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NEW ORLEANS – Parades are rolling and brass bands are back. Music venues are sold out again and mouth-watering Cajun and Creole dishes are being served up in packed restaurants in New Orleans. With its culture economy, the city is

The party faces long-term hurdles that will be hard to overcome

China’s Weapon Test Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment,’ U.S. General Says  The New York Times Top general: China’s hypersonic missile test “very close” to a “Sputnik moment”  Yahoo News Top U.S. general calls China’s hypersonic weapon test very close to a ‘Sputnik

California readies 4,000 sites to administer 1.2 million Covid vaccines to kids 5 to 11 in first week  CNBC BOOSTER SHOTS: Gov. Newsom set to visit East Bay to promote COVID booster shots  KPIX CBS SF Bay Area I voted against Gavin

The decision by a government committee comes a day after the Biden administration issued its strongest condemnation yet of the proposed construction.

Manchin pushes back on billionaire tax as Democrats struggle to cut a deal on Biden agenda  CNN October 27, 2021: Biden unveils ‘billionaires tax,’ Idaho, Queen Elizabeth, Bolsonaro, Assange  Reuters Democrats Hammer Out Plan to Tax Billionaires and Corporate Giants  The New York

Manchin pushes back on billionaire tax as Democrats struggle to cut a deal on Biden agenda  CNN Democrats Hammer Out Plan to Tax Billionaires and Corporate Giants  The New York Times October 27, 2021: Biden unveils ‘billionaires tax,’ Idaho, Queen Elizabeth, Bolsonaro,

Democrats are proposing a billionaires income tax—here’s how it would work  CNBC Billionaires tax would take aim at unrealized gains on assets, most profitable corporations  Fox Business How the Billionaires Income Tax Would Work  The Wall Street Journal Billionaire Death Tax May Get

Tehran will return to negotiations on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal by the end of November, its chief negotiator said Wednesday.

Over the last several weeks, a cache of internal Facebook documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed the company knew about—but did little to act on—a range of societal harms, from the destabilization of democracies around the world to