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Law and Government
California board diversity mandates reduced companies’ value, study shows
Race and gender quotas are bad for business. In laws passed in 2018 and 2020, California’s legislature required corporations to…
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Civil servants, not Biden political appointees, came up with idea of removing William Penn’s statue
Federal bureaucrats are overwhelmingly Democrats or progressives, and can sometimes push left-wing policies that create political headaches for even a…
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Business
In-N-Out Burger is moving operations from California to Tennessee
In-N-Out Burger, a classic family-owned California company, is gradually relocating its corporate offices to Tennessee. It’s doing that even though…
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Economy
Supporting privatization and government accountability doesn’t make you a fascist
Opposing big government and supporting government accountability doesn’t make you a fascist. Indeed, fascism was big government. Yet, progressives will call…
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Foreign Affairs
Turkey rapidly doubles its solar power
Turkey “has doubled its solar capacity in just 2.5 years,” reports Ember. Its “solar energy capacity doubled from 9.7 GW…
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Foreign Affairs
Libyan authorities ban rap music to prevent youth from engaging in ‘sex work, suicide or rebellion’
Libyan authorities are banning rap music on the grounds that it might incite young people to “sex work, suicide, or…
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Foreign Affairs
Trump imposes 25% tariff on aluminum and steel, which will wipe out industrial jobs
“President Donald Trump on Monday imposed a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States with…
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Science and Technology
Two nations eliminate horrific diseases
“Last week, the World Health Organization reported that two African countries have defeated a parasite: In Guinea, public health authorities…
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Science and Technology
More rice can be grown without harming the environment
“Rice farming is an underrated driver of climate change, responsible for roughly one tenth of global methane emissions. The problem…
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Science and Technology
Bigger, better drones are being built to fight huge wildfires
“Several startups are developing a new generation of autonomous aerial vehicles that more closely resemble airplanes than the small quadcopters…
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Foreign Affairs
India doubles its tiger population
“India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat…
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Science and Technology
Robot insect paves the way for robotic pollination of crops
“MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the…
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Education
Gender gap disappears in Africa’s primary education systems
In Sub-Saharan Africa, less than half of all girls used to complete primary school. Today, seven out of ten do,…
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Science and Technology
Scientists develop patch of living cells that can repair damaged hearts
“For heart transplants there is a shortage of available organs, while artificial heart pumps are expensive and come with a…
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Foreign Affairs
Genocidal militia shells market in Sudan’s second-largest city, killing many
A militia that has taken over much of the nation of Sudan attacked a market in Sudan’s second-largest city, killing…
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Economy
America could get poorer due to Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico
The Trump administration has confirmed that 25 percent tariffs will be imposed on Canadian and Mexican imports starting February 1.…
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Economy
Major hydrogen reserves may be lurking beneath 30 states
“A first-of-its-kind map of the United States has revealed the likely locations of huge, naturally occurring hydrogen reserves,” reports Live…
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Science and Technology
9 nations eradicated a devastating disease in 2024
“Cape Verde and Egypt became malaria-free. Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis, the disfiguring parasite that causes a condition…
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Law and Government
Biden freed drug lord who murdered 8-year-old boy and his mother to keep them from testifying
President Biden “gave clemency to a drug lord in Connecticut who murdered an 8-year-old boy and his mother to stop…
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Media peddled misinformation during the California fires
Recently, fires in the Los Angeles area destroyed thousands of homes and inflicted tens of billions of dollars in damage.…
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Education
Americans are getting dumber, study says
A recent study indicates that, for the first time in a century, Americans’ IQ has fallen. The professors who conducted…
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Near-extinct Siberian crane makes a comeback
“Over the past decade, the population of the critically endangered Siberian crane has increased by nearly 50%,” reports Mongabay. The…
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Foreign Affairs
Sudan’s military kills hundreds after retaking major city from opposing militia
Sudan is in the middle of a bloody civil war in which both sides are brutal toward civilians, killing large…
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Law and Government
Ottawa spends billions on light rail to make travel take longer
Ottawa has spent billions of dollars on light rail so that it will take longer to get to the airport…
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Education
Thousands of school laptops stolen, end up in China, Africa, Middle East, Latin America
“Tens of thousands of laptops, iPads, and cellphone hot spots” owned by the Chicago public schools “were lost or stolen…
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Law and Government
Some California environmental laws encouraged fire-prone development, making fires more destructive
“California environmental law as currently written basically encourages more housing development outside the urban core, which makes catastrophes like the…
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Law and Government
Certificate-of-need laws make healthcare more expensive, but bill to reform them dies in Virginia
Legislators in a subcommittee killed a bill in the Virginia legislature that would have reformed the state’s obsolete and costly…
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Unyielding
Snow leopard population doubles in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has successfully doubled its snow leopard population to around 180. The country’s ecology minister says, “Thanks to efforts in…
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Science and Technology
Biotech advances reduce the suffering of livestock
“Industrial agriculture has been a massive boon to both humanity and wild nature, but it is unfortunately responsible for significant…
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Business
Virginia bills would require rent-control ordinances to cap rent below inflation
Raising rent to keep up with inflation isn’t what most people would consider “rent gouging,” even when the landlord has…
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Science and Technology
British spacecraft captures close-up images of Mercury
Mercury is a weird planet. It’s incredibly hot on the side facing the Sun (800 degrees), but very cold on…
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Law and Government
Legislator proposes raising Virginia state income tax rate to 10% for high-income households
In Virginia, a Democratic Delegate, Phil Hernandez, has introduced legislation to raise state income taxes on people making over $1…
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Science and Technology
Drug to extend dogs’ life may lead to human life extensions
In 2025, Loyal, a biotech start-up, expects to start selling “a daily, beef-flavored pill” that “could give dogs a minimum…
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Business
Chick-fil-A’s lemon-squeezing robots save 10,000 hours of labor per day
Bloomberg News reports that squeezing hundreds of millions of lemons per year to make lemonade was so labor-intensive for Chick-fil-A…
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Space probe survives closest-ever approach to the Sun
“NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed the closest-ever approach to the Sun by a human-made spacecraft, coming within 3.8 million miles…
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Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence will make communication with animals possible
“Researchers are building an AI system that they hope will, one day, allow humans to understand the many languages that…
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