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Voters in 4 out of 5 states reject forced prison labor
Yahoo News· 2 years agoOver 150 years after slaves were freed in the United States, four states voted Tuesday to remove...
Town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoResidents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in...
US states consider ban on cosmetics with 'forever chemicals'
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoA growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products...
Voters in 5 states to decide in November whether to abolish forced prison labor
Yahoo News· 2 years agoFive states — Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont — will vote in the November midterm...
Why Congress is embracing 'corporate welfare'
Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoWhen staunch conservatives and socialist Democrats ally against an important policy measure, something unusual is going on. That’s a signal to pay...
States take control: Abortion, marijuana and voting rights on ballot in midterms
Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolitical candidates asking for citizens’ votes or bashing their opponent are not the only political...
America aged quickly in the last decade as baby boomers lived longer and births dropped
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoThe United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more...
Hawaii quits coal in bid to fight climate change
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoThe last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s...
California and Nevada may ban forced prison labor, servitude
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoLawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from...
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: The Northeast
Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the negative consequences of rising global temperatures due to humankind's relentless burning of...