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As Trump throws lifeline to coal plants, critics warn of higher costs, health risks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Donald Trump returned to the White House, the Biden administration and many electric utilities were building a future dominated by renewable energy. They aimed to replace coal, slashing greenhouse gases and reducing air pollution that kills more than a thousand people annually. Dozens of coal plants — emitting as much planet-warming pollution as 27 million cars — were expected to be retired during Trump’s second term. Now there may not be any more coal plants closing until after Trump leaves office, according to officials and the energy analysis company ...

Horoscope

It’s an enduring image: The soldier comes home from duty to flags waving, signs held high, parades, celebration, and embrace. Today, Mars comes home to Aries. The atmosphere crackles with initiative. Wandering energy suddenly knows where it belongs. Choose a direction. The next move doesn’t require perfect planning, only courage and motion. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Today is a groove. Your life is music. Your interactions are rhythmic and right in the time signature of the world. You contribute, create it, walk and dance in the tones that feel like home — sometimes classical, ...

Hints From Heloise

Get good portion control with a tin Dear Heloise: Portion sizes used to get out of hand in my kitchen until I put a muffin tin to use in a new way. Instead of guessing or overfilling bowls, I now divide snacks into each cup, which creates instant portion control without any measuring tools. Nuts, cut fruit, crackers and vegetables stay neatly separated, making it much easier to stay mindful of how much you eat. This method has also been especially helpful for children since portions are clearly visible and snack time feels more engaging. During meal prep, ingredients stay organized and ...

Standing firm when family is divided

Dear Annie: Hopefully you can help me. I’ve read your column for years. My two kids are adults and have kids of their own, and they have always gotten along. However, last Thanksgiving, my son and his family decided not to stay when they found out my granddaughter was there. My granddaughter is gay and was recently married last fall to her partner. My son isn’t religious at all, but he follows his wife’s lead, and she is very Catholic. Both of them think that if they spend time with gay people, it will somehow hurt their children. They don’t want to expose their kids to my ...

Next Obama can’t stand media scrutiny

Pundits are already putting pencils to paper about who might be the Democrats’ nominee for president in 2028 and how each might fare in media coverage. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore might be the next Obama model in the race, much like previous campaigns featured people posing like the new JFK, from Gary Hart to John Edwards. Maxwell Tani, an alumnus of the leftist Daily Beast website, worried out loud about Moore in a story at Semafor that they headlined in an email “The Sinclair Sun vs. Wes Moore.” Beware, Democrats: “Investigative journalists with The Baltimore Sun and the local ...

Artemis II and socialism

Watching the enthusiasm, especially among people younger than me, over the Artemis II mission around the moon, recalled that the last men to land on the lunar surface did so in December 1972. Two generations have been born since then and for them the excitement of a powerful rocket and the danger involved in such a mission is something new. This is about to come true with socialism as it is being imposed in New York City by Major Zohran Mamdani, its longtime American “prophet,” Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and others in and out of Congress. Many younger people who voted for ...