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Spring 2025 hiring among Oregon’s private employers unchanged from Winter 2025
Cannon Beach Gazette - Oregon
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July 27, 2025
Each quarter, the Oregon Employment Department surveys private employers from all industries and areas of the state to ask about the job vacancies they are actively trying to fill. Oregon businesses reported 51,000 vacancies in spring 2025. Metro...
B.C.’s independent wood manufacturers decry retroactive U.S. softwood duties
Brandon Sun
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July 26, 2025
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s independent wood product makers say hundreds of small- and medium-sized manufacturers may be forced to shut down in light of the latest decision from the United States to raise anti-dumping duties on Canadian...
First Trailer For STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY Teases Federation’s Future After DISCOVERY
GeekTyrant - California
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July 26, 2025
Paramount closed out its big Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con with the first trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The new series takes us back to the classroom, but this time in the 32nd century, following the events of Star Trek:...
Charley Hull expresses doing something ‘totally different’ from her ‘day job’ as she poses with Happy Gilmore star
Sportskeeda
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July 26, 2025
Charley Hull is currently teeing it up at Dundonald Links in the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open, marking her 11th start of the 2025 LPGA Tour season. While she continues to search for her first win since the 2022 Ascendant LPGA, the English...
Trump bill adds $250 fee for some foreign travelers. Here’s how it works.
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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For many foreign nationals, a new visa fee will increase the cost of traveling to the United States by $250. The “visa integrity fee,” included in the sweeping policy legislation that President Donald Trump signed into law this month, will require...
President Zardari awards Nishan-e-Imtiaz to U.S. CENTCOM Chief
The Nation
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July 26, 2025
President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred the prestigious Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) upon General Michael E. Kurilla, Commander of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), during a formal ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr. The award was presented...
DeWine, JobsOhio address concerns after Intel announces another slowdown in project
WBNS - Ohio
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Gov. Mike DeWine and the JobsOhio president responded to Intel's delayed Ohio plant, citing the chip industry's global challenges. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Several government organizations and officials, including Gov. Mike DeWine, addressed concerns...
U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules
Yahoo Finance
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KNUTSFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29: In this photograph illustration a ten-year-old boy uses an Apple Ipad tablet computer on November 29, 2011 in Knutsford, United Kingdom. Tablet computers have become the most wanted Christmas present for...
Police investigate vandalism at U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly's office in Hermitage
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 26, 2025
Local and federal police forces have opened investigations after U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly’s Hermitage office was vandalized overnight. According to a statement from Kelly’s office, the damage was discovered Saturday. Expletives, disparaging...
Youth Conference — Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders
ABILITY Magazine
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Circa 2005 Emerging young leaders in the disability community share one overriding similarity: the world may be big, but their goals are bigger. Earlier this year, a handful of young adults aged 18 to 33 seized the opportunity to share their...
Northwest leaders offer warmer take on frosty U.S.-Canada relations
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS) Alberta beef is a lot like a Midwestern car. Auto parts have moved freely across the U.S.-Canada border between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, since the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement...
Breaking Baz: Gurinder Chadha Reveals ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Sequel In Works With U.S. Women’s Soccer Manager “Collaborating” & Hope For Original Cast’s Return
Deadline
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July 26, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Gurinder Chadha reveals to Deadline that a sequel to her celebrated 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, which starred Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, is officially in the works. “I’m excited to revisit the original characters and...
Where Is Chris Smith's Killer Now? What to Know About His Business Partner Ed Shin Convicted of Murdering and Impersonating Him By Caroline Blair
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW Chris Smith appeared to suddenly leave his life behind and embark on a sailing adventure across the world He seemed to communicated with his family through emails, but once those emails stopped, the family discovered that Chris had...
Canada’s U.S. Travel Boycott Forces One State To Beg For Canadian Tourists
The Travel
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July 26, 2025
Canadians represent around 26% of America's tourists; out of the 77 million global visitors who came to the U.S. last year, 20 million were from Canada (a figure totaling approximately half of the Canadian population of 40 million). Therefore,...
U.S. Postal Service turns 250
Times News - Pennsylvania
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The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday. Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as...
U.S. to withdraw from UNESCO over Palestine membership, alleged anti-Israel bias
Natural News
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July 25, 2025
U.S. to withdraw from UNESCO over Palestine membership, alleged anti-Israel bias The United States has announced its intention to withdraw from UNESCO by Dec. 31, 2026, citing concerns over the organization's alleged anti-Israel bias and the...
United States or BUST: GM navigates tariff turmoil and evolves its EV strategy amid a profit plunge
Natural News
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July 25, 2025
United States or BUST: GM navigates tariff turmoil and evolves its EV strategy amid a profit plunge GM reports a 35% Q2 profit drop to $1.89B, citing tariffs and EV transition costs. CEO Mary Barra reaffirms EV commitment, despite regulatory...
West Kelowna ‘reviews’ approval for ardent Trump supporter’s appearance
Penticton Herald
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July 26, 2025
Previously-given permission for a performance in West Kelowna by a controversial U.S. singer, preacher, and fervent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump is being “reviewed” by the city. Sean Feucht is scheduled to preside over a concert and...
2025’s Best Off-Roaders That Still Come With a V8
HotCars
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July 26, 2025
Off-roaders and V8s are the perfect combination. Ever since the likes of the Jeep Wagoneer in the mid '60s, luxury SUVs have utilized eight-cylinder lumps for their torque and effortless power, whether it's rumbling over rough terrain or cruising...
Trump’s H‑1B Fix Could Be Improved: Here’s What The U.S. Really Needs
Forbes
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There is discussion about cancelling the H1-B visa program or repairing it. President Trump has ... More proposed new changes.getty The U.S. H-1B visa program, once a gold standard for attracting global talent, is now under severe strain. But...