US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers said Thursday they’ve completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower . “This environmental analysis is the product of the hard work of experts from multiple

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North Carolina Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson vows to stay in race despite media report

North Carolina Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson vows to stay in race despite media report

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson vowed on Thursday to remain in the race despite a CNN report that he posted strongly worded racial and sexual comments on an online message board, saying he won’t be forced out by “salacious tabloid lies.” Robinson, the sitting lieutenant governor who decisively won

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Minnesota’s top elections official says ‘glitch’ in automatic voter registration system is fixed

Minnesota’s top elections official says ‘glitch’ in automatic voter registration system is fixed

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — While there was a “glitch” in Minnesota’s new automatic voter registration system, Secretary of State Steve Simon said Thursday that nobody who was ineligible voted in the August primary as a result of the problem. That had been one of the questions that Minnesota Republicans last week said was still

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Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a

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Police say 1 person has been killed and another seriously injured in a stabbing in Rotterdam

Police say 1 person has been killed and another seriously injured in a stabbing in Rotterdam

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One person was killed and another seriously injured in a stabbing incident late Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured and taken to a hospital for treatment. Police spokesman Wessel Stolle said officers were investigating the stabbing near the

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