More than a million people in California were without electricity Wednesday as the state’s largest utility pulled the plug to prevent a repeat of the past two years when windblown power lines sparked deadly wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes. The unpopular move that disrupted daily life — prompted by forecasts calling for dry, gusty weather —…
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Ten women pushing to make the world a better place
Freedom takes many forms, and there are many different ways to protect it. Whether you’re protesting on the street, on social media or through your business, you might be making a major difference. Radio 4’s Riot Girls is a series of programmes about the women who are pushing for change. Riot Day is a drama about Russian feminist punk…
How illegal immigrant Dreamers amassed power to force government shutdown
By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times – Sunday, January 21, 2018 Democrats called it the Trump shutdown. Republicans labeled it the Schumer shutdown. But in reality, it was the Dreamer shutdown. The recipe for the current congressional gridlock is complex, but at the top of the list of ingredients are the illegal immigrant Dreamers who pushed…
