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The Stand (Washington Labor News)

Hanford | Mungia wins | SAG-AFTRA strike
Author: Sarah Tucker

Wednesday, November 20, 2024   STRIKES ► From Game Developer — SAG-AFTRA doesn’t want you to forget about striking workers during awards season — “At this time of celebration, it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that thousands of video game voice and movement performers have been on strike for 116 days, following […]

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Columbian Newspaper

Nationwide IV fluid shortage could change how hospitals manage patient hydration
Author: Jackie Fortiér, KFF Health News

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether.

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Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon
Author: TIA GOLDENBERG and KAREEM CHEHAYEB, TIA GOLDENBERG and KAREEM CHEHAYEB, Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials demanded Wednesday the freedom to strike Lebanon’s Hezbollah as part of any cease-fire deal, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement.

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North Korea hasn’t perfected ICBM warheads, US admiral says
Author: Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — Years of high-profile intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea have fallen short of demonstrating that Pyongyang can successfully launch and deliver a nuclear warhead against the U.S. mainland, the head of American forces in the Indo-Pacific said.

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Central Valley School Board sends letter against transgender girls in sports
Author: Elena Perry, The Spokesman-Review

SPOKANE — At a packed and lively meeting, the Central Valley School Board on Monday passed a resolution and sent a letter against transgender girls’ participation in girls sports.

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Kalama Elementary School secured after Vancouver resident suffers mental health crisis on campus
Author: Minka Atkinson, The Daily News

Kalama Elementary School was placed in lock down Tuesday morning after the Kalama Police Department was informed that Vancouver resident experiencing a mental health crisis, who did not have custody, tried to pick up their children from the school.

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Argentina’s Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China’s Xi after shaking up the G20
Author: ISABEL DEBRE, Associated Press

LA PAZ, Boliva (AP) — Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump and other global far-right icons into a winning political message.

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J.D. Power: More than one quarter of bank customers experienced fraud
Author: Matthew Goldberg, Bankrate.com

Having fraudulent transactions on your bank account can be a scary and frustrating experience, even traumatic. But if you have a bank and financial institution — be it a bank or credit union — that cares about the security of your money, resolving the issue well could give you a lasting peace of mind.

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NYT Politics

Trump’s Top Aides Embrace Confrontation With China
Author: Edward Wong and Ana Swanson
President-elect Donald J. Trump is assembling a team of aides bent on confrontation with China. But he also has advisers who do business there, including Elon Musk.
How to Win Latino Voters
Author: Jennifer Medina and Kellen Browning
A conversation with a Democrat who did.

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