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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2015/01/22/when-oil-prices-plummet-common-sense-tends-to-follow/
When Oil Prices Plummet, Common Sense Tends To Follow
When Oil Prices Plummet, Common Sense Tends To Follow By Anna Mikulska and Jim Krane January 22, 2015 HOUSTON _ The price of crude oil has been at stunning lows for all of two months and already people are making – or discussing – long-term decisions based on prices that, for all we know, may be a short-term phenomenon...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2015/04/27/oil-price-exchange-rates-and-the-convoluted-impact-of-sanctions-on-russia/
Oil Price, Exchange Rates, and the Convoluted Impact of Sanctions on Russia
Oil Price, Exchange Rates, and the Convoluted Impact of Sanctions on Russia By MARK AGERTON The fall in oil prices has been front-page news for the past six months. And, though many expect prices to rebound, they are still down around 50% from their 2014 peak of $115. One of the drivers of lower oil prices has been a s...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2017/07/20/mexicos-oil-and-gas-reform-gains-momentum/
Mexico´s Oil And Gas Reform Gains Momentum
Mexico´s Oil And Gas Reform Gains Momentum Mexican Energy Minister Pedro Joaquin Codwell (R) and his US counterpart Rick Perry deliver a... [+] message to the media in Mexico City on July 13, 2017. The Energy Secretariat of Mexico and the United States Department of Energy have agreed to take the bilateral energy relat...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2019/04/02/south-of-the-vaca-muerta-and-shaken-elections-in-argentinas-rio-negro-province/
South of the Vaca Muerta and Shaken: Elections in Argentina's Río Negro Province
South of the Vaca Muerta and Shaken: Elections in Argentina's Río Negro Province Accompanied by Vice President Gabriela Michetti, right, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri arrives... [+] to deliver his State of the Nation speech that marks the opening 2019 session of Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Marc...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2019/09/03/nord-stream-2-energy-security-for-europe-or-prelude-to-russian-aggression-in-the-baltic/
Nord Stream 2: Energy Security For Europe Or Prelude To Russian Aggression In The Baltic?
Nord Stream 2: Energy Security For Europe Or Prelude To Russian Aggression In The Baltic? Latvian border guard pilots from Ludze station are seen during a helicopter flight over the ... [+] Latvian-Russian border near Zilupe, eastern Latvia, on April 10, 2019. - A Latvian border guard helicopter hovers over a vast fore...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2020/03/09/oil-market-bottoms-out-of-the-tubnow-what/
Oil Market: The Bottom Fell Out — Now What?
Oil Market: The Bottom Fell Out — Now What? Participants attend the Saudi budget Forum in Riyadh on December 10, 2019. - Saudi Arabia passed its ... [+] 2020 budget, projecting a widening deficit in the face of tumbling oil prices and production cuts that have hit the top crude producer's revenues. The kingdom projecte...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2020/03/30/a-us-saudi-oil-alliance-heres-why-thats-insane/
A US-Saudi Oil Alliance? Here’s Why That’s Insane
A US-Saudi Oil Alliance? Here’s Why That’s Insane Pump jacks draw crude oil from the Long Beach Oil Field under Discovery Well Park in Signal Hill, ... [+] California, on March 9, 2020. - Global stocks and oil prices rebounded on March 10, 2020 on hopes of US economic stimulus efforts as the coronavirus rages, one day ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2020/04/21/april-20-wti-at37-brent-at-26-what-happened-what-comes-next-the-stories-that-will-be-told/
April 20: WTI At -$37, Brent At $26! What Happened? What Comes Next? The Stories That Will Be Told…
April 20: WTI At -$37, Brent At $26! What Happened? What Comes Next? The Stories That Will Be Told… Sharp drop in oil prices Getty by Kenneth B Medlock III First, it must be understood that the prices quoted in the headline, and more generally on various media outlets, are futures prices for physical delivery of crude...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2020/05/15/steel-hydrogen-and-renewables-strange-bedfellows-maybe-not/?sh=7904123b188e
Steel, Hydrogen And Renewables: Strange Bedfellows? Maybe Not…
Steel, Hydrogen And Renewables: Strange Bedfellows? Maybe Not… null Getty By Dolf Gielen, Kenneth B. Medlock III, and Morgan D. Bazilian As firms and nations increasingly adopt “net zero” carbon ambitions, some sectors of the economy stand out as more difficult in meeting those goals, particularly industrial activitie...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2020/10/26/green-lng--a-pathway-for-natural-gas-in-an-esg-future/?sh=5e98c29c66e9
“Green LNG” – A Pathway For Natural Gas In An ESG Future?
