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Who was Jeffrey Epstein? A backgrounder on the financier at the center of a global scandal
KMBZ - Kansas
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July 16, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender whose name has become synonymous with power, exploitation, and unanswered questions. Born in Brooklyn in 1953, Epstein began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in...
Southwest Airlines launches ticket sales for flights with assigned seating in major policy U-turn
The Independent
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July 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Trump denies Epstein island visit, says Maxwell pardon not planned
Straight Arrow News
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President Donald Trump said on Monday, July 28, that he declined an invitation to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands – distancing himself further from renewed scrutiny over his past ties to the convicted sex offender. “I...
Southwest Airlinesto Launch Nonstop Flights from BWI to St. Thomas in 2026
Eye on Annapolis - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will soon offer a new nonstop route to the Caribbean, as Southwest Airlines officially announced plans to begin service between Baltimore and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands starting February 7, 2026. The new...
Trump loyalist Emil Bove III confirmed by Senate to lifetime appointment on US circuit court
World Socialist Web Site
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July 31, 2025
Eric Trump, attorney Emil Bove, Trump 2024 National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and attorney Alina Habba listen to former President Donald Trump speak as he arrives at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush...
Southwest Airlines: St. Thomas flights begin in February from 2 cities
The Points Guy
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July 29, 2025
Picture this: It's the middle of winter, and you've just boarded a two- or three-hour flight to the Caribbean — and you don't even need a passport. That will soon be the reality for two U.S. cities that are set to get brand-new Southwest Airlines...
Since No One Else Seems to Care, Let’s Remember Epstein’s Survivors
Paste
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For the last month, the Trump administration’s epic mishandling of the disturbing, decades-long public inquiry for the truth behind Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous client list and his pedophilic criminal enterprise has roiled MAGA. In February,...
OSH Law Primer, Part XVI: OSHA-Approved State Plans
National Law Review
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July 30, 2025
Quick Hits OSHA-approved state plans have their own workplace safety and health regulations, which must be at least as effective as the corresponding federal OSHA regulations. Within the list of state plan programs, California, Oregon, and...
Why the Almanac of American Politics remains an essential read amid today’s fractured political climate
Poynter
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July 30, 2025
On Sept. 2, a rarity will arrive in bookstores: a volume that manages to bridge the divides of today’s highly polarized politics. That book is the Almanac of American Politics. An updated version of the Almanac has been published every two years...
States Pass Privacy Laws Safeguarding Brain Data Collected
Government Technology
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July 30, 2025
More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning....
Companies Behind the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico Leave a Global Trail of Damage
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 2, 2025
The five foreign companies behind the Esencia megaproject in Cabo Rojo, on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, have left a trail of environmental destruction and community disputes in the ecologically sensitive areas where they’ve developed previous...
Trump's shocking reply on why he snapped ties with Jeffrey Epstein: 'Taking people that work for me is bad'
The Economic Times
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July 30, 2025
US President Donald Trump offered a clearest explanation on why he severed ties with the late Jeffrey Epstein, disgraced financer and a notorious sex offender. Trump had to answer a question on Jeffrey Epstein in Scotland as he was asked to...
GUEST VIEW: How crowdfunding brought a new wind technology to market
Odessa American - Texas
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July 10, 2025
By Llewellyn King InsideSources.com A California company, Wind Harvest, is in high gear to change the dynamics of wind energy and to vastly improve the economics of wind farms. But the company wouldn’t be marketing to utilities and wind farm...
Southwest to add BWI-Marshall route to tropical island
WBAL TV - Maryland
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July 30, 2025
Baltimore travelers can keep their sunblock and swim trunks at the ready this winter as Southwest Airlines Co. adds another tropical island to its network.Southwest will begin direct service early next year to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands...
Southwest adds BWI Marshall nonstops to St. Thomas
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 30, 2025
Southwest Airlines is adding nonstop flights from BWI Marshall Airport to St. Thomas starting Feb. 7. Southwest Airlines is adding nonstop flights from BWI Marshall Airport to St. Thomas starting Feb. 7. It will be only the second nonstop service...
Top Senate Finance Dem Says There's More To Epstein Docs Than AG Is Letting On
HuffPost
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July 9, 2025
The Justice Department’s recent conclusion that “no further disclosure” of information related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein “would be appropriate or warranted” has raised some hackles among supporters of President Donald Trump, whose...
The One Big Beautiful Bill: Tax Provisions in Final Legislation Impacting Domestic and Multinational Businesses
JD Supra - California
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July 9, 2025
Introduction On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1, commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB), into law.[1] OBBB was initially approved by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 (the House Bill),[2] followed by...
United Fidelity Bank names Dan Lee president/CEO
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Dan Lee has been appointed as the permanent president and CEO of United Fidelity Bank. Lee previously served as interim president and CEO and chief credit officer. United Fidelity Bank has branches in multiple states including two in Okaloosa...
Senate votes against resolutions to block arms sales to Israel even as it continues to starve Gaza – US politics live
The Guardian
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July 31, 2025
Senator Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to stop arms sales to IsraelSenator Bernie Sanders just spoke on the Senate floor in support of two resolutions that would stop the sale of offensive weapons to Israel over its bombardment of the...
Norwegian Cruise Line announces new Great Tides Waterpark and other industry-first experiences to debut at Great Stirrup Cay
Tourism Breaking News
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July 30, 2025
In the Northern Hemisphere Summer 2026, Norwegian Cruise Line Will Open an All-New Nearly Six-Acre Waterpark with 19 Waterslides, an Almost 250 Metre Dynamic River, A New Jet Karts Water Track and More Experiences for Guests to Enjoy ‘The Great...