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LOUIS (AP) — As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds. Washington, Oregon, Maine and Alaska declined all or most of their federal funds in the first of five years [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government said last week it is formally requesting a dispute settlement panel in its ongoing row with Mexico over its limits on genetically modified corn. Mexico's Economy Department said it had received the notification and would defend its position. It claimed in a statement that "the measures under debate [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has devoted the past several weeks to promoting his economic policies — but his efforts have yet to meaningfully register with the public, according to a new poll. Only 36 percent of adults approve of Biden's handling of the economy, slightly lower than the 42 percent who approve of [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing and shift behavior training into the classrooms, according to a Pentagon study aimed at addressing an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct. U.S. officials said the academies must train student leaders better to help their classmates, and upend [...]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration earlier this week rejected pleas to strengthen regulation of livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways, promising instead to further study the issue. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said they had denied two petitions from environmental and community groups seeking revision of rules [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Representatives from a national political movement that could offer an independent presidential ticket in 2024 as an alternative to major-party nominees earlier this week said it has now won ballot access in 10 states, after North Carolina election officials formally granted official status to a "No Labels" affiliate. The State Board [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — New guidance from the Biden administration urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on campus after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions. Colleges can focus their recruiting in high minority areas, for example, and take steps to retain students of color who are already [...]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following the fiery train derailment in East Palestine. The Environmental Protection Agency is set to review risks posed by a handful of chemicals [...]
SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp’s glow. “Another big brown,” she said with a sigh. It was a common type, one of many Wilson and colleagues had snagged on summer nights in the southern Michigan [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine. The sales, which are legal and unsanctioned, have raised alarms from nonproliferation experts and elected officials [...]