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Elon Musk says merging Tesla and SpaceX is a good idea. Why?
Musk, who is CEO of both companies, says there is "a lot to be gained" from the merger, which would be the biggest in history.
News BBC US & Canada
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Trump Axed Her CDC Job. Now She Might Help Democrats Take The Georgia House.
Beth Fuller is running in a GOP district, but says residents are worried about democracy being dismantled: “We don’t want to live in a one-party system.”
News HuffPost Politics
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WA hospitals could lose $6 billion from HR 1 cuts, Cantwell report says
Hospitals in WA could lose nearly $6 billion by 2033 due to HR 1 cuts to Medicaid, according to a new report from Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office.
News Seattle Times Politics
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Seattle City Council approves RV permit program, stricter parking rules
The bills now await the signature of Mayor Katie Wilson, whose team has expressed concerns about the cost and consequences for people who may lose their vehicles.
News Seattle Times Politics
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Communal voting? This Seattle block has been doing it for 36 years
Since 1990 some Montlake neighbors have been holding a "voting party," where they gather to vote over dinner. It's a departure from voting as a private, solitary act.
News Seattle Times Politics
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Is I-645 a ‘$13 billion tax break’ for millionaires and billionaires?
I-645 would repeal a high-earners income tax that hasn't taken effect yet but could collect $13 billion — eventually. Tax break? You decide.
News Seattle Times Politics
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What Seattle’s District 5 candidates view as top concerns
In Lake City, both candidates say the lack of a supermarket and pharmacy is unacceptable and promise to personally recruit replacements for shuttered stores.
News Seattle Times Politics
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With gas prices skyrocketing, can electric vehicles actually save you money?
Soaring gas prices have been a constant concern since the war on Iran started in February. But many electric vehicle owners are insulated from the pain at the pump.Yet, is it worth it to buy an electric vehicle, especially after federal tax credits ended last year? There are many…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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I'm not shocked that systems fail sexual assault survivors
Since the story broke about Jane Doe at Cornell University, I’ve heard a lot about how shocking it is: the gang rape she alleged, the inaction by men in that group chat, the disappointing response by the prestigious institution and the decision by prosecutors not to bring…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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Dear Abby: Husband's interest wanes after wife's surgeries
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for many years. We are both over 60. About eight years ago, I was diagnosed with, had surgery for and rehabbed from a benign brain tumor. It left me with considerable facial paralysis that I had further surgery to repair — all in…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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Put in the work to equip Americans in manufacturing jobs
America wants to make more things here at home. But there is a basic constraint we do not talk about enough: A factory is only as useful as the people who know how to run it.Manufacturing employed more than 12.6 million Americans in August, including more than 571,000 in…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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Animals in the wild are worthy of personal pronouns
I was so pleased to read Sun-Times reporter Robert Herguth’s recent story about the growing presence of raptors in the Chicago area, which you can easily see for yourself while driving down the road. We have an enormous responsibility to watch out for our wild brethren and do…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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Restrict surveillance systems before America falls down an Orwellian abyss
The palm-lined streets of Pasco County, Florida, might seem worlds away from the blustery Chicago winters, but they share a chilling commonality: Both have used predictive policing against their most vulnerable residents.For years, the Pasco County sheriff’s office ran a…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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This chart shows just how rapidly Ebola is spreading
The Ebola virus is spreading at an unprecedented rate this year. In the first five months since the outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 9,415 confirmed cases and 4,536 deaths in the country. While the virus…
News Vox
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New Cape Cod retreat promises grieving families respite
Families can stay at the home for one week for free, with no agenda.
News WBUR
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In New England, towns are using a very old approach to take on data centers
Towns and cities across the region are using tools of local control to slow or stop data center development within their borders.
News WBUR
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Witkoff Asks Putin To Resume Three-Way Ukraine Peace Talks, Secures Release Of U.S. Citizen
The Russian president also offered to help U.S. President Donald Trump in dealing with Iran.
News HuffPost Politics
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2026 Illinois Midterm Elections Voter Guide
News Chicago Sun-Times
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Fearing ICE, some Chicago immigrants shift work, daily life to nighttime hours
Before leaving home, even to do his laundry at a nearby laundromat, Gustavo Dominguez says a prayer. He asks God to let him return home safely.It was evening as Dominguez, 49, and his wife Patricia Dávila, 67, loaded their laundry bags into the trunk of their car and headed…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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Donald Trump Dodges JD Vance 2028 Endorsement Question, With Vance Right Behind Him
The president was asked point-blank whether he would endorse his vice president.
News HuffPost Politics
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Husband Shot Dead in Front of Wife at Softball Game in Texas
A husband and father of three children was reportedly shot dead in front of his wife on Sunday following a dispute at a softball game in Humble, Texas. The post Husband Shot Dead in Front of Wife at Softball Game in Texas appeared first on Breitbart.
News Breitbart
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The Election Israel Has Waited Three Years For
For the first time since October 7, Israelis will decide whether their government has done enough to prevent future catastrophes.
News The Dispatch
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What Texas Media Outlets Aren’t Telling Voters About James Talarico
The Democratic Senate nominee has moderated many of his progressive positions, but you wouldn’t know that from local reporting.
News The Dispatch
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What the French Protests Can Teach Americans
Capitalism isn’t the source of France’s woes, and more government spending is not the solution.
News The Dispatch
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5 things to do this weekend, including an Affordable Art Fair and the Boston Asian American Film Festival
Plus, a canine costume contest and a screening of "Nosferatu" with a live ensemble.
News WBUR
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M is for Musk, and money: One big donor towers over 2026
Elon Musk might be the largest individual spender behind the midterm elections. He also says he’ll give one share of his SpaceX company to every child in the U.S.
News Christian Science Monitor Politics
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Photo exhibit offers — and questions — an idealized view of postwar America
“The Way We Never Were” at Harvard Art Museums sets idealized portraits of postwar family life against the news events unfolding behind them, asking how much of the decade’s picture-perfect image was ever real.
News WBUR
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Can You Trust Elizabeth Holmes?
‘You Can See Everything’ shows what happens when you get too close to an object of ire.
News The Dispatch
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Why Republicans’ massive cash advantage is evaporating on the airwaves
Across key Senate battlegrounds, Republicans’ cash advantage hasn’t led to an equally large amount of advertising time.
News Politico