“Green LNG” – A Pathway For Natural Gas In An ESG Future? Tugs guide the Golar Maria, a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker, part of the Wilh.Wilhelmsen ... [+] Holding ASA group, into the harbor at the port of Zeebrugge, in Belgium, on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Zeebrugge is a deep-sea port and guarantees sufficient wat...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2021/02/08/the-criticality-of-minerals-for-energy-transitions-hydrocarbons-yes-hydrocarbons/?sh=469e950a140d
How Fossil Fuels, Ironically, Are Critical In The Development Of Renewable Energy Sources
How Fossil Fuels, Ironically, Are Critical In The Development Of Renewable Energy Sources 3d illustration of molecule compound of hydrogen and carbon. Atom Benzil for hemistry background. 3d ... [+] illustration. getty By Michelle Michot Foss We talk increasingly about “critical minerals,” sources for elements spannin...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebigenoughcompany/2011/09/21/3-steps-to-a-more-honest-business/
3 Steps to a More Honest Business
3 Steps to a More Honest Business Unfortunately, the notions of business and honesty don’t always go hand in hand. Our country’s history is dotted with examples of nondisclosure, cover-ups, and outright scams. While lately we have been inundated with scandals involving corporate kingpins, the truth is that bad behavior...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebogleheadsview/2011/04/14/how-to-take-money-from-your-ira-early-without-a-penalty/
How To Take Money From Your IRA Early--Without A Penalty
How To Take Money From Your IRA Early--Without A Penalty Many investors believe you can’t withdraw retirement savings before age 59 ½ without paying a 10 percent penalty. Others understand that the Internal Revenue Code allows for penalty free distributions for serious financial hardship, for higher education expenses,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thecovercard/2017/05/17/the-growing-wealth-of-americas-richest-self-made-women/
The Growing Wealth Of America's Richest Self-Made Women
The Growing Wealth Of America's Richest Self-Made Women Holly Warfield, Forbes staff While the total number of entrepreneurs, innovators and entertainers on Forbes' list of the richest self-made women has remained at 60 since 2016, their cumulative wealth has spiked 17% to $61.5 billion. Leading the pack is Marian Ilit...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thecovercard/2017/09/29/are-you-one-of-the-14-million-students-working-while-in-school/
Are You One Of The 14 Million Students Working While In School?
Are You One Of The 14 Million Students Working While In School? Credit: Aliza Grant, Forbes staff Whether you're heading to school after working or once you put the kids to bed, many students pick up a part-time job while returning to college. According to a 2015 study by Georgetown University's Center on Education a...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thecovercard/2017/09/29/financial-education-is-on-the-rise/
Financial Education Is On The Rise
Financial Education Is On The Rise Over half of Millennials say stress, especially related to financial concerns, affects their health and workplace productivity. One reason: The U.S. education system is often criticized for overlooking financial literacy in its classroom curriculum. The good news is that many compa...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thecut/2016/09/12/what-are-the-best-earplugs-for-sleeping/
What Are the Best Earplugs for Sleeping?
What Are the Best Earplugs for Sleeping? The Happy Ears Earplug. (Photo: Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine) The Goal: Find a comfortable earplug for sleeping through your partner’s snoring and the neighbor’s late-night “redecorating.” Sleep doctors, who warn against drugstore foam (effective for muffling but too big for ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2014/08/18/lack-of-cell-phone-reimbursement-creates-class-action-liability-for-ca-employers/
Lack of Cell Phone Reimbursement Creates Class Action Liability for CA Employers
Lack of Cell Phone Reimbursement Creates Class Action Liability for CA Employers By Remy Kessler and Ian A. Wright On August 12, 2014, the California court of appeal issued a sweeping decision that may spark a new wave of class action lawsuits against California employers.  In Cochran v. Schwan’s Home Service, Inc., th...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2014/10/30/employers-using-personality-tests-to-vet-applicants-need-cautious-personalities-of-their-own/?sh=29110c743bd0
Employers Using Personality Tests To Vet Applicants Need Cautious 'Personalities' of Their Own
Employers Using Personality Tests To Vet Applicants Need Cautious 'Personalities' of Their Own By Sara A. Begley, Julia Y. Trankiem and Sarah T. Hansel Choose one of the following that best describes you: "There is more to life than having money and being successful." OR "It is very important to always thank service pe...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2014/12/15/nlrb-passes-quickie-election-rules/
NLRB Passes Quickie Election Rules
NLRB Passes Quickie Election Rules As expected, the National Labor Relations Board again adopted new Rules for union representation cases, significantly reducing the period between the filing of a petition and a union election. While the NLRB characterizes its actions as modernizing its processes, the real impact is to...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2014/12/18/have-yourself-a-merry-little-party-how-to-minimize-office-holiday-party-liability/
Have Yourself a Merry Little Party: How to Minimize Office Holiday Party Liability
Have Yourself a Merry Little Party: How to Minimize Office Holiday Party Liability By Cindy S. Minniti, Mark S. Goldstein, and Kimberly M. Mitchell Over the next few weeks, office holiday parties will invade restaurants, bars, and conference rooms across the nation. This oft-anticipated tradition may be the only time ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/theenergyproject/2019/06/18/how-to-create-a-personal-resilience-plan/
Create A Personal Resilience Plan: 3 Steps To Higher Performance And Happiness
Create A Personal Resilience Plan: 3 Steps To Higher Performance And Happiness When was the last time you hit send on a curt email and then instantly regretted it? Or perhaps you retreated from a difficult conversation, spending hours fuming internally instead of proactively addressing the situation? If you’ve had eith...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehartmangroup/2015/05/13/uber-your-cooking-the-sharing-economy-comes-to-your-kitchen/
"Uber" Your Cooking: The Sharing Economy Comes To Your Kitchen
"Uber" Your Cooking: The Sharing Economy Comes To Your Kitchen Disruptive innovation is a hot topic across the food and beverage industry. While many marketers are still trying to figure out how to be the next Chobani (a brand that is already transforming U.S. food culture in ways that have yet to be fully understood),...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehartmangroup/2015/05/27/marianos-and-price-chopper-the-future-of-the-american-grocery-store/
Mariano's and Price Chopper: The Future Of The American Grocery Store?
