2017The senator says he "cannot in good conscience" approve the plan, which is backed by President Trump.
- Miss Turkey stripped of her crown over coup tweet September 22, 2017The beauty pageant's organisers say they discovered the "unacceptable" tweet after the ceremony.
- Puerto Rico dam failure 'imminent' after Hurricane Maria September 23, 2017More than 70,000 people who live near the dam are warned they face "a life-threatening situation".
- Brazil's army sent to quell Rio favela violence September 22, 2017Soldiers are sent to help Rio police after heavily-armed drug gangs fought over its biggest favela.
- Indonesia: Bali volcano highest alert issued September 23, 2017About 10,000 people are evacuated amid fears an eruption on the Indonesian island could be imminent.
- Alarm as 'super malaria' spreads in South East Asia September 22, 2017The usual treatments are failing 60% of the time in some regions of Cambodia, scientists say.
- Canada targets senior Venezuelan officials with sanctions September 22, 2017Canada says it "will not stand by silently" as it targets 40 senior Venezuelan officials.
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