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(KGTV) — A story you may have heard claims ICE operations are such a flashpoint right now that FEMA staff are being told to avoid using the word ice to describe the weather. It's apparently true.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. To Richard Green, new regional president and publisher, of The Gazette. The word of the day is balance.

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Homeland Security officials have urged disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the massive winter storm barreling ...

After a decade of supremacy amongst Brussels’ lobbying class, the principle of ‘energy efficiency first’ is being sidelined as funding dries up and the EU instead embraces electrification. The ...

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