Mariano's and Price Chopper: The Future Of The American Grocery Store? Price Chopper, the New York State-based grocery chain, has gone all in on all things fresh. Chicago-based Mariano’s Fresh Market is pushing the envelope of premium in the fresh perimeter and throughout the center store. These players could be the ti...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehartmangroup/2015/06/11/snacks-are-key-in-food-and-beverage-power-brands/
Snacks Are Key in Food and Beverage Power Brands
Snacks Are Key in Food and Beverage Power Brands In the fast changing world of food and beverage CPG, power brands are not just cash cows. Despite being legacy products, they are power brands which because of shrewd management and their position in food culture have remained contemporary and continue to drive profit gr...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehartmangroup/2015/11/19/consumer-trends-in-health-and-wellness/?sh=52dd3703313e
Consumer Trends in Health and Wellness
Consumer Trends in Health and Wellness At The Hartman Group’s A.C.T. (Anthropology. Culture. Trends.) Health & Wellness Now—and Next 2015 symposium in Seattle this past September 24, professionals and practitioners from across a broad spectrum of the food and beverage industry gathered for a one-day immersive learning ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehartmangroup/2017/07/27/chatbots-apps-drones-vr-robots-and-delivery-2-0-technology-shakes-up-food-culture/
Chatbots, Apps, Drones, VR, Robots and Delivery 2.0: Technology Shakes Up Food Culture
Chatbots, Apps, Drones, VR, Robots and Delivery 2.0: Technology Shakes Up Food Culture From mobile phones, drones, apps and robots to virtual reality (VR), the notion that technologically driven innovations are continuously shaking up food culture poses a not-so-gentle reminder that digital and electronic creations are...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehartmangroup/2017/10/31/older-consumers-redefining-health-and-wellness-as-they-age/
Older Consumers: Redefining Health And Wellness As They Age
Older Consumers: Redefining Health And Wellness As They Age Shutterstock The marketplace belongs to the older consumer. What? Really, it’s true. While marketers crave and court the 18-to-49 demographic, the world is actually getting older. We’re closing in on a milepost marker not seen in human history before: Accordin...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thelabbench/2017/01/22/an-open-letter-to-president-trump-from-500-women-scientists/
An Open Letter To President Trump From 500 Women Scientists
An Open Letter To President Trump From 500 Women Scientists (Credit: Shutterstock) Dear President Trump, You said you wanted to heal the country, bridge our ideological divides, and be a president for everyone. Now that you have been sworn in, we want to encourage you to do just that. Science touches the lives of every...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thelabbench/2017/09/25/four-important-scientists-that-you-probably-dont-know-but-should/
Four Important Scientists That You Probably Don't Know (But Should)
Four Important Scientists That You Probably Don't Know (But Should) The history of science is full of people who struggled, suffered, and made huge contributions that benefitted us all towards understanding the universe we live in. However, many of these scientists have fallen into obscurity, or only small bits about t...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/themexicoinstitute/2017/05/08/labor-rights-enforcement-under-nafta-labor-clause-what-comes-next-under-a-potential-renegotiation/
Labor Rights Under NAFTA: A Potential Renegotiation
Labor Rights Under NAFTA: A Potential Renegotiation By Kimberly A. Nolan García In late March, a draft letter from the acting U.S. Trade Representative meant to notify Congress of the Administration’s intention to renegotiate NAFTA began to circulate. A brief outline of potential U.S. negotiating objectives for labor w...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/themexicoinstitute/2017/10/11/fighting-organized-crime-endangered-by-nafta-hardball/
U.S. Endangers Fight Against Mexican Drug Trade With NAFTA Hardball
U.S. Endangers Fight Against Mexican Drug Trade With NAFTA Hardball By Earl Anthony Wayne The United States and Mexico need to redouble their cooperation against organized crime in order to save lives in both countries, but hard-line U.S. proposals now expected in the ongoing NAFTA renegotiation could put this vital se...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/themixingbowl/2016/11/02/mapping-the-agtech-adoption-curve/
Mapping The AgTech Adoption Curve
Mapping The AgTech Adoption Curve (Photo: Shutterstock) The Mixing Bowl’s Seana Day, Rob Trice, and Krista Holobar recently sat down with Ryan Rakestraw, Venture Principal at Monsanto Growth Ventures, during the PrecisionAg Vision event in Phoenix to talk through the “AgTech Hype Curve” he put together. MGV invests in ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/themixingbowl/2017/04/10/a-day-of-agtech-and-food-tech-discovery/
A Day Of AgTech And Food Tech Discovery
A Day Of AgTech And Food Tech Discovery Forbes Mixing Bowl NYC Forbes Mixing Bowl Forbes and The Mixing Bowl gathered 140 thought leaders, investors and industry executives at Forbes on Fifth in Manhattan to explore how information technology can be harnessed to solve challenges in food and agriculture. At this thought...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/themixingbowl/2018/05/10/2018-livestock-tech-landscape-unlocking-opportunities-on-the-dairy-and-beyond/
2018 Livestock Tech Landscape: Unlocking Opportunities On The Dairy And Beyond
2018 Livestock Tech Landscape: Unlocking Opportunities On The Dairy And Beyond The Mixing Bowl Livestock Tech Landscape 2018 Background: In late 2017 The Mixing Bowl and Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy looked at the current Information Technology landscape of “DairyTech” within the larger landscape of “Livestock Tech....
