Sunday’s flight brought 15 percent of the specialty medical grade formula needed in the U.S., a White House official says.
Erica Nitschke
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Consumers defy inflation to support economy. For how long?
Consumers as a whole are showing surprising resilience, not only sustaining their spending but increasing it even after adjusting for inflation.
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Vacancies effectively shut down small Maine town
PASSADUMKEAG — A small town in Maine has effectively shut down because it no longer has a town clerk, code enforcement officer, assessor or animal control officer. The Bangor Daily News reports that Christen Bouchard resigned last month from her position as town clerk in Passadumkeag, a town of about 350 residents north of Bangor. […]
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Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies at 101
As fiction editor, he helped mold the stories of generations of writers. As a sportswriter, he was enshrined in the writers’ wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Posted inNation & World
Blowback as Bush, in gaffe, calls Iraq invasion ‘brutal,’ ‘wholly unjustified’
The former president was talking about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Posted inNation & World
Rebutting Turkey, Biden lauds NATO bids of Sweden, Finland
President Biden is forcefully supporting the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO despite objections from Turkey.
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Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea, Japan
The president is off on a six-day trip aimed at building rapport with the Asian nations’ leaders.
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Senate OKs overhaul of baby formula rules in aid program
The bill, aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families participating in WIC, now heads to Biden to be signed into law.
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New Twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation
The changes make Twitter the latest social platform to grapple with the misinformation, propaganda and rumors that have proliferated since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
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Stocks end lower, nearing but not quite in a bear market
Stocks ended another volatile day lower on Wall Street Thursday, bringing the market closer to its first bear market since the beginning of the pandemic.