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EPA Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing factories and power plants in 23 Western and Midwestern states to sharply cut smog-causing pollution that is released from their smokestacks and fouls the air in Eastern states.
Late-Winter Snowstorm Sweeps Into the Northeast
A late-winter storm dumped heavy, wet snow in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, causing widespread power outages and dozens of flight disruptions. By early Tuesday, the brunt of the storm appeared to be affecting northwestern Massachusetts, where 28 inches of snow had been recorded in Windsor, according to the National Weather Service. In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, southwest of Windsor, the police said there were downed power lines and felled trees throughout the area.
At White House, Asian American Liaison Juggles Celebrations and Crises
WASHINGTON — Erika Moritsugu was two days in to a visit to Park City, Utah, to celebrate the first community space for Asian Americans at the Sundance Film Festival when she was called away to Monterey Park, California, where a mass shooting on the eve of Lunar New Year ultimately left 11 people dead.
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Is Big Winner at the Oscars
In the late 1960s, young cineastes shook up a moribund film industry by delivering idiosyncratic, startlingly original work. The moment became known as New Hollywood. When film historians look back at the 95th Academy Awards, they may mark it as the start of a new New Hollywood. Voters honored A24’s head-twisting, sex toy-brandishing, TikTok-era “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with the Oscar for best picture — along with six other awards — while naming Netflix’s German-language war epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” the winner in four categories, including best international film.
In Fields Sown With Bombs, Ukraine’s Farmers Risk Deadly Harvest
BERYSLAV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Hordienko stepped gingerly into a wheat field that had recently served as a Russian tank position, following closely behind an assistant with a metal detector. He stopped when he came to a row of metal disks glinting in the late-winter sun.
The Fed’s Struggle With Inflation Has the Markets on Edge
Clarity about the future of inflation and the stock and bond markets would be wonderful right now, but that’s just what we don’t have. What we do have are enormous quantities of inconclusive data. There is something for everyone, and for every possible interpretation.
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