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Trump’s Superfund Program is Focused on Low-Hanging Fruit

Jackie Young, executive director of Texas Health and Environment Alliance, and long-time environmental advocate, travelled to Washington D.C. this week to meet with officials at EPA Headquarters. The EPA has taken tremendous strides in recent years for the clean-up of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, a Superfund Site in the San Jacinto River near Interstate 10.

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9 Black Women Share Their Painful Divorce Experiences in New Book, “How Divorce Became My Deliverance”

Because researchers estimate that marriages have a 50% chance of survival, these women have come together to share how they moved past the pain of divorce. While some chose to leave and others were left, they all walked the path to self-discovery and empowerment. This collection of stories is not a tale of woe; they are stories of encouragement for any woman coping with the stigma, heartbreak and hardship of divorce.

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Young political leaders team up to support millennial and Gen Z Democrats ahead of 2022

In a push to galvanize young Democrats to run for office, a political action committee focused on electing young, down-ballot candidates in swing districts announced Monday a national campaign to support 50 millennial and Gen Z candidates under the age of 45 ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

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We Can Make America Better

Benefits of a long life include lived memory and perspective. Today, it is easy to despair about America - with its extreme inequality, its continuing racial divide, its fragile democracy,

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Klimt’s ‘last masterpiece’ sells for record-breaking $108.4 million

The last portrait completed by Gustav Klimt became the most expensive artwork ever to sell at a European auction Tuesday, when it sold for a staggering £85.3 million ($108.4 million) in London.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital

Silicon Valley Bank collapsed Friday morning after a stunning 48 hours in which its capital crisis set off fears of a meltdown across the banking industry.

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‘Oppenheimer’ unleashes Christopher Nolan on the ‘father’ of the atomic bomb

“Oppenheimer” seeks to match the mythological nature of its central theme – an “American Prometheus,” punished for bringing humankind the seeds of its potential destruction – with a movie of equal heft, scale and (most of all) length. Writer-director Christopher Nolan’s epic film essentially consists of three chapters, with the middle, Atlas-like, holding up the weaker, drawn-out beginning and end.

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Afghans watch nervously as Taliban regime takes shape, and US and its allies continue frantic exit

Thousands of desperate Afghans remain stranded under Taliban rule in Kabul on Tuesday, as the US and its allies -- still frantically evacuating their personnel from the city's airport -- reckon with the sudden breakdown of their two-decade effort in Afghanistan.

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The Pope went to Canada to apologize. For some indigenous school survivors, he triggered more pain

Victoria McIntosh unfurls a little girl's white winter coat from her handbag and smooths it out on the table.

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Kanye West's strange presidential bid unravels thanks to a messy ballot access operation

Kanye West is on the ballot in Minnesota and Tennessee but just missed the filing deadline in Wisconsin. Missouri said his petition lacked more than 3,400 valid signatures, but he's gone to court in a last-ditch attempt to get on the ballot in the swing state of Ohio.

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Trump: 'I have the absolute right to pardon myself'

President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has the right to pardon himself but suggested that he won't use that power, adding that the special counsel investigation is "unconstitutional."

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Lyft's Redesigned Street Concept Could Fix L.A. Traffic

Want your city to fix its traffic issues? It should start by narrowing streets and planting trees where cars currently drive. A new partnership with Lyft and transportation experts highlights the overlooked secrets of good urban design -- and the answers may sound counterintiutive. For example, building more lanes to transport more cars isn't a way to cut down on congestion.

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Singer K. Michelle Announces Battle with Lupus: “I was so broken”

Memphis native and R&B singer K. Michelle revealed on Twitter that she was recently diagnosed with Lupus, but gratefully, received a negative result during a follow-up visit.

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Emergency Needs for Medical Deserts During COVID Pandemic

According to the American Hospital Association Annual Survey, over 1,000 hospitals in our country have closed since 1975. As a result, communities from coast to coast have populations in which residents must drive more than 60 minutes to reach an acute care hospital. These places are called "medical deserts." They exist in every state.

WHO warns over spread of measles in Europe as 34,000 cases reported in 2 months

Measles outbreaks will continue to spread in Europe without a robust response, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned as it urged countries in the region to vaccinate vulnerable populations.

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7 Unsuspecting Daily Habits That Could Lead to Kidney Failure

Our kidneys are one of our hardest working organs and often have to endure tough conditions to keep our system clean. Sometimes, we can unknowingly make it doubly challenging to rid our bodies of toxins. Here are a few common habits that you might not realize are putting pressure on your kidneys.

Rand Paul's ridiculous answer on whether the election was 'stolen'

Even now -- after the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president, after the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, after the myriad lawsuit dismissals -- Rand Paul can't bring himself to say that the 2020 election was not, in fact, stolen.

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3 Healing Baths To Help You Burn Calories

Soaking in a bath has been a cultural practice all over the world for centuries. It has proven to provide benefits of improving mood, aiding skin conditions, reducing stress, clearing up cold symptoms and relieving muscle pain. What if you found out that bathing could actually help you stay on track with your weekly workout goals?

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Starting at a Black Newspaper, Dana W. White Is the First Black Woman to Run Communications at a Major Automaker

As Hyundai North America’s first black chief communications officer, Dana W. White knows what it is like to have two feet in two worlds.

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Hyundai Partners with Children's Hospital of Savannah to Promote Child Passenger Safety in Georgia

Hyundai Hope Donates $25,000 to Emphasize Commitment to Child Passenger Safety Programs

Hyundai Motor America announced its partnership with Memorial Health's Dwaine and Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah and Safe Kids Savannah to support child passenger and driver education programs. The Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children’s Hospital of Savannah is the lead agency for Safe Kids Savannah, a local coalition of organizations and concerned individuals with the common goal of preventing accidental childhood injuries and deaths. Hyundai’s donation will assist with consumer educational events, including upcoming car seat safety check events with Children’s Hospital of Savannah and Safe Kids Savannah.