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Boomers are done with Florida and moving to Appalachia
Fed up Boomers are now moving to once-heavily rural counties in areas that include Southwest Virginia, North Georgia, parts of both North Carolina and South Carolina, and portions of Alabama and Tennessee.
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US and Puerto Rico were not included in the world’s happiest countries list
The US dropped out of the top 20 for the first time since the report started 12 years ago. The nation now ranks at No. 23, compared to No. 15 last year.
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80% of House Republicans support plan to cut Social Security, ban abortion, and restrict IVF
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
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78,000 public service workers get student loans canceled by Biden administration
Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.
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Biden issues executive order to improve women’s health research
The order directs federal agencies to ensure that they are using federal funds to research diseases and health conditions that disproportionately affect women, and requires them to report their investments in women’s health research annually.
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Opinion: Donald Trump’s corruption hurts all of us
Whether it’s a small cabinet-building business, a retired schoolteacher, or the American taxpayer, Donald Trump’s long history of corruption has caused no shortage of damage, writes Chris Edelson.
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Maria Elvira Salazar’s history of opposing abortion rights
The House Republican has consistently voted against women’s reproductive rights, even as many voters from her own party oppose measures to ban abortion in Florida.
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Wildlife trackers find massive pile of mating pythons near Naples
Burmese pythons have no natural predators and have contributed to the decline of racoon, opossum, and bobcat populations in the state.
