Day: August 16, 2023

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Hotel? Office? Mushroom farm? Unused French churches get new roles.

Transformation Europe Hotel? Office? Mushroom farm? Unused French churches get new roles. | View caption Hide caption France has too many empty church buildings. No one wants to tear them down, but how do towns find new purposes for them while navigating sensitivities about those new roles? While a church is perhaps an unlikely setting…

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Americans think their income-tax share is fair, according to polls

Americans think their income-tax share is fair, according to polls Congress may be headed toward passing a tax cut the public is not demanding. | View caption Hide caption Just as politicians and pundits are talking more about a tax cut and less about tax reform, the public seems happier with the revenue code than at any time…

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Voters reject effort to change Ohio constitution over abortion

First Look Voters reject effort to change Ohio constitution over abortion By a substantial margin, Ohio voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have increased the threshold to change the state’s constitution. If the measure had passed, it would be harder to pass abortion-rights protections.  | View caption Hide caption | Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly…

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North Korea claims US soldier ran across border ‘to escape discrimination’

North Korean officials have claimed that Travis King, a detained American soldier, entered the country as a result of alleged “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army”. King had shown a willingness to apply for asylum in North Korea after crossing the border last month, according to North Korea’s initial official statements on…

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