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China’s opposition to TikTok sale complicates the picture — and relations with the US

1 year ago By Stephanie Yang Los Angeles Times

The latest U.S.-China clash over the popular social media app TikTok is likely to worsen the already-deteriorating relationship between the two countries, as Beijing and Washington tussle over software bans, technology exports and concerns about espionage and national security.

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US strikes Iranian-linked groups in Syria after drone attack

1 year ago By John Harney, Jenny Leonard Bloomberg News

The U.S. military carried out airstrikes in Syria after an American contractor was killed and five service members wounded when a drone it said was of Iranian origin crashed into a coalition base.

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Macron challenged by new strikes as he digs in on pensions

1 year ago By Ania Nussbaum And Samy Adghirni Bloomberg News

PARIS — French unions held more strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s reform of the country’s pension system on Thursday, a day after he went on television to insist he won’t back down and likened protesters to the rebels who stormed the U.S. Capitol.

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Donald Trump seeks to remain dominant in Texas as Ron DeSantis erodes his base

1 year ago By Gromer Jeffers Jr.

DALLAS — Texas is Donald Trump’s second home. En route to becoming U.S.

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2022 vote studies: Division hit new high in Senate, fell in House

1 year ago By Niels Lesniewski, Ryan Kelly Cq-roll Call

WASHINGTON — It seems counterintuitive in a time of intense partisanship and narrowly divided government, but the share of House votes where majorities in the two parties lined up on opposite sides from each other was lower last year than has been in more than a decade.

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U.S. & World Briefs

1 year ago By News Staff

Tribune News Service End of the rainbow? California bill would ban sales of Skittles, other ‘toxic’ snacks LOS ANGELES — The snack and candy aisles at your local grocery store could soon carry fewer items if a bill proposed by California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel is voted into law. Last month, Gabriel, a Woodland Hills Democrat, introduced AB 418, which would ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of foods containing chemicals that have been linked to health concerns including decreased immune response, hyperactivity in children and increased risk of cancer.

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Habitat for Humanity ReStore searching for new location

1 year ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

After 16 years in downtown Ponca City, the Habitat for Humanity ReStore will soon be relocating, and now the hunt is on for a new storefront to continue to help serve the community. The building that the ReStore is currently housed within has been sold, and there is a nonspecific timeline within which they will need to move out.

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Jeff Medders inducted as NOC Distinguished Alumni April 1

1 year ago By Jeff Medders

Northern Oklahoma College alumni Jeff Medders will be inducted into the NOC Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame April 1 along with fellow inductees Willie Street and Dr. Jim Appleman.