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/themixingbowl/2019/11/11/the-future-of-restaurant-tech-serving-the-next-course/
The Future of Restaurant Tech: Serving the Next Course
The Future of Restaurant Tech: Serving the Next Course 2019 Restaurant Tech Ecosystem TECHTABLE & BETTER FOOD VENTURES In a collaboration between TechTable, a platform and annual summit dedicated to innovation at the intersection of hospitality and technology, and Better Food Ventures, an early stage food tech and agt...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-minority-voter-suppression-2016-story.html
Election officials focus on whether voter ID laws contributed to Hillary Clinton’s defeat
Election officials focus on whether voter ID laws contributed to Hillary Clinton’s defeat Starting with John F. Kennedy’s victory over Richard Nixon in 1960, Delia Anderson had voted in 14 straight presidential elections. She had cast her ballot at the same polling place for years, never with a glitch. This year, howev...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mississippi-abortion-20180308-story.html
In a state with only one clinic, Mississippi approves the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S.
In a state with only one clinic, Mississippi approves the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S. Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what may be the most restrictive abortion law in the nation — a bill that prohibits women from obtaining an abortion more than 15 weeks after their last menstrual cycle. As women ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mississippi-abortion-ban-heartbeat-20190321-story.html
Mississippi governor signs law banning most abortions once a heartbeat can be detected
Mississippi governor signs law banning most abortions once a heartbeat can be detected Mississippi on Thursday became the latest state to sign into law a ban on most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, usually about six weeks into pregnancy, despite criticism from opponents who called the move cruel. Repu...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mississippi-gay-marriage-20150629-story.html
For one Mississippi gay couple, Friday’s heartache turns into Monday’s joy
For one Mississippi gay couple, Friday’s heartache turns into Monday’s joy Duane Smith, who works in financial services, had Friday off. So there he was, doing yard work in his Jackson, Miss., back yard when the U.S. Supreme Court granted gays and lesbians nationwide the right to marry. He put down his tools and joined...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mississippi-senate-20140708-story.html
Tea party challenger wants a redo of Republican runoff in Mississippi
Tea party challenger wants a redo of Republican runoff in Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since last month’s wild-ride election, but the Republican primary runoff he appears to have narrowly won remains far from over. Tea party challenger Chris McDaniel i...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mississippi-senator-hanging-remark-20181111-story.html
In a state with a history of racially motivated lynchings, Mississippi senator joked about ‘public hanging’
In a state with a history of racially motivated lynchings, Mississippi senator joked about ‘public hanging’ A newly published video shows a Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.” Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is white, said Sunday...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missouri-boat-indictment-20181108-story.html
Missouri tour boat captain indicted after sinking kills 17
Missouri tour boat captain indicted after sinking kills 17 Charges have been filed against the captain of a tourist boat that sank and killed 17 people, including nine people from an Indiana family, in a southwest Missouri lake over the summer, federal prosecutors said Thursday. A federal indictment shows 51-year-old K...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mlk-family-20150119-story.html
Legal battles of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children threaten his legacy
Legal battles of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children threaten his legacy Long lines of elementary school children bounded last week along Auburn Avenue — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and where he served as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church — to honor what would have been the slain civil rights leader’s ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-montana-judge-20130829-story.html
Judge in rape case criticized for light sentence, remarks about victim
Judge in rape case criticized for light sentence, remarks about victim A Montana judge has come under fire after handing down a 30-day sentence to a former high school teacher convicted of raping a 14-year-old student and for making statements in court that the victim was “older than her chronological age” and “as much...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-monuments-bears-ears-2017-htmlstory.html
Native Americans rewrote the playbook for preserving public land — and Trump is trying to erase it
Native Americans rewrote the playbook for preserving public land — and Trump is trying to erase it Near the summit of Comb Ridge, in a high-desert region of dancing shadow and red rock splendor, serrated peaks form one of southeast Utah’s most recognizable landmarks. It is hallowed ground for the Navajo and other Nativ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-moon-landing-presidents-20190711-story.html
Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon: How their presidencies shaped the mission to the moon
Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon: How their presidencies shaped the mission to the moon The three presidents of the lunar decade played substantial roles — and were intimately affected — by the effort to reach the moon. John F. Kennedy set the goal of sending Americans to the moon. Lyndon B. Johnson, who as a senator had pre...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ms-teen-pregnancy-20140403-story.html
Sex education stumbles in Mississippi
