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Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Trump aide Walt Nauta at center of contentious hearing in documents case Trump's attorneys and aide Walt Nauta sparred with prosecutors during hearing in case involving Trump's handling of classified records. 05/22/2024 - 11:32 am | View Link
Japanese officials erect barrier in front of Mount Fuji to obstruct tourists from taking pictures The vantage point in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko requires people to stand in the road to get the best shot. | ITV National News 05/21/2024 - 1:46 am | View Link
OBSTRUCT | English meaning to block a road, passage, entrance, etc. so that nothing can go along it, or to prevent something from happening correctly by putting difficulties in its way: After the earthquake many roads were obstructed by collapsed buildings. Her view of the stage was obstructed by a pillar. 05/21/2024 - 2:30 pm | View Link
Obstruct Definition & Meaning The meaning of OBSTRUCT is to block or close up by an obstacle. How to use obstruct in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Obstruct. 05/21/2024 - 1:59 am | View Link
OBSTRUCT Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words Synonyms for OBSTRUCT: impede, hinder, hamper, embarrass, inhibit, stymie, handicap, disrupt; Antonyms of OBSTRUCT: facilitate, help, assist, aid, open, clear, liberate, make way. 05/20/2024 - 9:41 pm | View Link
OBSTRUCT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary to block a road, passage, entrance, etc. so that nothing can go along it, or to prevent something from happening correctly by putting difficulties in its way: After the earthquake many roads were obstructed by collapsed buildings. Her view of the stage was obstructed by a pillar. 05/19/2024 - 3:41 am | View Link
Obstruct When you obstruct something, you block it. If you’re gobbling down your pizza, a chunk of crust you didn’t chew so well might obstruct your airway and you'll choke. Obstruct also means to get in the way so that you hide something from view. 05/18/2024 - 8:43 am | View Link
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court had previously found diluted the power of Black voters. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court’s conservative supermajority wrote that “the Challengers provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander, and their circumstantial evidence is very weak.”
The court’s ruling protects the seat of GOP Rep.
A congressional committee on Wednesday scaled back a U. S. military proposal that would have allowed it to force the transfer of potentially hundreds of Colorado Air National Guard members to the Space Force.
Gov. Jared Polis and several members of the state’s congressional delegation had protested the proposal, which is intended to help staff up the newest military branch by allowing it to absorb state-led units involved in space operations.
The mothers of ModernAdoptionPlans.org have a message for women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant: You, too, can turn this difficult time into a rewarding experience by relinquishing your baby for adoption.
In glossy videos, they tell their stories. They found themselves in crisis. Many considered abortions before deciding on adoption. It was a painful choice, but it was the right choice.
“This is one of the greatest things a parent could ever do,” says Adrianne, a Black birth mother, from a sun-filled loft.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Island nations in the Pacific, Caribbean, and West Indies won a major international legal victory this week that puts more pressure on large governments like the European Union and China to curb their carbon emissions.