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Texas Sues Power Company After Customers Received Sky-High Bills Amid Winter Storm

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton announced on Monday that it had sued an energy company for deceptive advertising after customers complained about exorbitant bills amid the state’s deep freeze. Paxton’s office said the lawsuit seeks to prevent Griddy, LLC from further misrepresenting its energy prices and to recuperate costs for its customers who were billed hundreds

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US May Boost Rare Earths Mining to Counter Threat From China

WASHINGTON—The Chinese communist regime has recently signaled that it could leverage its dominance in rare earth minerals, raising alarm bells in the United States. The threat has prompted the Biden administration to take action to reduce U.S. reliance on China for rare earth metals that are used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles to

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Advocates for Democratic China Tell Supreme Court Protecting Donors’ Identity Is ‘Life and Death Issue’

A nonprofit U.S. group seeking democratic reforms in China asked the Supreme Court on March 1 to protect the identities of its members and donors because actions by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could have lethal consequences. “The liberties that the First Amendment expressly guarantees depend on a vigorous protection of the auxiliary freedom of

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National Panel Advises Provinces Not to Use AstraZeneca Vaccine on Seniors

A national panel of vaccine experts says provinces should not use AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on seniors. The vaccine was authorized for use Friday on all adults, including seniors, but the National Advisory Committee on Immunization is concerned there is limited data on how well the vaccine will work in older populations. There are no concerns

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Miss USA Can Reject Applicants Who Aren’t Biologically Female: Judge

The Miss United States of America is able to only accept biological females, a judge ruled last week. U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman, a George W. Bush appointee, said the pageant organization can’t be forced to let transgender women participate in its pageants. “Because I viewed it as an organization that does promote a message and

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Costa Mesa Becomes Latest City to Explore Pay Raise for Grocery Workers

Costa Mesa is considering boosting the hourly wages of grocery workers during the pandemic, joining a shopping list of other Orange County cities exploring the initiative. Its city council will discuss an urgency ordinance March 2 to pay certain grocery workers an extra $4 per hour in “hazard pay.” “Grocery workers generally receive lower wages

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YouTube Suspends Rudy Giuliani Over ‘Election Integrity Policy,’ Nicotine Use

Google-owned YouTube suspended former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s channel for a second time, claiming that he violated the platform’s policies surrounding the election. YouTube confirmed to news outlets that the ban isn’t permanent. Giuliani won’t be able to upload videos for two weeks. “We removed content from the Rudy W. Giuliani channel for

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