Sex education stumbles in Mississippi TUNICA, Miss. — Marie Barnard was delighted when, after decades of silence on the topic, Mississippi passed a law requiring school districts to teach sex education. But the lesson involving the Peppermint Pattie wasn’t what she had in mind for her sons. The curricula adopted by the...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ms13-trump-20170727-story.html
Trump heads to Long Island, using brutal MS-13 murders to justify deportations
Trump heads to Long Island, using brutal MS-13 murders to justify deportations It was at the corner of a cul-de-sac, in an outwardly placid suburb where children ride bicycles along the sidewalks and families leave baby strollers unlocked on their front lawns. Nobody would think twice about allowing their teenage daugh...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-muslims-trump-20161112-story.html
Muslims have lived for more than 100 years in this Iowa city. Now they’re wondering how they’ll survive under Trump
Muslims have lived for more than 100 years in this Iowa city. Now they’re wondering how they’ll survive under Trump On a church-lined street in this eastern Iowa city, not far from the cornfields that define the region, Syrian, Indian and Somalian families trickled into a white building topped with a blue minaret. They...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-na-north-carolina-elections-20181228-story.html
North Carolina elections board dissolved amid dispute over congressional race
North Carolina elections board dissolved amid dispute over congressional race The dissolution of North Carolina’s elections board Friday injected further uncertainty into a still-undecided congressional race as the Democratic governor sought an interim panel to investigate ballot fraud allegations while Republicans arg...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-navajo-gay-marriage-ban-20131230-story.html
Navajo Nation struggles with same-sex marriage
Navajo Nation struggles with same-sex marriage New Mexico has seen celebrations across the state since its highest court 10 days ago unanimously ruled it was unconstitutional to deny a marriage license to same-sex couples. Not so for the sovereign Navajo Nation, whose borders spill over into the northeast part of the s...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-navy-shooter-20130919-story.html
Police warned Navy officials about Aaron Alexis
Police warned Navy officials about Aaron Alexis WASHINGTON — Police in Rhode Island warned the U.S. Navy last month that Aaron Alexis was hallucinating and hearing voices, and security officials at the local Navy base where he worked promised to look into the matter. Newport Police Lt. William Fitzgerald said Wednesday...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-brothel-20151014-story.html
In Nevada, there is little love left for brothels
In Nevada, there is little love left for brothels When Lamar Odom was found unconscious Tuesday in a Nevada brothel, he’d wandered far off the beaten path of adult entertainment culture, back into an analog version of an increasingly high-tech sex-play universe. Like Wayne Newton and mobsters wielding tommy guns, the a...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-gun-control-20171003-story.html
Nevada was warming to gun restrictions before this week’s mass killing. What now?
Nevada was warming to gun restrictions before this week’s mass killing. What now? As Linda Green stood behind police tape and gazed at the Mandalay Bay hotel, she thought about the months ahead — the sadness, the healing, the push for gun control legislation. “This event will change everything,” said the 72-year-old re...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-gun-protest-suspension-20180319-story.html
Pro-gun control student suspended for using foul language in call to congressional staffer
Pro-gun control student suspended for using foul language in call to congressional staffer Last week, Noah Christiansen walked out of school, along with thousands of other students across the country, as a part of the nationwide protest to bring about gun control legislation. During those 17 minutes out of class at Rob...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-legal-marijuana-20170701-story.html
Las Vegas adds a new lure to its repertoire as Nevada legalizes pot. Here come the tourists
Las Vegas adds a new lure to its repertoire as Nevada legalizes pot. Here come the tourists Oscar Goodman has dealt with his share of complicated local issues — a mixture of gambling, prostitution and a lot of public drinking. But the former Las Vegas mayor never imagined the newest vice to arrive in the city: legal ma...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-marijuana-hearing-2017-story.html
Nevada approves emergency regulation aimed at solving marijuana shortage
Nevada approves emergency regulation aimed at solving marijuana shortage Nevada has approved an emergency regulation aimed at solving a marijuana shortage by expanding who is allowed to transport the drug from cultivation facilities to retail dispensaries. The Nevada Tax Commission voted unanimously Thursday in favor o...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-ranchers-blm-20160114-story.html
Tension between ranchers and federal officials is dangerously high in Nevada
Tension between ranchers and federal officials is dangerously high in Nevada Gerald “Jerry” Smith grew up in Nevada and went to work for the Bureau of Land Management right after college. As a local, he figured he was uniquely suited to work with the ranchers who have long resented the federal government’s role in land...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-winchester-20150116-story.html
Abandoned 1882 rifle sparks archaeological quest in Nevada
Abandoned 1882 rifle sparks archaeological quest in Nevada There it was, abandoned for the ages, propped up against a juniper tree in far-eastern Nevada’s Snake Mountains, a Winchester Model 1873 repeating rifle: the gun, as legend goes, that won the American West. For archaeologist Eva Jensen, it’s something much more...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-black-panthers-20160714-snap-story.html
Who are the New Black Panthers? ‘60s radicals say new group doesn’t embody their ideals
