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What does it mean for rabbis to declare a product of 100% kosher ingredients treif based on name and taste alone?

After years of lobbying by Jerusalem, Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas says US ‘very, very focused on the program’

The emissions from an overseas fossil fuel project the UK is funding to the tune of $1.15bn was assessed against 2°C of warming, not the 1.5°C limit broadly accepted as a safer threshold to avoid the worst effects of climate

House Dem vows to fight for free community college in reconciliation  Business Insider U.S. billionaire tax proposal seems to unite Democrats – but will it work?  Yahoo Finance Mitt Romney on spending plan: President Joe Biden is ‘circling the drain’  Deseret News Democrats

Javad Owji, the Islamic Republic’s oil minister, says authorities expect all gas stations to be back online by Wednesday afternoon

LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director, likely won’t be held criminally or civilly liable for the

Database, which matches programs in US and elsewhere, will compile everything from credit card numbers to meal requests in order to fight terror, crime and pandemics

Brazil senators vote to recommend criminal charges for Bolsonaro  Axios Brazil Senate committee calls for Bolsonaro charges  Reuters Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro over Covid handling  BBC News Trump endorses Bolsonaro as Brazil’s Senate recommends charges  Yahoo News Covid-19 and Vaccine News:

Environmental group Greenpeace called on the European Union to ban short flights on routes where a train journey under six hours was available, in a sign of growing pressure on governments to take bolder steps to avert climate disaster. More

Men shot by Rittenhouse can’t be called ‘victims’ during trial, but ‘rioters,’ ‘looters’ are OK, judge rules  NBC News Kyle Rittenhouse case: Prosecutors can’t call wounded men ‘victims’ during upcoming trial, judge rules  Fox News Men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse can be