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Red states slap Biden administration with lawsuit over climate friendly retirement fund rules

Republican-led states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Labor over a rule set to take effect Monday that would allow retirement fund managers to consider climate change and other factors under environmental, social and governance investing principles, or ESG.

Justice Kavanaugh: Supreme Court’s historically slow start ‘just a coincidence’

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the public shouldn't read anything into the high court's historically slow start to releasing opinions.

Biden calls for police reform after Memphis officers charged with murder of Tyre Nichols

President Biden on Thursday called for police reform after five Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the death of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after a confrontation with officers in a traffic stop.

States jockey for first-in-nation voting status

There is a kind of mystical importance associated with the phrase "first in the nation" when it is attached to the noble act of voting in a major election. New Hampshire has long starred in this coveted role in presidential primaries.But the state would have to repeal that law should the tradition go out the window in the name of change.

U.S. forces kill senior ISIS leader in Somalia

U.S. Special Operations forces killed senior Islamic State leader Bilal al-Sudani during a raid of a mountainous cave complex in northern Somalia, senior Biden administration officials confirmed on Thursday.

Progressives attack Adam Schiff’s Senate bid over record against Trump, establishment Dems

Leftwing activists hit Rep. Adam Schiff as soon as he announced his run for a Senate seat in California, arguing that he was too weak against former President Donald Trump and challenging the status quo of the Democratic Party.

DirecTV picks up right-of-center The First after being ripped for dumping Newsmax

A day after saying goodbye to Newsmax, DirecTV said hello to Bill O'Reilly.

Commander at Chiefs?

The Jacksonville Jaguars may have lost their playoff matchup to the Kansas City Chiefs, but at least one Floridian left Arrowhead Stadium on a positive note.

Word of the Week: ‘Kapu’

The American Heritage Dictionary notes: “The word taboo first appears in English in the journals of Captain James Cook. ... In 1777, Cook wrote that the word ‘taboo ... has a very comprehensive meaning; but, in general, signifies that a thing is forbidden. ... When any thing is forbidden to be eat, or made use of, they say, that it is taboo.’ Cook was in Tonga at the time, and so it is the Tongan form 'tabu' that is the source of the English word 'taboo.' However, words related to Tongan tabu are found in other Polynesian languages, such as Maori 'tapu' and Hawaiian 'kapu.' (In the history of Hawaiian, the original Polynesian t-sound has regularly changed to a k-sound.)" We therefore learn that this native Hawaiian word “kapu” would have been the first version of our term “taboo” used in what is now American territory.

Break Point faults

The series stumbles on the question of who it is for.

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