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Media Tip Sheet: March Madness Tips Off

March Madness tips off this afternoon, with men’s NCAA basketball teams going head-to-head today and the women’s tournament officially kicking off tomorrow.

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Media Tip Sheet: Recall On Gun Safes Sold By Amazon and Walmart

Four companies have collectively recalled more than 120,000 biometric gun safes sold by Amazon, Walmart and other major retailers.

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Media Tip Sheet: Biden Administration finalizes auto emissions standards, move aims to accelerate EV transition

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rule on planet-warming emissions from passenger cars and light trucks.

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Media Tip Sheet: World Happiness Report Released

The World Happiness Report is out, and once again Nordic countries have the highest scores. Finland has held onto its top ranking for seven years straight and the United States dropped out of the top...

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Media Tip Sheet: EU Wants the Fossil Fuel Industry to Contribute to Financing Climate Change Costs

This week, the European Union called on the fossil fuel industry to help pay for fighting climate change in poorer countries.

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Media Tip Sheet: Biden Administration Announces Initiative on Life-Saving Overdose Reversal Medicine

The Biden administration launched an initiative that it describes as a nationwide call to increase training on and access to life-saving opioid overdose reversal medications, dubbed the Challenge to...

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Media Tip Sheet: More Than 100 Kids Have Died of Flu This Year

More than 100 children have died of the flu this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Media Tip Sheet: Supreme Court lifts stay on Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants at border

The Supreme Court lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally.

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Media Tip Sheet: New Study Finds Health-Damaging Air Pollution is Widespread

A new study shows that very few countries achieved the World Health Organization’s standards for limiting a very damaging form of air pollution last year, according to the New York Times. The...

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Media Tip Sheet: MD Lawmakers Endorse Bill that Could Ban Big Tech Companies from Collecting & Using Children’s Data

The bill is called the Maryland Kids Code. It’s intended to address the horror stories around social media addiction and concerns over children’s worsening well-being.