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Upbit D Conference 2025 to chart blockchain's expanding influence
The Korea Times
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August 15, 2025
Dunamu, the operator of Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, will explore blockchain's growing impact on everyday life at the upcoming Upbit D Conference (UDC), the company said Friday. Titled "Blockchain, to the Mainstream," the annual...
Washington, D.C.: Then and now
Griffin Daily News - Georgia
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I was born in Washington, D.C., at the end of 1942. Growing up in the suburbs there was so little crime it made the front page in the city’s three newspapers. Today, unless someone who works on Capitol Hill is murdered, or associated with a...
Serum D-Dimer, Glycated Serum Protein, and HbA1c Levels in Predicting Macrosomia in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Dove Medical Press
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August 15, 2025
Introduction Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disorder during pregnancy, with its global prevalence steadily increasing each year. According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) statistics in 2021,...
A House Divided: Symone Sanders Townsend Insists D.C. Is Safe but an X Post by Her Husband Says Otherwise
Twitchy
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August 14, 2025
We’re all tired of the absolute nonsense from Democrats that Washington, D.C., is safe. It’s not. Symone Sanders Townsend is one of those Democrats who keep rejecting reality because her hatred for Trump does not allow her to be honest. Well,...
Cal Thomas: Crime in Washington, D.C.: Then and now
The Morning Journal - Ohio
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August 14, 2025
I was born in Washington, D.C., at the end of 1942. Growing up in the suburbs there was so little crime it made the front page in the city’s three newspapers. Today, unless someone who works on Capitol Hill is murdered, or associated with a...
Is Trump's D.C. Policing Doing Anything?
Reason Magazine
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August 14, 2025
D.C.'s stepped-up law enforcement continues: Last night, a somewhat predictable scene broke out between Homeland Security officers doing a traffic checkpoint at 14th and W streets NW and protesters, who shouted "Go home, fascists." The checkpoint,...
Nolte: Poll of D.C. Residents Annihilates Left’s ‘D.C. Is Safe’ Lie
Breitbart
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August 14, 2025
A poll from the far-left Washington Post taken a mere three months ago, annihilates the corporate media, Democratic Party talking point that Washington, DC, is safe. As of May 2025, when asked if the crime problem in D.C. was serious, only seven...
Africa’s blue economy is still an underutilized resource
Global Voices
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August 15, 2025
Fully leveraging the economic activities involving Africa’s ocean, sea, and lake resources could help the continent’s development and increase job opportunities. With 38 coastal and island states and a coastline of over 47,000 kilometers, Africa...
Ithaca Airport gets new flight to D.C., green upgrades coming
Ithaca Journal - New York
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The SCASD grant was secured through a regional coalition including the Tompkins Chamber, Ithaca Area Economic Development, Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Tompkins County. Senator Webb, who represents Senate District 52, emphasized the...
How the White House's claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data
NBC News
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August 14, 2025
About 70 homeless encampments in the nation’s capital have been taken down in recent months, but those efforts intensified this week after President Donald Trump deployed members of the National Guard to address what he said was a city “overtaken...
Trump’s crackdown on Washington, D.C., has Massachusetts roots
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. In a speech at the White House this week, President Trump announced he would federalize the police in Washington, D.C., for 30 days and deploy the National Guard to deal with...
Softening Continues for Most Commercial P/C Lines in Q2, Says CIAB
Insurance Journal
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August 15, 2025
According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the second quarter 2025 rose by 3.7%–down from the average increase of 4.2% from the first three...
Netanyahu’s zealous designs for a “Greater Israel,” Trump rejects calls for D.C. statehood in favor of martial law, and Israeli intelligence’s influence in Big Tech
Drop Site
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August 14, 2025
At least 54 Palestinians were killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours, 23 of whom by Israeli strikes on Gaza City and at an aid site near Rafah. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approves roughly 3,400 settlements in the “E1” zone between...
From Campus to capital: Hamilton Lugar School builds global bridges in D.C.
Indiana University Indianapolis
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August 14, 2025
Hamilton Lugar School D.C. Alumni Reception July 2025 On July 24, 2025, over 70 students, alumni, supporters, and leaders from Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School gathered at the IU Washington, D.C. office to celebrate the HLS community....
Washington D.C. is a disgrace
Alpena News Online - Michigan
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Rich Lowry At its best, Washington, D.C., is a city of timeless grandeur, of iconic monuments and world-historical centers of power. At its worst, it’s a harrowing place where a remorseless 14-year-old could steal your car. The confluence of these...
Economic development gets spotlight at Fairmont City Council
Times West Virginian
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FAIRMONT — A project to bring manufacturing jobs to the area will be delayed by at least a year, according to the Marion County Development Corp. “We worked for the better part of 12 months on bringing an athletic manufacturing facility into the...
The La Petite Flower Festival and Taste of the Market
Saratoga TODAY Newspaper - New York
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August 14, 2025
Written by Jodie Fitz on August 14, 2025. Posted in Food. The Saratoga Farmers’ market is partnering with Prestwick Chase at Saratoga, Adirondack Trust Company and MVP to bring the 2nd Annual, 2025 La Petite Flower Festival and Taste of the market...
Morning Brief: >100 Arrests Since Trump D.C. Takeover, Trump-Putin Peace Talks, Immigrant Exodus
Daily Wire
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August 14, 2025
President Trump’s federal crackdown in Washington, D.C., results in over 100 arrests in its first days as he plans to seek a long-term extension from Congress. President Trump and Vladimir Putin are set for a high-stakes summit in Alaska to...
MAGA Senator Gives Unhinged Reason for Not Wearing a Seatbelt in D.C.
The Daily Beast
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August 14, 2025
MAGA Senator Markwayne Mullin bragged about breaking the law on live TV after admitting he doesn’t wear a seatbelt while driving in D.C. due to a fear of being carjacked. He praised Donald Trump for seizing control of the city’s police department...
As Guard deploys, Trump to seek 'long-term' federal control of D.C. police President Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force. Read More »
Yahoo News
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force as he continues his efforts to ramp-up crime enforcement in the nation's capital. Earlier this week, Trump announced...