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Month: June 2025

An apparel factory in Hawassa

Photographer finds surreal beauty — and few humans — inside a Chinese EV factory

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Depicting endless rows of uniformed workers, Edward Burtynsky’s iconic images of mid-2000s Chinese factories spoke to the seemingly inexhaustible human labor behind China’s economic miracle. Just two decades later, the photographer’s glimpse inside an electric car plant near Shanghai presents the opposite phenomenon: a complete absence of people. “This

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National League Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_W.Smith, Los Angeles, .318; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .312; Naylor, Arizona, .304; Frelick, Milwaukee, .300; Donovan, St. Louis, .295; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .295; Burleson, St. Louis, .294; Hoerner, Chicago, .293; Machado, San Diego, .293; Alonso, New York, .291; Pages, Los Angeles, .291; Tucker, Chicago, .291. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 82; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 67; Soto,

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American League Leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .356; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .338; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .325; Peña, Houston, .322; Kirk, Toronto, .315; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .314; Ramírez, Cleveland, .309; Meyers, Houston, .306; Clement, Toronto, .304; Greene, Detroit, .296. RUNS_Judge, New York, 73; Raleigh, Seattle, 59; Buxton, Minnesota, 53; Rooker, Athletics, 53; V.Guerrero, Toronto, 52; B.Lowe, Tampa Bay, 52;

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Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

By TAMMY WEBBER, JUSTIN KABUMBA and MOSES SAWASAWA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Street lights erase the shadows where attackers once hid. Noisy, polluting diesel generators have gone silent. New businesses are taking root. In several Goma neighborhoods where almost nobody had electricity just five years ago, a small solar network is offering a

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NATIONAL FEEDER & STOCKER CATTLE SUMMARY – WEEK ENDING 06/28/2025

By USDA-MO Dept of Ag Market News RECEIPTS: Auctions Direct Video/Internet TotalThis Week: 108,900 27,400 24,900 161,200Last Week: 122,600 25,800 175,100 323,500Year Ago: 115,400 39,000 21,700 176,100 Compared to last week, North-Central auctions sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher and South-Central auctions were unevenly steady. Southeastern auctions sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. A lighter offering of

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Authorities name suspect in firefighter ambush

Authorities name suspect in firefighter ambush, Clarify details amid online rumors

Noah Farley UPDATE: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (KIFI) — Authorities have identified 20-year-old Wess Val Roley as the suspect in Sunday’s ambush near Coeur d’Alene that left two firefighters dead and one seriously injured. During a press conference Monday afternoon, Sheriff Bob Norris not only named Roley but also worked to clear up several misconceptions and

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Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year’s presidential election, report shows

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order. A report released Monday by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission also found a surge in early in-person voting

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A person stands with a US flag attached to them

Court fights renew in earnest in effort to challenge Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order after SCOTUS ruling

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Three days after the Supreme Court said litigants attempting to get court orders broadly blocking President Donald Trump’s policies must do so through class action lawsuits, an administration lawyer said it plans to oppose such legal maneuverings in cases challenging the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The

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Lara Trump

Republican hopefuls wait for Lara Trump decision in North Carolina Senate race, sources tell CNN

By Dianne Gallagher and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, is the leading potential candidate to run for Senate from North Carolina with Donald Trump’s backing, multiple sources tell CNN. Sen. Thom Tillis’ announcement that he won’t seek reelection next year opens a prize opportunity for North Carolina Republicans. Multiple

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Bush, Obama — and singer Bono — fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Obama called the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID

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