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USPS disregards judge’s order to sweep 12 postal districts with over 300K ballots missing in delivery scan - Washington Examiner

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The U.S. Postal Service declined to act on an order from a federal judge who demanded the delivery agency to sweep mail processing facilities in 15 states on Election Day.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington, D.C., ordered the Postal Service on Tuesday to conduct a sweep and produce “all clear” checks for a number

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Over four years in office, the Trump administration has dismantled major climate policies and rolled back many more rules governing clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals.

While other administrations have emphasized cutting regulations, calling them burdensome to industries like coal, oil and gas, the scope of actions under Mr. Trump is "fundamentally different," said Hana V. Vizcarra, a staff attorney at Harvard Law School's Environmental and Energy Law Program.

In all, a New York Times analysis, based on research from Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and other sources, counts more than 70 environmental rules and regulations officially reversed, revoked or otherwise rolled back under Mr. Trump. Another 26 rollbacks are still in progress.

The bulk of the rollbacks identified by the Times have been carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has weakened Obama-era limits on planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and from cars and trucks; removed protections from more than half the nation's wetlands; and withdrawn the legal justification for restricting mercury emissions from power plants.

At the same time, the Interior Department has worked to open up more land for oil and gas leasing by limiting wildlife protections and weakening environmental requirements for projects.

"We have fulfilled President Trump's promises to provide certainty for states, tribes, and local governments," a spokeswoman for the E.P.A. said in a statement to The Times, adding that the agency was "delivering on President Trump's commitment to return the agency to its core mission: Providing cleaner air, water and land to the American people."

But environmental and legal groups said the rollbacks have not served that mission. Ms. Vizcarra, who has tracked environmental rollbacks for Harvard since 2018, said the agency under Mr. Trump has often limited its own power to regulate environmental harm, especially when it comes to climate change.

Many of the rollbacks are facing legal challenges by states, environmental groups and others. Hillary Aidun, who tracks deregulation at Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, said many of the Trump-era rules have not been adequately justified, leaving them vulnerable to litigation.

Some rollbacks have already been struck down in court. The Times' analysis identified a dozen rules that were initially reversed or suspended by the Trump administration but later reinstated, often following lawsuits and other challenges. They are summarized at the bottom of this page, and are not counted in our overall tally. Other reversals that were overturned in the courts were later revised by the administration and remain in effect.

All told, the Trump administration's environmental rollbacks could significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade and lead to thousands of extra deaths from poor air quality each year, according to energy and legal analysts.

Below, we have summarized each rule that has been targeted for reversal.

Some rules were rolled back, then reinstated

These rules were initially reversed by the Trump administration but were later reinstated, often following lawsuits and other challenges.

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The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here's the Full List.

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Over four years in office, the Trump administration has dismantled major climate policies and rolled back many more rules governing clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals. While other administrations have emphasized cutting regulations, calling them burdensome to industries like coal, oil and gas, the scope of actions under Mr. Trump is "fundamentally different," said Hana V.

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A proposed rule by the Trump administration would allow foster care and adoption agencies to deny their services to L.G.B.T. families on faith-based grounds.

The proposal would have "enormous" effects and touch the lives of a large number of people, Denise Brogan-Kator, chief policy officer at Family Equality, an advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families, said on Saturday.

The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday released the proposed rule, which would roll back a 2016 discrimination regulation instituted by the administration of President Barack Obama that included sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes.

Any organization - including foster care and adoption agencies or other entities that get department funding - is "now free to discriminate" if it wants to, Ms. Brogan-Kator said.

The proposed rule could be published in the Federal Register as early as Monday, followed by a 30-day comment period. After that, the comments will close and it will become final rule.

Critics, such as Ms. Brogan-Kator, said the rule would allow organizations to place their personal religious beliefs above the needs of children in their care, but the administration countered that it was not preventing L.G.B.T. people from adopting.

"The administration is rolling back an Obama-era rule that was proposed in the 12 o'clock hour of the last administration that jeopardizes the ability of faith-based providers to continue serving their communities," the White House said in a statement on Saturday. "The federal government should not be in the business of forcing child welfare providers to choose between helping children and their faith."

According to the Adoption Network, there are more than 400,000 children in the foster care system in the United States. More than 114,000 cannot be returned to their families and are waiting to be adopted.

The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law estimated in a report that 114,000 same-sex couples in 2016 were raising children in the United States. Same-sex couples with children were far more likely than different-sex couples with children to have an adopted child, 21.4 percent versus 3 percent, the report found.

Alphonso David, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, in a statement called the proposal "horrific" and said it would "permit discrimination across the entire spectrum of HHS programs receiving federal funding."

"The Trump-Pence White House is relying on the same flawed legal reasoning they've used in the past to justify discrimination against L.G.B.T.Q. people and other communities," he said.

Tony Perkins, the president of Family Research Council, a group that supports socially conservative and Christian causes, said on Friday that the news was "tremendous" for children, birth moms and adoptive families.

"Thanks to President Trump, charities will be free to care for needy children and operate according to their religious beliefs and the reality that children do best in a home with a married mom and dad," Mr. Perkins said in a statement.

