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Burn bans in place in several parishes, counties as wildfires break out

The Moore County News Press 20 Mar 2025
SHREVEPORT, La. — Caddo Parish was the first in the area to put a burn ban in place on Tuesday. As the day progressed Wednesday, more parishes and counties were added to the list ....
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Aiken County man accused of sexually assaulting girl over several years

The Post and Courier 20 Mar 2025
An Aiken County man has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl over a number of years ... .
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Road closed in west Normal after severe weather moved through Central Illinois

The Pantagraph 20 Mar 2025
A fallen tree blocked a west Normal street Wednesday afternoon after a line of severe storms moved through Central Illinois ... .
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Severe floods hit three districts in Johor, 753 evacuated

The Star 20 Mar 2025
JOHOR BARU. Heavy rainfall in Johor has led to severe flooding in three districts, forcing the evacuation of over 700 residents. Read full story ... .
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PHOTO COLLECTION: Severe Weather

The Daily Item 20 Mar 2025
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors ....
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What time is Severance out? Apple TV release time for season 2 episode 10 and ...

The Scotsman 20 Mar 2025
Severance’s second series finale is its longest ever episode 📺 ....
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Olive oil can serve as a remedy for several ailments

The Daily Independent - Ashland 20 Mar 2025
FROM NORTH AMERICA SYNDICATE, 300 W 57th STREET, 15th FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10019 ... .
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MHP helped several schools celebrate Read Across America

New Albany Gazette 20 Mar 2025
Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop F Public Affairs Officer Senior Staff Sgt. Bryan McGee said this week the Patrol recently helped several area schools celebrate Read Across America with future leaders ... .
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UN staffer killed in Gaza, 5 others severely injured

Bahrain News 20 Mar 2025
... killing one UN staff member and injuring 5 others, some of them 'very severely.'.
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All Will (Hopefully) Be Revealed in the ‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale

Collider 20 Mar 2025
If Severance Season 2 has taught us anything, it is that, in an age where film ...
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From erasing the stories of Navajo “code talkers” on the Pentagon website to demolishing a “Black Lives Matter” mural in Washington, President Donald Trump’s assault on diversity across the United States government is dismantling decades of racial justice programs. Delivering on a campaign promise, the Republican billionaire made it one of his first acts in office to terminate all federal government diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, which he said led to “illegal and immoral discrimination.” The crackdown on DEI initiatives at the Pentagon has been broad, ranging from a ban on recruiting transgender troops — a move stayed by a court this week — to removing vast troves of documents and images from its website. Earlier this month, Civil War historian Kevin M. Levin reported that Arlington National Cemetery had begun to wipe its website of the histories of Black, Hispanic and women war veterans. “It’s a sad day when our own military is forced to turn its back on sharing the stories of the brave men and women, who have served this country with honor,” Levin wrote on his Substack. “This insanity must stop.” – ‘Woke cultural Marxism’ – References to war heroes, military firsts, and even notable African Americans were among the swathe of images and articles marked for deletion, according to a database obtained by the Associated Press. Among the more than 26,000 items marked to be removed were references to the Enola Gay, the US aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 — apparently because the plane’s name triggered a digital search for word associated with LGBT inclusion. Other content removed by the Pentagon included stories on the Tuskegee Airmen, who were the first African American military aviators, and baseball legend and veteran Jackie Robinson. Responding to a question on those and other removals, the Pentagon on Wednesday said it saluted the individuals, but refused to see “them through the prism of immutable characteristics.” “(DEI) is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that Divides the force, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the services’ core warfighting mission,” said Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot. He added that in “rare cases” that content was removed that should not have been, it would be restored — as was the case with the articles on Robinson and on Navajo “code talkers” — but defiantly stood by the purge as a whole. – ‘Erase history’ – Not everyone has been convinced by the Pentagon’s explanations around the purge. Descendants of the Native Americans who played a vital role for US forces in World War II said they had been shocked to discover their ancestors’ heroic contributions had been effectively deleted from the public record. “I definitely see it as an attempt to erase the history of people of color in general,” said Zonnie Gorman, daughter of military veteran Carl Gorman. Carl Gorman was one of the young Navajo “code talkers” recruited by the US Navy in 1942 to test the use of their Indigenous language, whose complex structure made it an almost impossible-to-crack wartime code. Several web pages detailing the role of the group, whose contribution was key to the United States’ victories in the Pacific between 1942 and 1945 in battles such as Iwo Jima, recently disappeared from the Pentagon’s site. For Gorman, a historian, the action was an insult. “From the very beginning, we are very invisible in this country, and so to have a story that was so well recognized for us as Indigenous people, that felt good,” she told AFP. “And then this is like a slap in the face.” – Chilling effect – The US president’s move to end DEI programs has also affected more than just the federal government. Since he won last year’s election, several major US corporations — including Google, Meta, Amazon and McDonalds — have either entirely scrapped or dramatically scaled back their DEI programs. According to the New York Times, the number of companies on the S&P 500 that used the words “diversity, equity and inclusion” in company filings had fallen nearly 60 percent compared to 2024. The American Civil Liberties Union says Trump’s policies have taken a “‘shock and awe’ approach that upends longstanding, bipartisan federal policy meant to open doors that had been unfairly closed.” US federal anti-discrimination programs were born of the 1960s civil rights struggle, mainly led by Black Americans, for equality and justice after hundreds of years of slavery, whose abolition in 1865 saw other institutional forms of racism enforced. Today, Black Americans and other minorities continue to disproportionately face police violence, incarceration, poverty, homelessness and hate crimes, according to official data. - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 20 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) \u2014 From erasing the stories of Navajo .
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Severe Weather Spurs Rising Auto Insurance Costs | Insurify

Black Hills Pioneer 19 Mar 2025
As cars become more technically complex and auto repair costs rise, weather-related damage in high-risk areas can increase car insurance rates ....
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Siren test a focal point of Severe Weather Awareness Week

Toledo Blade 19 Mar 2025
Lucas County’s enhanced weather-alert system will go live Wednesday morning in conjunction with an annual statewide tornado drill intended to boost severe weather awareness ... .
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