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Mom fights back after neighbor reports her to HOA over tacky decor: 'I'm not doing anything harmful'

One family was targeted by their HOA for their driveway's chalk art. Instead of stopping, they found a clever way to fight ...
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Lawmakers fight back against major decision that will impact 45 million acres of land: '[They] will literally pave the way'

The U.S. Forest Service is attempting to repeal a 2001 Virginia law which protects 45 million acres of forest from ...
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Governor praises major decision that will impact over 63,000 acres of land: 'For years, we have raised serious concerns'

The Bureau of Land Management announced plans to cancel grazing permits previously issued to American Prairie, a nonprofit ...
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Governor makes major decision that will impact thousands of acres of land: 'Once [it's] gone, it's gone forever'

Some reported potential jumps of 300% or more, according to WFSB, creating fear that long-standing family farms wouldn't be ...
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Major competition undergoes abrupt change as catastrophic threat looms over region: 'Extremely dangerous at that point'

Organizers had planned for earlier start times at the Australian Open to beat severe temperatures during tennis matches.
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City officials take action following uptick in disturbing discoveries: 'We can make it easy for [people] to do the right thing'

San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood is testing extra-large trash cans to handle pizza boxes without making a mess.
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Experts sound alarm after finding major city's air equivalent to smoking half a pack of cigarettes: 'We should all be worried'

The Washington Post reviewed air-monitoring readings and showed that breathing Delhi's air is like smoking nine cigarettes a ...
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Experts sound alarm as troubling results surface from latest ChatGPT model tests: 'Untrustworthy at best'

AI has already begun eating its own tail, according to the Guardian. AI's disinformation may be a major threat to its ...
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New study shows unexpected outcome after having 100,000 people complete creativity test: 'This result may be … unsettling'

Researchers asked more than 100,000 people and several advanced AI systems to complete the same creativity tests, and the ...
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State ignites first-in-the-nation ban on everyday toxic chemicals: 'No reason for ... consumers to continue being exposed'

Washington's groundbreaking law to protect millions of people from a sneaky point of exposure to bisphenols has gone into ...
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Official slams major industry with lawsuit over 'cartel'-like scheme to take down rival: 'Capture-and-kill tactics'

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against several of the largest fossil fuel providers ...
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Authorities catch smugglers with bizarre but valuable contraband: 'Depending on its quality'

Police in Mumbai were able to apprehend and arrest a smuggler attempting to export ambergris, a substance produced in the ...