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Today in High Prairie: July 18, 2025
South Peace News
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July 17, 2025
Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....
Funding for Montana PBS, YPR and more takes a hit in the Senate
KPVI - Idaho
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate agreed to legislation early Thursday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public broadcasting and various foreign aid accounts, another victory for the Trump administration. The 51-48 mostly...
Beshear joins lawsuit over federal education funding freeze; local leaders weigh impact
The Hazard Herald - Kentucky
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Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that Kentucky has joined 23 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze $6.8 billion in federal education funding. Beshear said the move...
A lucky mistake made a Massachusetts lottery player a millionaire
AOL
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A lucky mistake made one Massachusetts man an overnight millionaire. Paul Corcoran, who took home $2 million in prize money, mixed up the dates of the final drawing for a ticket he purchased, leading him to purchase another (winning) multi-draw...
Boston Celtics (2-1) vs Los Angeles Lakers (1-2) Las Vegas Summer League Game #4 7/17/25
Celtics Blog - Massachusetts
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July 17, 2025
Boston Celtics (2-1) vs Los Angeles Lakers (1-2) Thursday, July 17, 2025 9:00 PM ET TV: ESPN Summer League Game #4 Thomas and Mack Center The Celtics look to get back in the win column as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers in Summer League...
Should PA legalize recreational marijuana? Some lawmakers think so
PhillyBurbs - Pennsylvania
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Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s time for Pennsylvania to catch up to its neighbors...
‘True Silver Spoon Socialist’: Mamdani Mocked For Admitting He Relied On Family Money
Daily Wire
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July 17, 2025
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani —who openly espouses socialist positions and makes statements reminiscent of Karl Marx — received harsh criticism after a video surfaced showing him saying that in the past, he had stopped...
Steve Miller Band Cancels NH Show For Weather Reasons, Fans React
102.1 & 105.3 The Shark - New Hampshire
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July 17, 2025
Well that stinks. Literally, some say it smells like something else is going on. Steve Miller Band has issued a cancellation of all dates on their upcoming tour that was slated to start in August, 2025, including the date at BankNH Pavilion in...
Why Roy Cooper runs is easy; why he would not is ‘supposed to be hard’
The Center Square
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July 17, 2025
(The Center Square) – As North Carolina politics grasps seat edges and awaits the ultimate duo competing to succeed U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, there is an essence to why there is a wait. To borrow from “A League of Their Own,” as said by Tom Hanks in...
Republicans claw back billions in funding
WIVT - New York
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Cuts to federal funding are moving forward in Congress. Republican lawmakers are working to claw back $9 billion from foreign aid and public broadcasting. House lawmakers are currently considering whether to move the bill...
End the Genocide: Palestine Solidarity at DSA’s Convention
Socialist Call
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July 17, 2025
With Israel hell-bent on ethnic cleansing and regional war and the Israel lobby joining Republicans to take a wrecking ball to both our electoral process and civil liberties, the fight to secure a democratic and secular state in Palestine has...
Attorney General James joins coalition defending immigration services for unaccompanied minors
Capital District Times - New York
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July 17, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James has aligned with a coalition of 19 states to support legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States. These children, who have fled from violence and trafficking in their home...
States sue over federal rule impacting ACA coverage
Capital District Times - New York
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July 17, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with attorneys general from 20 other states, has filed a lawsuit against a new federal regulation. The rule in question, set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for...
I Ink, Therefore I Am
Philanthropy Daily
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July 17, 2025
A Dozen-Plus Stimulants, Gathered for Your Edification and Inspiration Dear Intelligent American, Maybe it was Instagram or Facebook, but whatever the platform, up popped a stark and powerful video of a pretty young lady, despondent: Her beauty...
Senate passes the $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid requested by Trump
WOUB Public Media - Ohio
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep reductions to public broadcasting and foreign aid, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities...
Habitat for Humanity opens door to homeownership in Maine: How to apply
Seacoastonline - New Hampshire
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SANFORD, Maine — Habitat for Humanity York County is now accepting applications for a new affordable homeownership opportunity in Sanford. The future two to three-bedroom home will be built on Butler Street, near the post office and close to local...
Maine paddleboarder who went missing was murdered, police say
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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July 8, 2025
Local News By Molly Farrar July 7, 2025 1 minute to read Share Close Send this article to your social connections. Share Send this article to your social connections. Police in Maine are asking for the public’s help after paddleboarder who went...
New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS’s Biggest Mysteries Explained
Yahoo News
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Earlier this month astronomers were thrilled to discover only the third known interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the suspected comet has just zoomed past the orbit of Jupiter, traveling so fast that it’s bound...
Live updates: House stalls on Trump's cuts amid calls for transparency on Epstein case
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 17, 2025
What to Know The House has taken up a rescissions package passed by the Senate that would cancel previously approved funding totaling $9 billion for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. House action on...
From Maine to Texas, federal agents continue to arrest MS-13 gang members
The Center Square
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July 11, 2025
(The Center Square) – Across the country, federal agents are arresting members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) U.S.-Salvadoran transnational gang designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration. In January, President...