Who are the New Black Panthers? ‘60s radicals say new group doesn’t embody their ideals The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls their organization a hate group, and founders of the Black Panthers call them impostors. They call themselves a “black nationalist organization,” dedicated to the establishment of an “indepe...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-nukes-20141130-story.html
New nuclear weapons needed, many experts say, pointing to aged arsenal
New nuclear weapons needed, many experts say, pointing to aged arsenal Two decades after the U.S. began to scale back its nuclear forces in the aftermath of the Cold War, a number of military strategists, scientists and congressional leaders are calling for a new generation of hydrogen bombs. Warheads in the nation’s s...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-orleans-french-quarter-20180816-story.html
Must Reads: Beads, booze and babies? New Orleans’ French Quarter debates whether to become more family friendly
Must Reads: Beads, booze and babies? New Orleans’ French Quarter debates whether to become more family friendly The family stepped warily onto Bourbon Street and hurried past a burlesque joint, an absinthe bar and neon signs touting “Leather Lingerie Love Toys” and “Hunk Oasis Male Strippers.” Heather and Chad Bruton, ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-orleans-mayor-20140128-story.html
New Orleans’ mayor faces tough reelection race despite city’s strides
New Orleans’ mayor faces tough reelection race despite city’s strides NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Mitch Landrieu strode into a battered city park in the troubled Central City neighborhood one recent Saturday, stopping to clap a boy on the shoulder and watch him twirl a basketball. Wearing jeans, sneakers and a New Orleans Sain...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-york-ebola-20141026-story.html
New York governor seeks to tamp down criticism of Ebola quarantine
New York governor seeks to tamp down criticism of Ebola quarantine Healthcare workers who fly into New York after treating Ebola patients in Africa will be quarantined at home for 21 days, with twice-daily unannounced visits from public health workers to ensure they do not go out and to check them for illness, Gov. And...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-york-judge-20170420-story.html
Mysterious death of New York judge was initially called a suicide. Now, police think it’s suspicious
Mysterious death of New York judge was initially called a suicide. Now, police think it’s suspicious The mystery of how a prominent African American judge came to be found floating dead in the Hudson River has deepened as her family and widowed husband disputed suggestions by the New York Police Department that she had...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-york-kalief-browder-20150607-story.html
Kalief Browder, jailed for 3 years in N.Y. without a trial, commits suicide
Kalief Browder, jailed for 3 years in N.Y. without a trial, commits suicide Kalief Browder, whose three years in jail without trial inspired calls for reform in New York, has committed suicide at age 22, his attorney said Sunday. Browder was 16 when he was arrested on suspicion of stealing a backpack, and he spent abou...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-newlatinosouth-farmworkers-story-htmlstory.html
Fewer hands in the fields
Fewer hands in the fields Like farmers across Georgia, labor contractor Don Pedro is worried that the state's tough new immigration law is scaring away an illegal immigrant work force. The law is set to take effect July 1. By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times June 18, 2011 Reporting from Wray, Ga. — It was a Tuesday a...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nina-pham-sues-hospital-ebola-20150302-story.html
Nina Pham, Dallas nurse who survived Ebola, sues hospital
Nina Pham, Dallas nurse who survived Ebola, sues hospital Nurse Nina Pham — once the upbeat face of the Dallas hospital that confronted the country’s first Ebola case — sued the hospital’s parent company Monday, alleging that it had failed to protect her before and after she was diagnosed with the deadly disease last f...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-american-doctor-ebola-20140821-story.html
U.S. Ebola patients released from hospital; they’re cured, doctors say
U.S. Ebola patients released from hospital; they’re cured, doctors say Two American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus while working in West Africa have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital after medical officials determined they had recovered and were not contagious. Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, was released from...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-arizona-abortion-drug-law-20150330-story.html
New Arizona law restricts abortions and abortion insurance
New Arizona law restricts abortions and abortion insurance Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a controversial bill Monday that requires abortion providers to tell women they can reverse the effects of a drug-induced abortion. The new law also bars women from buying healthcare plans through the federal marketplace that incl...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-baltimore-freddie-gray-20150427-htmlstory.html
Baltimore violence updates: 10 arrested after curfew, police say
Baltimore violence updates: 10 arrested after curfew, police say After a 10 p.m. curfew took effect in Baltimore on Tuesday, many protesters went home, but police and remaining crowds clashed in the streets. On Monday, rioting broke out hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, 25, who died after suffering a spine injur...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-ff-immigration-detention-centers-20150514-story.html
Immigration: Centers holding kids to be reviewed, but nothing changes for now
Immigration: Centers holding kids to be reviewed, but nothing changes for now Federal immigration officials, facing a judge’s pending decision on the legality of the detention centers they use to house women and children, announced an intermediary step toward improving the conditions for its detainees. Nothing will cha...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-same-sex-marriage-federal-20140208-story.html
Federal government to expand recognition of same-sex marriage
