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Milan bans heavy vehicles, imposes antismog measures during bout of bad air pollution

MILAN, Italy (AP) — Italy’s northern Lombardy region has imposed severe antismog measures to combat a particularly bad period of air pollution. The measures imposed Tuesday bar heavy motor vehicles from operating during the day and impose limits on heating and industrial agricultural activities in Milan and eight other provinces. A lack of rain and

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Biden wants people to know most of the money he’s seeking for Ukraine would be spent in the US

By JAMIE STENGLE and JOSH BOAK Associated Press MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — At a bustling construction site outside of Dallas, there are hopes that Congress can finally pass nearly $95 billion in foreign aid including funding for Ukraine — because factory jobs in the United States depend on that money. Aerospace and defense company General

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The Supreme Court leaves in place the admissions plan at an elite Virginia public high school

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that some parents claimed discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. The court’s order, over the dissent of Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, ended a legal challenge to a policy that was overhauled

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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Virginia high school’s ‘race-neutral’ admissions policy

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a challenge to a top Virginia high school’s “race-neutral” admissions policy that critics say discriminates against Asian American students. The case raised several key questions about the court’s landmark ruling last year invalidating affirmative action policies at the nation’s colleges and

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Supreme Court won’t review sanctions against pro-Trump lawyers who filed frivolous 2020 election suits

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revisit sanctions levied against two pro-Trump attorneys who filed frivolous lawsuits challenging the outcome of the 2020 election in Michigan. Sidney Powell and Lin Wood filed separate appeals asking the justices to review sanctions imposed by a US district court in 2021.

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Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries — a medical illustrator explains how

By James A. Perkins, Rochester Institute of Technology (The Conversation) — “Medical illustrators draw what can’t be seen, watch what’s never been done, and tell thousands about it without saying a word.” For decades, this slogan appeared on the website and printed materials of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Although the association no longer uses this tag line,

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