Thursday, April 27, 2017

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A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I. (04/27/2017 legislative day)

A resolution designating April 2017 as "Financial Literacy Month". (04/27/2017 legislative day)

A resolution designating April 30, 2017, as El Dia de Los Ninos-Celebrating Young Americans. (04/27/2017 legislative day)

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The Guardian today: Donald Trump warns of 'major, major conflict' with North Korea

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BREAKING: Arkansas carried out its 4th lethal injection in eight days after the Supreme Court denied a stay of execution

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  Arkansas executed convicted killer Kenneth Williams after the Supreme Court denied a stay of execution late Thursday night. The death wrapped up an execution spree that drew global headlines yet fell far short of the state's ambitious plans to inject eight death-row inmates over 11 days before the date of a key lethal injection drug expired.

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Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past

04/27/2017 11:00 AM EDT

Panoramic view of an ice cliff inside the Scărișoara Ice Cave, where the research was done.

Ice cores drilled from a glacier in a cave in Transylvania offer new evidence of how Europe's winter weather and climate patterns fluctuated during the last 10,000 years, known as the Holocene period.

The cores provide insights into how the region's climate has changed over time. The researchers' results, published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, could help ...

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