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Analysis: Maryland climate plan is comprehensive but lacks short-term legislative strategy 01/06/2024 11:31pm • By most accounts, the Maryland Department of the Environment's plan outlining the policy actions required to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions is innovative and ambitious. But the 98-page document, released during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year's, lacks a coh Cumbersome process and 'arbitrary' Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say 01/06/2024 03:43pm • CAIRO (AP) — At Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, lines of hundreds of trucks carrying aid wait for weeks to enter Gaza, and a warehouse is full of goods rejected by Israeli inspectors, everything from water testing equipment to medical kits for delivering babies, two U.S. senators said Saturday af New Mexico legislators back slower, sustained growth in government programs with budget plan 01/05/2024 09:50pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leading New Mexico lawmakers on Friday recommended a 5.9% increase in general fund spending for the coming fiscal year amid a windfall in oil-related income, while also sounding a cautionary note on the future of the state's petroleum bonanza and setting aside more money in s PepsiCo products are being pulled from some Carrefour grocery stores in Europe over price hikes 01/05/2024 07:03pm • PARIS (AP) — Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Lay's potato chips, Quaker Oats, Lipton Iced Tea and its namesake soda. The French grocery chain said it pulled PepsiCo p Recalled meat snack trays sold at Sam's Club are linked to salmonella poisoning in two dozen people 01/05/2024 04:59pm • At least two dozen people in 14 states have been sickened, including five who were hospitalized, by salmonella poisoning tied to recalled meat snack trays sold at some Sam's Club stores, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Fratelli Beretta USA, a New Jersey meat process Top White House budget official warns of 'dire' situation on Ukraine aid 01/05/2024 04:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top budget official warned in stark terms Friday about the rapidly diminishing time that lawmakers have to replenish U.S. aid for Ukraine, as the fate of that money to Kyiv remains tied up in negotiations over immigration where a deal has so far been out o Sri Lanka declares moratorium on research ships for a year amid Indian concerns over Chinese vessels 01/05/2024 09:28am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has declared a moratorium on foreign research ships entering its waters for a year amid concerns from India over Chinese research vessels docking in its neighborhood. Though the moratorium comes ostensibly for capacity building it is seen as a reaction to growin A desperate family in Gaza clings to a routine for survival 01/05/2024 09:15am • MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad family are clinging to a strict survival routine. They fled their comfortable three-bedroom home in northern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war broke out nearly three months ago. The 10-person family now squeeze Farmers prevent Germany's vice chancellor leaving a ferry in a protest that draws condemnation 01/05/2024 05:27am • BERLIN (AP) — A group of farmers prevented Germany's vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry, hours after the government partially climbed down on cost-saving plans that had infuriated the agricultural sector. The protest drew condemnation from both government and opposition figures. Farmers hea Why there may be plastic chemicals in your food, even if you don’t realize it 01/04/2024 09:17pm • There are still various levels of plastic chemicals in many different types of foods, according to a new Consumer Reports investigation. The organization tested dozens of food items, such as frozen pizza, yogurt and fast food, among others. It aimed to determine the prevalence of plasticizers, wh 10 Environmentally Friendly College Campuses 01/04/2024 07:00pm • Discover colleges that are committed to conservationFor college hopefuls who are passionate about the environment, an institution's policies on sustainability may be a major factor they consider during their school search. While some colleges take small steps toward creating a greener campus, others Kentucky governor backs longer list of conditions eligible for treatment under medical marijuana law 01/04/2024 05:57pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Access to medical marijuana in Kentucky should expand to include a longer list of severe health conditions, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday in advocating a change that would make hundreds of thousands more people eligible for treatment when the program begins next year. The m Influential former Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 89 01/04/2024 05:52pm • DALLAS, Texas (AP) — Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 89. President Joe Biden, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and many other Walgreens, Mobileye fall; Peloton, Lamb Weston rise, Thursday, 1/4/2024 01/04/2024 04:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA), down $1.31 to $24.26 The pharmacy chain cut its dividend nearly in half in order to conserve cash. Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. (LW), up 33 cents to $105.26 The frozen french MetLife Stadium to remove 1,740 seats for 2026 World Cup, officials hoping to host final 01/04/2024 03:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — MetLife Stadium officials plan to remove 1,740 seats to widen the field for World Cup matches as they hope to host the 2026 final but will retain a narrower surface for this year’s Copa América. The stadium in suburban East Rutherford, New Jersey, is among the contenders for the