Federal government to expand recognition of same-sex marriage WASHINGTON -- In a new milestone for gay rights, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. will issue a directive Monday expanding government recognition of same-sex marriages to all federal courtrooms and prisons, and some federal benefits programs. The new policy, whi...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-washington-marijuana-sales-20140708-story.html
Washington marijuana shops now open: ‘It’s like a candy store’
Washington marijuana shops now open: ‘It’s like a candy store’ The first customer to buy legal pot — for partying, not medicinal reasons — here in Washington’s biggest city was a retired 65-year-old woman who overnighted on a sidewalk to ensure her place in hemp history. Deborah Greene accidentally bought twice as much...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-norad-santa-tracker-20181224-story.html
NORAD’s Santa tracker – unaffected by government shutdown – goes to work for children
NORAD’s Santa tracker – unaffected by government shutdown – goes to work for children Volunteers in Christmas hats and military uniforms are taking calls from children around the world who want to know when Santa will be coming. NORAD Tracks Santa, based at Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base, says it uses infrared sens...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-north-dakota-voter-id-20181101-story.html
In North Dakota, Native Americans face a voter ID law they believe is aimed at them
In North Dakota, Native Americans face a voter ID law they believe is aimed at them It was less than a decade ago when street signs with names such as Buffalo Avenue began sprouting in reservation communities across North Dakota like Fort Yates, where Terry Yellow Fat lives. Yellow Fat, a great-grandfather who has rais...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nsa-phones-20140208-story.html
NSA phone data collection far more limited than had been disclosed
NSA phone data collection far more limited than had been disclosed WASHINGTON — Although U.S. intelligence officials have indicated since last summer that the National Security Agency was vacuuming up nearly every American telephone record for counter-terrorism investigations, officials acknowledged Friday that the spy...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nsa-telephones-20131228-story.html
Federal judge says NSA phone data collection is constitutional
Federal judge says NSA phone data collection is constitutional WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone data does not violate the constitution, a federal judge in New York has ruled, creating a conflict within the federal courts and increasing the likelihood that the Supreme Court eventu...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nukes-cost-20141109-story.html
Aging nuclear arsenal grows ever more costly
Aging nuclear arsenal grows ever more costly Pipes, tanks and other equipment rust in the humid Southern air. Leaky roofs leave puddles on factory floors. Abandoned buildings are scattered across an 800-acre site contaminated with hundreds of tons of mercury. If this were a factory making cars in Detroit or steel in Pe...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-oakleaf-mites-20151011-story.html
Mysterious oak leaf itch mite leaves its tiny bite mark across lower Plains
Mysterious oak leaf itch mite leaves its tiny bite mark across lower Plains The mysterious bug bites first appeared a few weeks ago. George Monks, a dermatologist in Tulsa, Okla., started hearing complaints about weird, itchy welts. The bites had strange, tiny blisters in the center, ruling out mosquitoes. Appearing on...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-chicago-gun-laws-20151025-story.html
Obama wants nationwide gun laws to fill in gaps left by local efforts
Obama wants nationwide gun laws to fill in gaps left by local efforts One evening in late August not three blocks from President Obama’s Chicago home, someone in a passing car pulled up to a silver Volkswagen and fired several shots through the driver’s side window, killing the driver, execution-style. The suspected ga...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-climate-plan-20140602-story.html
EPA unveils far-reaching climate plan targeting power plants
EPA unveils far-reaching climate plan targeting power plants The Obama administration Monday morning unveiled its far-reaching proposal to curb climate change by substantially restricting emissions at power plants, a plan that promises to set off intense debate across the country amid the president’s boldest action yet...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-discrimination-20140617-story.html
Obama to sign executive order curbing discrimination against gays
Obama to sign executive order curbing discrimination against gays President Obama plans to sign an executive order forbidding companies that do business with the federal government from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, fulfilling a goal that gay rights organization...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-ferguson-20140819-story.html
President Obama chooses his words carefully on Michael Brown
President Obama chooses his words carefully on Michael Brown As they watched police in military gear spread tear gas in a St. Louis suburb in recent days, White House aides knew President Obama would be expected to weigh in on race. But rather than bold words, Obama’s reaction in this case has been shaped by an acute a...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-gun-actions-20160104-story.html
Obama to announce expanded background checks as he aims to limit gun deaths
Obama to announce expanded background checks as he aims to limit gun deaths President Obama will announce Tuesday that he’ll act on his own authority to expand background checks for would-be gun buyers and increase enforcement of existing laws, a culmination of his effort to curb gun violence that nonetheless falls sho...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-gun-violence-20151027-story.html
Obama wants focus on gun violence victims - both civilians and police
