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Earth’s warriors, young and old, keep battling and hoping

They fight for Earth. Young and old, famous and not so well known, there are many people from around the globe who make it their mission to try to save the planet, especially from the ravages of climate change. They find themselves often pitted against powerful forces. One group is the generations that will live for decades with what Earth will become and are trying to keep it from getting overheated. Another is from a generation partly responsible for what’s happened and trying to clean up what they are leaving behind for those younger generations that they helped teach. Here ...

GOP warms to McCarthy in debt fight

WASHINGTON — The last Republican holdout in the grueling race for Kevin McCarthy to become House speaker, firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz, may be a surprisingly easier vote to get when it comes to passing the House Republican plan to raise the debt ceiling. That’s because the 320-page debt ceiling package McCarthy has drafted includes many long-sought conservative priorities — a rollback of current spending levels, a cap on future spending, work requirements for government aid recipients — that Gaetz, the House Freedom Caucus and other factions demanded. Rather than drag McCarthy ...

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History

Today in History Today is Saturday, April 22, the 112th day of 2023. There are 253 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight: On April 22, 2000, in a dramatic pre-dawn raid, armed immigration agents seized Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the center of a custody dispute, from his relatives’ home in Miami; Elian was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. On this date: In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. In 1915, the first full-scale use of deadly chemicals in warfare took place as German ...

Local Outlook

Today...Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly cloudy at night, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Sunday...Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. West northwest wind around 10 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Monday...Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 30. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Tuesday...Sunny, ...

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll go back and forth, deciding what to do. To some extent, this is a show. You already know; you just don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings with your decisiveness. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To look back and note your failings is to invite self-doubt. To look back and focus on your accomplishments is to invite confidence. Neither will help you now. The best way is not to think of yourself at all. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Envy can be helpful if properly utilized. Envy teaches you what you want. When you get those pangs, take them as a sign ...