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U.S. evacuates 79 staff and family from embassy in Israel as more Americans ask how to leave
The Globe and Mail
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June 21, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:There are some 700,000 Americans in Israel, many of them dual nationals, according to estimates.Mahmoud Illean/The Associated Press The U.S. evacuated 79 staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday as...
U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie holds roundtable with gig workers as changes are weighed
WLVR-FM - Pennsylvania
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June 21, 2025
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — As Congress considers legislation that would redefine the definition of an employee and the protections that come with it, U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie hosted a roundtable discussion Friday to hear from local workers about their...
U.S. Moves to Tighten Grip on Chip Technology in China, Targeting Even Its Allies
Techstory
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June 20, 2025
In a bold escalation of its semiconductor policy, the United States is preparing to revoke long-standing waivers that have allowed foreign chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and TSMC to utilize U.S. technology in their manufacturing...
U.S. judge blocks National Science Foundation from slashing universities’ federal funding
The Globe and Mail
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June 21, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of several schools that challenged NSF’s funding cuts, which a federal judge blocked Friday.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images A federal judge on Friday prevented the...
U.S. to build $8.5M ‘fly-breeding facility’ to fight cattle parasite outbreak
One America News Network
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June 20, 2025
(Background) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins testifies. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images / (R) An adult New World screwworm fly sits. (Photo via: U.S. Department of Agriculture) OAN Staff Brooke Mallory 5:15 PM – Friday, June 20,...
U.S. stocks close mixed as Iran-Israel conflict continues
Xinhua News Agency
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NEW YORK, June 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks finished mixed on Friday over the deepening Iran-Israel conflict and speculation about whether the United States will become directly involved. Markets were volatile throughout the session, with the Dow...
U.S. company to provide $6B loan for British nuclear power project
United Press International (UPI)
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Protesters hold banners outside Hinkley Point power station in Somerset, United Kingdom, in 2011 against EDF Energy's plans to renew the site with two new reactors. The project began in 2017 and has had delays and funding problems File Photo by...
U.S. federal judge orders release of detained Columbia graduate
Xinhua News Agency
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NEW YORK, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to release pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody on bail. Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, had...
25 People From 17 Countries Sworn In as United States Citizens in Concord
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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June 20, 2025
CONCORD, NH (June 20, 2025): Today, New Hampshire Secretary of State David M. Scanlan co-hosted a naturalization ceremony with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the New Hampshire State Archives. Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Concord...
Iran not sure it can trust U.S. after Israeli attack, foreign minister tells NBC News
NBC Connecticut
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June 20, 2025
Iran is uncertain whether it can trust the United States in diplomatic talks after Israel launched an aerial attack on the country only days before scheduled negotiations with American officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday...
Why Is the U.S. Proposing Protections for an Animal That Doesn’t Live Here?
Inside Climate News
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June 20, 2025
Earlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing seven species of pangolins—scaly, armadillo-like creatures found in Asia and Africa—as endangered. But why would a species that doesn’t live in the country need protections...
A Connection to Austin: Former Medical Center Dr inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
Austin Daily Herald - Minnesota
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June 20, 2025
Published 5:59 pm Friday, June 20, 2025 By Jed Nelson On May 31, the Kennedy Space Center held the 2025 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. Bernard Harris, a former Internal Medicine doctor at the Austin Medical Center, was one of two...
Former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi dies at 63
KSAT - Texas
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June 21, 2025
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, a four-term Republican congressman from Corpus Christi and local radio host, died this...
Trump bars Samsung, SK from sending U.S. chip equipment to China
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 21, 2025
Published: 21 Jun. 2025, 12:43 Samsung Electronics' offices in Seocho District, southern Seoul, in April [YONHAP] The Donald Trump administration announced that U.S. equipment cannot be supplied to Korean chipmakers’ factories in China, the Wall...
U.S. stocks drift to a mixed finish as Wall Street closes another week of modest losses
Los Angeles Times
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June 20, 2025
U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Friday in a quiet return to trading after the Juneteenth holiday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 13.03 points, or 0.2%, to to 5,967.84, closing out a second consecutive week of modest losses. The Dow...
For Iranian-Americans, a potential U.S. attack on the regime brings complex feelings
The Globe and Mail
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June 21, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Pictures of victims killed by the Iranian regime, placed there by supporters of the Organization of Iranian American Communities, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. A poll commissioned before Israel launched...
Iranian-American leader of North Texas non-profit recalls imprisonment in home country
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth - Texas
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UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 8, 2020 -- An Iranian flag is pictured at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo by Li Muzi/Xinhua via Getty) DALLAS - As the conflict continues between Israel and Iran, all eyes are on how President...
Fed Meeting, U.S. Dollar, The Stock Market
myMotherLode - California
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Friday, June 20, 2025 5:48 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay 1) Too Late Jerome? Wednesday’s Fed meeting was mostly uneventful. They downgraded their economic outlook marginally and raised inflation expectations slightly. There was an immediate...
U.S. Supreme Court upholds gender-affirming care bans in states like Wyoming
Wyoming Public Media
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June 20, 2025
This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for minors on June 18, bolstering similar bans in...
Meet the Calgary Lawyer Pitching Alberta to the U.S. As the 51st State
The Good Men Project - California
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June 21, 2025
By Danielle Paradis on DeSmog In March 2025, Calgary lawyer Jeffrey Rath appeared on “Fox & Friends” to declare that Alberta is “fed up” with Ottawa. Frustrated by the carbon tax and equalization payments that Alberta makes to other provinces,...