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Adoption Groups Could Turn Away L.G.B.T. Families Under Proposed Rule (Published 2019)

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A proposed rule by the Trump administration would allow foster care and adoption agencies to deny their services to L.G.B.T. families on faith-based grounds. The proposal would have "enormous" effects and touch the lives of a large number of people, Denise Brogan-Kator , chief policy officer at Family Equality, an advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families, said on Saturday.

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Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

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Louisiana voters approve amendment limiting abortion protections, according to CNN projections

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Voters in Louisiana and Colorado weighed in on abortion rights on Election Day.

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There are many reasons your Internet connection might appear slow. It could be a problem with your modem or router, Wi-Fi signal, signal strength on your cable line, devices on your network saturating your bandwidth, or even a slow DNS server. These troubleshooting steps will help you pin down the cause.

Narrow Down the Problem With Multiple Websites and Devices

If your speed test confirms your internet is slow, you should try connecting to multiple websites and using multiple devices in your home if your Internet connection is slow. If the slowness is just with one website, it's probably that website's problem-not your internet's. There's not really anything you can do about this except wait for the people in charge of the website to fix it.

Narrowing down where the problem lies will help you fix it. Does the slowness just happen on one computer, or all your devices? If it's just one computer, you know the solution probably lies there. You may just have to reboot the computer, or you may need to perform a malware scan with your preferred antivirus to check that everything is fine. If the slowness happens on multiple devices-multiple computers, for example, or your computer and your phone-then it's almost certainly a network problem, and you'll have to go to your router.

Check Your Speed and Compare It to Your Plan

Before going through a bunch of troubleshooting on your end, it's worth running a speed test using a website like Speedtest.net to see how well it's actually performing. Be sure to stop any downloads, uploads, Netflix streaming, or other heavy internet activity before running the test to ensure as little interference with the results as possible.

Compare the measured speed results against the expected speed of the Internet connection you're paying for. If you don't know this, there's a good chance you can find it on the bill for your Internet connection or your Internet service provider's website.

There are some caveats here. Speed tests may sometimes appear rather high, as some Internet service providers may prioritize them and they may have servers very close to you. If your connection speed appears a bit low, that can be normal-you generally pay for "up to" a certain speed and you don't always get the exact speed you pay for. Speeds may also be slower at busier times of the day, when everyone in your neighborhood is using the Internet connection, than at off hours when many people are sleeping or at work.

Of course, it could also just be that you pay for a very slow internet plan-in which case you'll need to call your internet provider and pay more to upgrade your service!

However, if you're paying for a certain connection speed and consistently receive speed test results that are well below that, it's time to move to the troubleshooting steps below.

Reboot Your Modem and Router

Like computers, modems and routers sometimes get stuck in a bad, slow, overloaded state. This problem can be fixed with a reboot. If you haven't rebooted your router and modem in a while, you should do it now.

If you have a combined modem/router unit, you may just have the one device to reboot. But there's a good chance you need to reboot two pieces of hardware: The router and the modem. The router connects to the modem, which is connected to the cable coming out of the wall. To reboot them, unplug each from their respective power outlets for ten seconds before plugging them back in. It may take a few minutes for your modem to reconnect to your Internet service provider and bring your Internet connection online, so be patient. Check if your speed improves after the reboots.

Improve Your Wi-Fi Signal

It's possible your internet is fine, but your Wi-Fi-which connects you to the internet-is having signal problems. A bad Wi-Fi connection can seem like an Internet connection problem, especially since it can affect all the devices in your home. There are quite a few reasons you may have a bad Wi-Fi signal. The airwaves could be congested with too many devices nearby, especially if you're using 2.4 GHz and not 5 GHz, which can support a lot more devices. This is a particularly common problem in denser urban areas-for example, if you live in an apartment complex with neighbors who have a bunch of wireless routers and other devices.

You could also just have a dead zone, something interfering with your Wi-Fi signal, or poor converage throughout your home. Consult our guide to speeding up your Wi-Fi and getting a better signal for more tips.

If you have a larger home or yard and need better Wi-FI coverage, consider getting a mesh Wi-Fi system that provides multiple base stations you can place around your home or property.

Stop Saturating Your Connection (or Try QoS)

Your Internet connection is shared by all the devices in your home, so other devices on your network could be saturating your Internet connection, slowing things down for everyone else.

For example, if two people are streaming Netflix and one person is trying to download a file with BitTorrent, everyone's experience will slow down. Stop (or slow down) some of those other downloads to speed things up.

If this is a particularly frequent problem, you may have to upgrade your internet package. However, you can also see if your router has a Quality of Service (QoS) feature, which will allow your router to automatically manage and assign how much bandwidth different devices and services receive. For example, it can automatically throttle BitTorrent bandwidth to avoid slowing down Netflix streams.

Check for Coax Splitters

If you have cable Internet and you have coaxial cable splitters on the line going to your cable modem, these could be degrading your signal strength and leading to slower Internet connection. Splitters vary in quality, and a bad, cheap one could lower your signal strength much more than a higher quality one would. A large number of splitters could cause a problem, too.

