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Human remains were found again in Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir that continues to shrink amid a decades-long drought, officials announced Sunday. According to the National Park Service, someone made the discovery at the park’s swimming beach at Lake Mead National Recreation Area on the Nevada side around 11:15 a.m. Saturday. This is the fourth time since May that human remains have been found in Lake Mead, where water levels continue to recede to historic levels. With the help of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department dive team, park rangers responded and set up a perimeter to recover the…

National has fallen to 37 per cent but still leads Labor on 33 per cent in the latest 1 News / Kantar political poll. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas The poll placed the Green Party, which has faced leadership turmoil, with 9% of the vote, ACT with 11%, NZ First with 3% and Te Pāti Māori with 2%. The numbers, if they hold, would mean National and ACT together would have enough seats to form the next government. It compares with previous results at the end of May: National is steady at 39 per cent, Labor at 35 per cent,…

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats approved a sweeping economic and climate package on Sunday, putting President Joe Biden and his party on the cusp of a major legislative victory just three months before crucial midterm elections in November. After a marathon overnight Senate session, the 51-50 vote was strictly along party lines, with all Republicans voting no and all Democrats voting yes. After Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote, Democrats stood and applauded. The legislation, called the Inflation Reduction Act, now heads to the House, which plans to return from its summer recess on Friday, pass the legislation and…

Nearly uniform Republican opposition in the Senate on Sunday removed a proposed cap on private insurance insulin prices from the Democrats’ climate, health and tax bill. Democrats had sought to overturn a ruling by the Senate rules official, the lawmaker, that a $35-a-month cap on private insurance insulin costs did not comply with the budget reconciliation process, which allowed Democrats to pass his bill with an absolute majority. . The cap, which was proposed by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., needed 60 votes to pass and remain in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). It ultimately failed by a vote of 57…