Destruction of the Amazon Sparks Global Call to Action
The Amazon rainforest, crucial as the planet's lungs, faces intensified fires in Brazil under Bolsonaro. Governments fund efforts like the Amazon Fund, yet Norway and Germany scale back due to rising deforestation. G 7 pledges and calls for stronger action, while U S leadership remains quiet. The piece urges sustained preservation of the rainforest for climate, health, and drug biodiversity.
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Reader Poll Question on Babysitting Age Sparks Debate
WEB POLL asks readers for opinions on the appropriate babysitting age with 36 percent agreeing on a number. A separate prompt invites readers to submit how many local high school football teams they follow this season, via Indeniine.com.
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The Independent Massillon Ohio daily except Sundays at 729 Lincoln Way East Massillon Ohio 44646 holds U S copyright and AP news rights. The paper is mailed with Canton postal handling 44709 and asks readers to send address changes to Massillon address.
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Biden’s gaffes Stomped Through Campaign Rhetoric
A biting compilation catalogs Joe Biden’s misstatements from campaign stops, noting misidentified locations, misattributed quotes, and mismatched names. The piece mocks his tendency as a “gaffe machine,” detailing instances from Iowa to New Hampshire and beyond.
Letter to the editor warns of national division and calls for action
In his eighty eighth year ED Bennington of Perry Township urges readers to stop fueling divisiveness and adopt a civic stance. He argues against shifting from capitalism to socialism, condemns attacks on police, and warns that a divided nation cannot stand. He recalls Kennedy’s call to service.
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Demands overreactions to recession and tariffs in steel debate
The writer critiques Democrats for hoping a recession and questions tariffs as a remedy for steel. They complain Massillon Road Department workers waste time at a Speedway on Erie Street and accuse city trucks of blocking gas pumps postwork. They defend President Trump as serving American interests amid liberal opposition.
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