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'Out of many, one,' says a US national motto. What does that push for unity mean today?
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NEW YORK (AP) — The aspirations cut a wide swath through American history since 1776 — from the “All men are created equal” of the Declaration of Independence and the “We the people” of the Constitution, to the “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” of the Pledge of Allegiance ... (full story)
ABA president launches 2026 Law Day program
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Law Day, which is commemorated every year on May 1st celebrates the rule of law and the role that our legal institutions play in sustaining American democracy.
This year’s Law Day theme is “The Rule of Law and the American Dream.”
Most Americans have their own version of the American Dream, which may emphas ... (full story)
Veterans mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion with a new museum in Miami
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MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Portuondo was still a teenager in 1960 when his family, like thousands of others, fled Cuba for Miami, following the culmination of the Cuban Revolution a year earlier.
Soon after, while still attending school, Portuondo learned of a military force of Cuban refugees being organized by the United States ... (full story)
The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is set to impose the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers in a sign of growing political opposition to tech giants’ massive structures that have stoked fears about blackouts, rising electricity bills and voracious water needs.
The legislation arose in a ... (full story)
EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
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The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators.
The possible change is alarming environmental advocates who say it would lead to more dangerous pollution spewing into communities, with fewer or no ch ... (full story)