Alaska Sues Biden Administration over ANWR Drilling Restrictions
Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Monday, challenging restrictions on oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain, claiming these violate a congressional mandate and will severely reduce expected lease revenue from an estimated $1.1 billion.
Alaska Sues Biden Administration over ANWR Drilling Restrictions
Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Monday, challenging restrictions on oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain, claiming these violate a congressional mandate and will severely reduce expected lease revenue from an estimated $1.1 billion.
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44% Bias Score
2024 Shkreli Awards Expose Widespread Healthcare Profiteering
The Lown Institute's 2024 Shkreli Awards spotlight ten cases of healthcare profiteering, ranging from a medical center's unauthorized sale of body parts to insurance companies' denial of medically necessary care, costing patients tens of thousands of dollars.
2024 Shkreli Awards Expose Widespread Healthcare Profiteering
The Lown Institute's 2024 Shkreli Awards spotlight ten cases of healthcare profiteering, ranging from a medical center's unauthorized sale of body parts to insurance companies' denial of medically necessary care, costing patients tens of thousands of dollars.
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28% Bias Score
Pacific Palisades Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Highlights Evacuation Challenges
A wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California, on New Year's Eve forced evacuations, with residents reporting traffic jams and people abandoning their vehicles due to the single road out, highlighting challenges in wildfire evacuations in the area.
Pacific Palisades Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Highlights Evacuation Challenges
A wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California, on New Year's Eve forced evacuations, with residents reporting traffic jams and people abandoning their vehicles due to the single road out, highlighting challenges in wildfire evacuations in the area.
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24% Bias Score
Conservative Amendment Threatens to Block Landmark Child Safeguarding Bill
The Conservative party's proposed amendment to establish a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation threatens to block a landmark child safeguarding bill, prompting outrage from the Labour party and child protection advocates.
Conservative Amendment Threatens to Block Landmark Child Safeguarding Bill
The Conservative party's proposed amendment to establish a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation threatens to block a landmark child safeguarding bill, prompting outrage from the Labour party and child protection advocates.
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60% Bias Score
Multiple NHS Trusts Declare Critical Incidents Amidst Unprecedented Emergency Department Demand
Several NHS trusts in England declared critical incidents due to exceptionally high demands in emergency departments; one patient waited 50 hours for admission, while the East Midlands ambulance service declared its first critical incident due to hospital pressure and flooding; the weekly hospital a...
Multiple NHS Trusts Declare Critical Incidents Amidst Unprecedented Emergency Department Demand
Several NHS trusts in England declared critical incidents due to exceptionally high demands in emergency departments; one patient waited 50 hours for admission, while the East Midlands ambulance service declared its first critical incident due to hospital pressure and flooding; the weekly hospital a...
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24% Bias Score
Gen Z Rejects 'Hustle Culture,' Seeks Long-Term Employment
Research indicates that workers under 27 now aim for seven-year tenures with a single employer, twice the average, driven by disillusionment with 'hustle culture' and a desire for stability and well-being, challenging the capitalist status quo.
Gen Z Rejects 'Hustle Culture,' Seeks Long-Term Employment
Research indicates that workers under 27 now aim for seven-year tenures with a single employer, twice the average, driven by disillusionment with 'hustle culture' and a desire for stability and well-being, challenging the capitalist status quo.
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44% Bias Score
US Sanctions Top Hungarian Official for Corruption
The US sanctioned Hungarian government member Antal Rogán for alleged corruption under the Global Magnitsky Act, freezing his US assets and banning him from the US; Hungary plans to challenge this after Donald Trump's inauguration.
US Sanctions Top Hungarian Official for Corruption
The US sanctioned Hungarian government member Antal Rogán for alleged corruption under the Global Magnitsky Act, freezing his US assets and banning him from the US; Hungary plans to challenge this after Donald Trump's inauguration.
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36% Bias Score
New Alzheimer's Drugs Show Promise but Face Accessibility Barriers
New Alzheimer's drugs, lecanemab and donanemab, slow disease progression by about 30% but are expensive (£20,000-£25,000 annually), require specialized administration and monitoring, and are therefore inaccessible to most of the world's 50 million dementia sufferers, two-thirds of whom live in low- ...
New Alzheimer's Drugs Show Promise but Face Accessibility Barriers
New Alzheimer's drugs, lecanemab and donanemab, slow disease progression by about 30% but are expensive (£20,000-£25,000 annually), require specialized administration and monitoring, and are therefore inaccessible to most of the world's 50 million dementia sufferers, two-thirds of whom live in low- ...
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36% Bias Score
IOPC to Investigate Met Police Handling of Al Fayed Sexual Assault Allegations
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will investigate two new complaints alleging that the Metropolitan Police mishandled sexual assault allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed in 2008 and 2013; the IOPC anticipates the Met's review of 21 allegations will broaden as more victims come forwar...
IOPC to Investigate Met Police Handling of Al Fayed Sexual Assault Allegations
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will investigate two new complaints alleging that the Metropolitan Police mishandled sexual assault allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed in 2008 and 2013; the IOPC anticipates the Met's review of 21 allegations will broaden as more victims come forwar...
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44% Bias Score
Australian Inflation Rises to 2.3% in November
Australia's November inflation rate climbed to 2.3%, exceeding expectations despite a fall in the underlying rate to 3.2%; this increase, partly due to a change in government energy rebates, casts doubt on a February interest rate cut, creating economic uncertainty in an election year.
Australian Inflation Rises to 2.3% in November
Australia's November inflation rate climbed to 2.3%, exceeding expectations despite a fall in the underlying rate to 3.2%; this increase, partly due to a change in government energy rebates, casts doubt on a February interest rate cut, creating economic uncertainty in an election year.
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48% Bias Score
Cambodian Opposition MP Assassinated in Bangkok
A former Cambodian opposition MP and French citizen, Lim Kimya, was shot dead in Bangkok on Tuesday, prompting calls for a thorough investigation into the assassination and raising concerns about political repression in Cambodia.
Cambodian Opposition MP Assassinated in Bangkok
A former Cambodian opposition MP and French citizen, Lim Kimya, was shot dead in Bangkok on Tuesday, prompting calls for a thorough investigation into the assassination and raising concerns about political repression in Cambodia.
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44% Bias Score
Starmer Accuses Badenoch of "Bandwagon Jumping" on Sexual Abuse Inquiry
Keir Starmer accused Kemi Badenoch of "bandwagon jumping" regarding a new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs, citing her recent interest following Elon Musk's tweets. This clash, dominating Prime Minister's Questions, involves a Conservative amendment to a children's wellbeing bill that Starmer opposes...
Starmer Accuses Badenoch of "Bandwagon Jumping" on Sexual Abuse Inquiry
Keir Starmer accused Kemi Badenoch of "bandwagon jumping" regarding a new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs, citing her recent interest following Elon Musk's tweets. This clash, dominating Prime Minister's Questions, involves a Conservative amendment to a children's wellbeing bill that Starmer opposes...
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52% Bias Score