Not only is carbon dioxide continuing to increase in Earth’s atmosphere, it’s increasing faster than it was a decade or 2 ago.
Carol Semple
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Mike Pence to launch campaign for president in Iowa June 7
The campaign is expected to lean heavily on town halls and retail stops aimed at showcasing the former vice president’s personality as he tries to emerge from former President Donald Trump’s shadow.
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Florida police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach
Two people involved in the altercation that led to the shooting have been arrested on firearms charges, and 5 handguns have been recovered.
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Capitol rioter photographed propping feet on Pelosi’s desk sentenced to over 4 years
It was established at trial that Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett brought into the Capitol a stun gun with spikes, concealed within a collapsible walking stick.
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Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers founder
A judge hears victim impact statements a day before he’s expected to deliver the first Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences to Stewart Rhodes and an associate convicted of plotting to block the transfer of presidential power.
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Mainers’ data may be compromised in ransomware attack on health insurer
Point32Health said in a statement that a ‘cybersecurity ransomware incident’ affecting its Harvard Pilgrim Health Care program was detected April 17.
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As neo-Nazi presence grows in Massachusetts, report suggests tools to fight back
A local neo-Nazi group is growing rapidly from a Massachusetts-based infestation to a regional organization, the Anti-Defamation League says in its ‘Hate in the Bay State’ report.
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Head of Russian private army Wagner says more than 20,000 of his troops died in Bakhmut
Analysts believe many of those killed in the 9-month fight for Bakhmut were Russian convicts with little military training.
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Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school
While book bans are not new, they are happening much more frequently, especially in Florida – where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed policies that allow the censorship of books.
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Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics
The chief justice’s remarks follow a series of stories that have detailed lavish trips and other gifts provided to Justice Clarence Thomas by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.