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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Small business owners nationwide continue to be bullish on their own business outlook, as 67% anticipate revenue growth over the next 12 months, despite the ongoing impacts of inflation and high operating costs, according to Bank of America’s 2023 Women & Minority Business Owner Spotlight (PDF). The survey of more than 1,000 small […]
South Africa is still home to more rhinos than any other country but continues to experience high losses to poaching – 438 rhinos illegally killed in 2022 compared to 451 in 2021. Namibia detected 93 poached rhinos in 2022 compared to 47 the previous year. In Kenya, official figures showed that one rhino was poached […]
The Biden administration and leading Democrats reacted with outrage and confusion to the credit rating agency Fitch downgrading its assessment of the federal government. But this development is long overdue. Fitch cited many factors in their analysis, including partisan polarization and standoffs over important legislation. However, the most fundamental problem cited was the rapid increase . . […]
ABOVE PHOTO: Visitors at the Johnstown National Flood Memorial in St. Michael, Pa. spend time checking out the park as the air quality is poor due to the Canadian wild fires on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP) By Corey Williams And Mike Householder ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires […]
The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are more likely to live near polluting plants and have higher rates of asthma. Detroit, a mostly Black city with a poverty rate of about 30%, had some of the worst air quality in the U.S. on Wednesday, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency to warn […]
A freighter passes through the Detroit River as smoke fills the sky reducing visibility to Windsor, Ontario Wednesday, June 28, 2023, as seen from Detroit. The Detroit area has some of the worst air quality in the United States as smoke from Canada’s wildires spreads southward. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) DETROIT — Smoky air from Canada’s […]
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS (Associated Press) DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and […]
DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are more likely to live […]
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS (Associated Press) DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to Pennsylvania and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority […]
DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to Pennsylvania and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are more likely to live near […]