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U.S. Travel Association: Reconciliation Bill contains significant wins for travel industry
Travel Daily News
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July 4, 2025
U.S. Travel Association praises infrastructure and security investments but criticizes visa fee hikes and cuts to Brand USA, urging full tourism promotion funding. WASHINGTON – U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Geoff Freeman issued the...
U.S. Consulate launches 29th American space in Nigeria, deepens people-to-people ties
Nairametrics
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July 4, 2025
On Thursday, Acting U.S. Consul General JoEllen Gorg joined Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun to officially open the Ogun Tech Hub Window on America, the 29th American Space in Nigeria. This new center—the second in Abeokuta—was established through...
U.S. expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy
Spectrum News Austin
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July 4, 2025
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca...
U.S. Highway 80 between Main Street and Allen Boulevard to close for four days in July
WTOC 11 - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that there will be a four-day closure for railroad crossing improvements on U.S. Highway 80 between State Route 25/Main Street and Allen Boulevard. This means...
U.S. “Dangerously Unprepared” For War With China Despite Trillion Dollar Defense Budget; Pentagon Critically Dependent On Beijing: Report
The Eurasian Times
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July 4, 2025
The US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is “dangerously unprepared” for the demands of great power competition. Despite a nearly trillion-dollar defense budget in FY2025, the US is struggling to meet its current operational needs in Ukraine, the...
U.S. DOL awards nearly $84 million in apprenticeship grants, Mike Rowe warns Americans ‘will to work’ is disappearing
Repairer Driven News - Michigan
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July 4, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded nearly $84 million in grants to 50 states and territories to increase the capacity of registered apprenticeship programs; however, America’s “will to work” is being questioned. The DOL says the grants...
Mountain House native serves with the next generation of U.S. Navy Elite Rescue Swimmers
Tracy Press - California
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July 4, 2025
Airman Winston Schenck of Mountain House is serving in the U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer School in Pensacola, Fla. Ensign Tiffany Savoie/Navy Office of Community Outreach Airman Winston Schenck, a native of Mountain House, is serving in the...
What’s the proper role for religion in U.S. public schools?
Patheos
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July 4, 2025
Schoolroom prayers? opt-outs? curriculums? displays? / pixabay.com image THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: In the vigorous discussions since World War Two about religion’s proper place in U.S. public schools, believers have been on both defense and...
Why the U.S.-Vietnam ‘Transshipment’ Clause Complicates Trade Tensions with China
TIME Magazine
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July 4, 2025
A U.S. and Vietnam trade deal has been reached that means Vietnam will avoid the most severe tariff rates—set to go back up next week—but there’s a catch that could anger Vietnam’s largest trading partner, China. The deal, announced Wednesday,...
The U.S. turns 249 today. Can Americans still find common ground?
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
Just a few metres from the Washington Monument and near a view of the White House, tourists from across the United States gathered in D.C. ahead of the July Fourth holiday. The U.S. turns 249 years old on Friday. But the feeling that the country...
Racial Equality in U.S. Education: State-by-State
The Good Men Project - California
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July 4, 2025
Chip Lupo is an experienced personal finance writer currently contributing to WalletHub. With a background in journalism from Elon University, he has worked across various sectors, including finance, sports, politics, and religion. Chip has...
“Ukraine is everything to me”: U.S. photographer on war and hope
Defence Blog
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July 4, 2025
American freelance photographer Steve Andre has been documenting Ukraine for over a decade, witnessing the country both before and during Russia’s full-scale invasion. In this interview with Defence Blog, he shares his experiences, from...
Ten-year study tracks trends in pediatric clavicle fractures across the U.S.
Medical News
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July 4, 2025
Journal: JSES Reviews, Reports & Techniques Title: Mechanisms and Trends of Pediatric Clavicular Fractures in the United States: A 10-Year Epidemiologic Analysis of National Injury Data Authors: Charu Jain, MD candidate at the Icahn School of...
The U.S. Will Drop Billions Of Flies From Airplanes Over Mexico And Texas
Charter 97
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3 Why? The U.S. government intends to release billions of sterile meat flies from airplanes over south Texas and Mexico. This is how the authorities are fighting the carnivorous larvae, a parasite that can destroy living animal tissue and pose a...
Intrepid Travel Launches ‘Active-ism’ Trips to Support U.S. National Parks
AOL
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Maddie Hiatt/Travel + Leisure Scenic view of Zion National Park in Utah. Key Takeaway Intrepid Travel is launching two “Active-ism” trips in U.S. national parks, blending adventure with environmental advocacy. The trips are hosted by prominent...
The U.S. seems to be ceding technological lead to China
Cryptopolitan
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July 4, 2025
The U.S. seems to be ceding technological lead in a critical sector to China following the country’s decision to cut funding to programs boosting EV sector sales. China and the U.S. are taking completely different approaches to their electric...
This 4th of July the United States Celebrates its Oldest Consulate in the Azores
The Portugal News
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Midway in the Atlantic Ocean, some 950 miles west of Lisbon lies the Azores, an archipelago of nine remote volcanic islands. The northernmost of the Macronesian Archapelagos, the Azores islands — known officially as the Autonomous Region of the...
Rise In Teenage Use Of Nicotine Pouches In U.S. Has Some Experts Alarmed
Forbes
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In this photo illustration, Zyn nicotine cases and pouches are shown.(Photo Illustration by Michael ... More M. Santiago/Getty Images)Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration authorized the marketing of ZYN nicotine pouch products earlier...
Patriots in the U.S.A.
The Dispatch
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July 4, 2025
I chose to write about how the American Revolution really was an honest-to-goodness revolution and was seen as a really big deal at the time—and for the half century after. But then, by the middle of the 19th century, the American Revolution was...
Sumter School District board approves early U.S. history course for pilot
The Item - South Carolina
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Sumter school board approved a pilot program for a new prerequisite course at Sumter High School to help with overall achievement levels in a state-required course with an end-of-course exam at a recent special-called meeting. The new piloted …