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Columbian Newspaper
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Brazil apologizes for post-World War II persecution of Japanese immigrants
Sao Paulo (AP) — The Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II. |
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How climate change is remaking this top WA job
The state’s top job overseeing public lands has become more complicated in recent years, as drought and warm weather stoke wildfires and debate intensifies over the benefit of Washington’s forest in the fight against climate change. |
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Wildfire sparked by a burning car triples in size in a day; blazes scorch Washington, Oregon
A wildfire that tripled in size to become California’s largest of the year was started by a man who was seen pushing a burning car into a gully even as blazes scorch the Pacific Northwest, authorities said in announcing an arrest. |
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What could be nation’s largest solar project planned by feds at Eastern WA nuclear site
KENNEWICK — The Department of Energy is entering negotiations for one of the largest in the nation, if not the largest, solar and battery storage energy projects to be built at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington. |
Seattle Times Opinion
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President Harris would be a ‘first’ in many ways. She can handle it
Throughout an impressive career, Kamala Harris has always been under a microscope as the first like her to have many of those jobs. |
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The CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of depending on Big Tech overlords
Tech companies now run or help run communications, commerce and other services more nimbly than do federal agencies — with less regulation and public oversight. |
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Our days are getting longer as the polar ice caps melt
Researchers at Swiss university ETH Zurich have shown how climate change is altering the length of a day. |
Portland Business News
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Nike cut deeper into global workforce last year, filing shows
Nike reported a 5% cut in global workforce and a $3 million compensation decrease for CEO John Donahoe.
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NYT Politics
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As Trump Looms, Blinken Aims to Reassure Allies on U.S. Commitment to Asia
Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.
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With Kamala Harris, U.S. Free Trade Skepticism May Continue
The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues.
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