Obama wants focus on gun violence victims - both civilians and police President Obama met Tuesday with families of slain police officers while in Chicago to try to persuade law enforcement officials to work more closely with communities they police. But he also met with the families of children who have died in Chicago...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-guns-20160104-story.html
Republican candidates criticize a possible move from Obama on gun control
Republican candidates criticize a possible move from Obama on gun control President Obama’s plan to impose new controls on gun sales in an effort to lessen gun violence drew sharp fire Sunday from Republican presidential candidates, who argued he lacked authority to enact the restrictions by executive order. Obama, who...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-healthcare-push-20131204-story.html
Obama acts to defend Obamacare and Democrats from GOP attacks
Obama acts to defend Obamacare and Democrats from GOP attacks WASHINGTON — Two turbulent months into the launch of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplace, President Obama moved to defend the law against Republican attacks Tuesday as the administration tried to deflect attention from the federal website’s botch...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-immigration-20140315-story.html
Obama calls on Homeland Security to ease deportations
Obama calls on Homeland Security to ease deportations WASHINGTON — Under orders by President Obama to enforce immigration laws “more humanely,” Homeland Security officials are focusing on at least two major policy changes that would slow the pace of deportations of immigrants in the U.S. illegally. But the White House ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-immigration-20140726-story.html
White House pursuing plan to expand immigrant rights
White House pursuing plan to expand immigrant rights Even as President Obama grapples with the crisis of immigrant children arriving at the Southwest border, White House officials are laying the groundwork for a large-scale expansion of immigrant rights that would come by executive action within weeks. Officials signal...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-immigration-20150319-story.html?track=rss
Texas judge threatens Justice Department over Obama’s immigration plan
Texas judge threatens Justice Department over Obama’s immigration plan A federal judge threatened Thursday to sanction the Justice Department if he finds that government lawyers misled him about the rollout of President Obama’s plan to shield up to 5 million people from deportation. U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen,...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-immigration-filing-20150312-story.html
Obama immigration program, blocked by Texas judge, wins 14 states’ support
Obama immigration program, blocked by Texas judge, wins 14 states’ support California, New York and 12 other states are joining in the push to salvage President Obama’s plan to grant legal protection to millions of people in the U.S. illegally – even if it’s only revived in their parts of the country. A federal judge h...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-louisiana-floods-20160819-snap-story.html
Obama to visit flood-ravaged Louisiana next week after returning from vacation
Obama to visit flood-ravaged Louisiana next week after returning from vacation President Obama plans to visit the site of deadly flooding in Louisiana next week after facing criticism that he stayed on vacation here this week while the stated reeled from the devastation. Obama will go to get a “first-hand look” at the ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-presidency20-2009apr20-story.html
Getting to know the Obamas, on their terms
Getting to know the Obamas, on their terms Reporting from Washington — In the short time Americans have come to know their new first family, they’ve learned that the president doesn’t want a puppy sleeping on his bed, the girls hate green veggies but at least one loves peanut butter, and the first lady believes her hus...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-syria-20151009-story.html
Pentagon is shifting its tactics on backing fighters in Syria
Pentagon is shifting its tactics on backing fighters in Syria President Obama has decided to end the Pentagon’s failed effort to field its own proxy force in Syria, the administration announced Friday. Instead of trying to back a moderate Syrian rebel force that the U.S. would train and equip, the administration will f...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obamacare-20131230-story.html
Obama’s healthcare law takes full effect this week
Obama’s healthcare law takes full effect this week WASHINGTON — Nearly four years after it was signed and after months of scrambling and uncertainty, President Obama’s landmark bid to guarantee Americans health security takes full effect Wednesday as the Affordable Care Act begins delivering healthcare coverage to mill...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obamacare-rollout-20131001-story.html
Full steam ahead for Obama healthcare law
Full steam ahead for Obama healthcare law WASHINGTON — Three and a half years after President Obama signed his landmark healthcare law, his administration made its final preparations Monday to begin enrolling millions of Americans in health insurance amid persistent anxiety over possible technical problems and intense ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obamacare-senate-landrieu-20131227-story.html
Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu adopts risky strategy in bid to keep Senate seat
Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu adopts risky strategy in bid to keep Senate seat METAIRIE, La. — In the months before Congress passed the president’s healthcare law, Sen. Mary L. Landrieu faced a deluge: The office phones rang off the hook, the mail was heavy and a few restive constituents — well aware of the cameras — showe...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-occupy-wall-street-20111017-story.html
Hundreds arrested in ‘Occupy’ protests
Hundreds arrested in ‘Occupy’ protests Several hundred protesters in at least seven U.S. cities supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested over the weekend after refusing to obey police orders to leave public areas, including 175 in Chicago. The arrests were mostly peaceful and came as somewhat of a contr...