Supreme Court opens new term with muted bench and covid rules
The Supreme Court resumed in person sessions after a 19 month pandemic break with eight of nine justices present. Justice Kavanaugh attended remotely after a COVID infection. all others vaccinated. Masks and negative tests required. public hearing live audio available online. Cases include Mississippi Tennessee water rights and a gun enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Justice Barrett swore in with others present. Sotomayor wore a mask.
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Huntington Beach oil spill tests swift response amid pollution
Residents officials and environmentalists questioned the turnaround in containing a major underwater pipeline leak dumping 126000 gallons of heavy crude into the coast. Coast Guard skimming barriers and booms guarded beaches including Huntington and Laguna, while wildlife crews hunted oiled animals and warned against consuming local fish and shellfish.
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Newport Beach
Ringo H.W. Chiu
World and Nation Briefs From Wire Reports
The report covers delays in the Florida jail assault trial due to a defense lawyer’s hospitalization, Pope Francis urging clemency for a death row inmate, Russia testing a Zircon hypersonic missile from a submarine, and Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed beginning a second term amid ongoing conflict and ethnic violence.
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Ethiopia
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Abiy
Prosperity Party
Tigray
Taliban raid targets Islamic State hideout in Kabul
Taliban forces raided an Islamic State operations center in northern Kabul near Khairkhana and fatally injured several insurgents. The raid followed a lethal Sunday incident outside Eid Gah mosque that killed five civilians, amid rising violence since the Taliban took power in August.
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Earth dims as climate change raises ocean heat
A research letter in Geophysical Research Letters reports Earth’s albedo fell about 0.5 percent over two decades, driven by rising ocean temperatures. Sun brightness changes did not explain the dimming, which is accelerating in recent years and could grow more significant with future warming.
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