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Video Stub for Scandinavian Noir
PBS Wisconsin
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August 27, 2025
[gentle music] Nete Schmidt: Thank you so much to everyone for showing up tonight. It’s really nice to see faces, and I hope we’re gonna have a nice hour together. Thank you so much to Rachael for inviting me. It’s always fun to go out and talk...
Wednesday's Mini-Report, 8.27.25
MSNBC
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August 27, 2025
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The latest on the most recent deadly school shooting: “Two children are dead, ages 8 and 10, after a gunman opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School during a morning Mass on the south side of Minneapolis,...
Revolution Wind’s Future: Every Which Way the Wind Blows
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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August 27, 2025
We asked people over the last few days why President Trump halted construction of the Revolution Wind project? We heard mainly responses that attributed the action to the President not liking the aesthetics of the windmills, or thinking that they...
Douglas County billionaire and real estate exec team up to fund ad campaign against Buc-ee’s (copy)
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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“Developers and billionaire outsiders” are accused of interference in flyers that have found their way into mailboxes in Palmer Lake, where an explosive disagreement over whether to approve a location of the Texas travel chain Buc-ee’s has boiled...
Sen. Michael Bennet takes stand against controversial Buc-ee’s annexation in Palmer Lake
KRDO - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
PALMER LAKE, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D) is now weighing in on the controversial proposed annexation for a Buc-ee's location in Palmer Lake. The proposed Buc-ee's, which would be located along I-25 and County Line Road, has...
Sen. Michael Bennet takes a stance on Buc-ee's in Palmer Lake
The Gazette - Colorado
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Sen. Michael Bennet has added his to the voices in opposition of a second Colorado location of Texas travel chain Buc-ee's. The gubernatorial candidate said that the super-sized gas station and store would disrupt the Greenland Ranch conservation...
Rare hooded seal from the Arctic spotted in Ostend
Belga News Agency
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August 25, 2025
A young hooded seal, a seal species that mainly lives in the Arctic, has been spotted on the beach in Ostend. It’s only the fifth time that a hooded seal has been spotted on the Belgian coast. According to experts, its arrival is yet another...
Trump Administration Investing in U.S. Rare Earths in Push to Break China's Grip
Manufacturing.net
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August 27, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. production of crucial components in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets is set to expand rapidly in the coming years, as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to build up the critical mineral industry in...
Bennet opposes Buc-ee’s in Palmer Lake
KVOR - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
Colorado Senator Michael Bennet said Monday morning he is opposed to placing a Buc-ee’s Travel Center at I-25 and County Line Road near Palmer Lake. Bennet cited the longtime Greenland Ranch Property, and how it’s been used for decades to raise...
How AI agents are taking control of your company — sharing secrets, making costly decisions, and deleting data
The Economic Times
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August 27, 2025
AI in business: Artificial intelligence isn’t just answering questions anymore, it’s making decisions, taking action, and even, in some cases, trying to manipulate people. This new era of agentic AI, systems that act autonomously without human...
Goodbye to everything we believed about melting ice: study now finds it is driving marine life in areas where there was previously nutrient limitation
MARCA
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August 25, 2025
Although thawing is considered by most experts to be one of the most negative parts of climate change, a team from San Jose State University and NASA set out to prove otherwise. To do so, they analyzed the Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn) glacier and...
US Invests in Rare Earths in Push to Break China’s Grip
Transport Topics
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August 27, 2025
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. production of crucial components in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets is set to expand rapidly in the coming years, as the Trump administration...
Views of Africa and the cartographic truth
Otago Daily Times
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August 27, 2025
Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a "Change the Map" campaign in April. "When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted map, they develop a biased view of Africa’s role in the...
The problem with AU’s bigger map proposal
Semafor
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August 25, 2025
The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign for a more accurate world map that shows how big Africa really is. Popular maps in use often show that Africa is roughly the size of Greenland when, in fact, it is nearly 14 times bigger. I...
The Catastrophic Impacts of Abandoning Net Zero
The Climate Council
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August 25, 2025
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is proposing to abandon Australia’s foundational climate change policy, the target of net zero climate pollution by 2050. Yet Mr Joyce is almost never challenged on the enormous consequences of his agenda. Decades of...
Fox News-favorite Trump rants that ABC and NBC ‘should lose their licenses’ over negative coverage
The Independent
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August 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Some FEMA staff are put on leave; NFL teams trim rosters to 53 | Hot off the Wire podcast
WKBT - Wisconsin
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On today's episode: Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter. Handling crime a strength for Trump as many in US see a 'major problem' in big cities AP-NORC poll. US tariffs take effect on India, threatening $48.2B in exports....
Delight as first phase of Connemara walking trails opens in Galway
Irish Independent
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The Seana Mhach Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure project includes three loops for tourists and visitors to explore fit with a downloadable guided audio tour for the visitor experience. Regional development director of community and language...
Ed Helms Exposes America’s Scariest Screw-Ups
The Lever
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August 25, 2025
On today's episode of Lever Time, comedian and writer Ed Helms (The Daily Show, The Office) takes David Sirota on a wild journey through some of history’s greatest screw-ups — from nuclear war near-misses to secret ice tunnels in Greenland to...
LETTERS: Colorado's terrible roads; community’s need is clear
The Gazette - Colorado
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Colorado’s terrible roads My wife and I recently drove from Colorado to Ohio via I-70. We drove U.S. 24 to Limon and picked up I-70. The road was terrible! Once we crossed into Kansas, the road was better. Yes, there was road construction almost...