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The Ultimate Guide To The World’s Finest Cigars
Maxim
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June 27, 2025
Renowned cigar expert Aaron Sigmond takes readers on an in-depth journey into every aspect of fine stogies in his new book. (Ian Spanier) “There is no typical cigar enthusiast,” declares Tom Chamberlain, dashing editor-in-chief of London’s The...
Opinion: What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries’ shared history
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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June 28, 2025
The Trump administration's decision to bomb Iran dramatically marks the now nearly half-century of hostility between the United States and Iran, which began in 1979 with Iran's takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the taking of 52 diplomatic...
Spreading the Good Word, Through Good Works
Sacramento Observer - California
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June 27, 2025
Get the latest news! Stay Informed Stay Connected: Subscribe to receive news daily. Overview: Based in Takoma, Washington, Street Psalms’ missoin is to develop grassroots leaders who embody the Gospel through love of their cities, a quest for...
Guatemala's president ignores new asylum deal with US
United News of Bangladesh
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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Friday denied claims that his country has signed an agreement with the United States to accept asylum seekers from other nations, countering remarks made by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem....
Pittsburgh Pirates great Dave Parker dies at age 74
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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June 28, 2025
A rocket-armed right fielder and five-tool star who brought a big bat and a smooth swagger to the 1979 World Series champions, Dave Parker became a larger-than-life figure for the “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates lost a member of...
Pittsburgh Pirates great Dave Parker dies at age 74
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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June 28, 2025
A rocket-armed right fielder and five-tool star who brought a big bat and a smooth swagger to the 1979 World Series champions, Dave Parker became a larger-than-life figure for the “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates lost a member of...
Kenneth D. Nichols, the father of Oak Ridge: The road to Trinity
Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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D. Ray Smith Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols continues her series on his life. *** Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing General (then Colonel) Kenneth D....
Trump’s Latino supporters are learning the hard way: He meant every word
Daily Kos
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June 28, 2025
This is an occasional roundup of people who voted for Donald Trump and are shocked to find out no one is immune from the damage and pain he causes. Many are now grappling with the consequences of their choice as it affects them and their loved...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
Cuban president addresses meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council
Radio Habana Cuba
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June 28, 2025
Minsk, June 28 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, addressed the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, which is meeting this Friday in Minsk, Belarus. At the Palace of Independence, along with the leaders...
Trump Admin and Allies Work to Create One Big Beautiful Database of Surveillance
Truthout
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June 24, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing...
Hotlines: June 29, 2025
Tri-County Times - Michigan
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IT’S NICE THAT the library and museum are going back into the Linden Mill building. We didn’t need all this political upheaval to achieve this. We didn’t need to get new counselors and a mayor over this. WALKING WITH A friend in Linden when we...
Bill Moyers Made Mark on Newsroom Diversity
Journal-isms
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June 27, 2025
‘Demand’ at Newsday Led to Hiring of Les Payne Homepage photo; Les Payne, John Lewis and Bill Moyers at SUNY Old Westbury at 2015 anniversary celebration. (Credit: Bob Giglione/SUNY Old Westbury) Support Journal-isms Donations are tax-deductible....
Trump Admin Says ICE Agents are the Real Victims Amid Violent Immigration Raids
Rolling Stone
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June 28, 2025
It was captured on the Ring camera. In the footage, Martin Díaz, 35, runs across the front lawn of his house, indistinguishable from the officers in plainclothes who follow, pepper spraying Díaz as he attempts to make his escape through the garden...
Excelsior’s sprinters, Dockery light up Junior Championships
Jamaica Observer
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June 28, 2025
Riquelme Reid of Excelsior High races to victory in the Under-20 boys’ 100m final during the National Junior Championships at the National Stadium on Friday. Photos: Garfield Robinson Excelsior High runners swept both junior boys’ 100m titles on...
California residents fearful amid immigration raids
Gulf Today
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June 28, 2025
Jackie Ramirez has always been aware of the colour of her skin. There was the school crossing guard who nicknamed her “morenita,” little brown girl. The uncle who affectionately called her “paisita,” a country girl. But never has skin colour felt...
You Can Actually Help Kneecap Trump’s ‘Mass Deportation’ Arrests. Here’s How.
HuffPost
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June 28, 2025
Recent weeks have seen the Trump administration’s “mass deportation” program kick into overdrive. Militarized federal agents are working hard to meet the White House’s sky-high arrest quotas, and the number of people in immigration detention is...
Guac Is Extra, But Should It Be? Texas A&M Anthropologist Shows The Resilience Of Ancient Avocados
Texas A&M Today
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June 25, 2025
The El Gigante Rockshelter is among a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. Credit: Shelly Leachman, UC Santa Barbara Today’s avocado industry, a...
Today in High Prairie: June 27, 2025
South Peace News
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June 26, 2025
Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....
The hidden dangers of fake cigars and how to avoid them
The Manual - Oregon
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June 27, 2025
Imagine this: you’re celebrating something great, maybe a promotion or an anniversary, and you light up what you think is a premium Cuban Cohiba. But then it hits you—something’s not right. The draw is awful, and it tastes like burnt cardboard...