The Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections, came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
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Data privacy and abortion limits set to collide post-Roe
Privacy advocates sounded alarms that women should be vigilant in the types of data and content they share with fertility and health apps and through social media.
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Biden announces modest climate actions, pledges more to come
The president delivers his pledge at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts that is is shifting to offshore wind power manufacturing.
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U.K. breaks record for highest temperature as Europe sizzles
One scientist says the temperatures in Britain were ‘virtually impossible’ without human-driven climate change.
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U.S. gasoline prices fall to 2-month low with pump pain easing
The nationwide average was at $4.495 a gallon, according to data released on Tuesday by the American Automobile Association.
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Artist Claes Oldenburg, maker of huge urban sculptures, dies
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg has died
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Rockland long-term care facility resident died after being found in the snow
The December incident was the second death in Maine that month involving a resident who slipped out of a facility unsupervised.
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EU promises more Ukraine war aid; calls for sanctions unity
European Union foreign ministers have promised another 500 millions euros in military aid to Ukraine’s war chest.
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Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain
That toll comes on top of the hundreds of heat-related deaths reported in the Iberian peninsula, as high temperatures have gripped the continent in recent days and triggered wildfires from Portugal to the Balkan region.
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Remote work fueled U.S. productivity growth during pandemic, study says
Productivity in work-from-home services businesses, which includes information and finance, grew 3.3% between the beginning of 2020 and early 2022.