If you do have splitters on your cable line, try disconnecting them to troubleshoot your Internet connection. See how your Internet connection performs without any splitters on the line. If you have a much faster Internet connection speed, you've found your problem.

Try Another DNS Server

In some cases, switching DNS servers can help speed up your apparent connection speed if your default Internet service provider DNS servers are slow.

Here's how DNS works: When you connect to a website like google.com, your computer contacts its DNS servers and asks "What numerical IP address is associated with google.com?" It gets an answer back and connects to that IP address, which may be something like 216.58.193.78 and then connects to that address.

Typically, your DNS servers are provided by your Internet service provider. But, if they're slow or overloaded, you may be able to get better speed by switching to another set of DNS servers. Google Public DNS and OpenDNS are both pretty popular.

Call Your ISP and Report the Problem

If you've run through all these troubleshooting steps and can't fix the problem, there's a good chance it's not a problem you can fix. It may be your Internet service provider's problem. For example, there may be a problem with the cable line running from your house to your ISP, or with some other equipment they have. In this case, you should call your Internet service provider and report the problem.

You're paying your Internet service provider to provide a stable conneciton, and it's their job to fix any problems with it on their end. Just be sure it's actually their problem, and not a problem on your end-like Wi-Fi signal issues.
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There are many reasons your Internet connection might appear slow. It could be a problem with your modem or router, Wi-Fi signal, signal strength on your cable line, devices on your network saturating your bandwidth, or even a slow DNS server. These troubleshooting steps will help you pin down the cause.

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AirPods are Apple's Bluetooth wireless earbuds that include a unique, Apple-developed chip, the H1 (AirPods 2) or W1 (AirPods 1), that helps optimize battery use, enhance the Bluetooth connections and improve overall audio connectivity. AirPods also feature fantastic user interactions!

For example, when you remove an AirPod from one ear, playback pauses. Your AirPods just sense when they're in your ears and pause when you take them out.

And depending on how you set them up, double-tapping either AirPod activates Siri or plays and pauses playback. So when you discover that your AirPods are not working, it's a real pain!

AirPod Compatibility

AirPods are compatible with devices running iOS 10 and above, and they automatically sync through iCloud so switching from one iDevice to another, to an Apple Watch, or even any Mac running macOS Sierra or higher is easy.

They even work with any device that supports Bluetooth 4.0 or higher, including Android phones and tablets- AND the double-tap gesture control playback on Android too!

AirPods 2-The Newest Generation

In March 2019 Apple finally updated their signature AirPods for a new generation.

The new AirPods 2nd generation (also called AirPods 2) features a more advanced wireless chip called the H1.

AirPods 2 offer more talk time up to 3 hours per charge, a hands-free "Hey Siri" mode, and offer an optional wireless charging case for use with Qi-compatible charging mats.

Does the AirPods wireless charging case work with AirPods 1 (first generation)?

Yes, the good news for folks with the original AirPods is that you can indeed upgrade your case to the AirPods wireless charging case and start charging your first-generation AirPods with any Qi-compatible charging mat!

What the differences between AirPods 2 vs. AirPods 1

Advanced H1 chip

AirPods 2 have a different, more advanced wireless chip, called the H1 Chip. This chip helps give the AirPods more talk time per charge (3 hours vs. 2 hours with AirPods 1.)

That H1 chip also connects to your other devices faster. Apple calls it improved synchronization, where switching between devices while listening to music or other content is up to two times faster than the previous AirPods 1 models.

Hands-free Siri

Additionally, AirPods 2 offers a hands-free, voice-activated "Hey Siri" mode just like your iPhone or iPad, which is awesome instead of double-tapping!

One-Step Set-Up

AirPods 2, when used with an iCloud account and macOS 10.14.4, iOS 12.2, or watchOS 5.2 has a simple one-tap setup process. AirPods are automatically on and always connected.

Visible Status Light

Finally, the status light was moved in AirPods 2 to the front of the case, rather than inside it, making it a heck of a lot easier to see.

That Amazing Apple Wireless Chip

The H1/W1 chip, designed and developed by Apple, produces exceptionally efficient wireless that makes for a better wireless connection and improves the overall sound.

This chip manages battery life well so that you can listen for up to 5 hours on a single charge. And talk time varies between 2-3 hours depending on the model (AirPods 1 offer 2 hours while AirPods 2 offer 3.)

The Look and Feel

AirPods are quite similar to the shape of the elder EarPods, which were included with any iPhone purchase starting with the iPhone 5.

But make no mistake, these Bluetooth-based AirPods are way more sophisticated and intelligent!

iOS 13 and the new iPadOS include two new features for Siri announcing messages on your AirPods 2 or PowerBeats Pro (Headphones with Apple's H1 chip) and AirPod and Beats audio sharing (works with all generation of AirPods)

AirPods 2 released during Apple's March 2019 product release week

iOS 12 adds a feature called Live Listen, which helps isolate sound going to your hearing aid when in challenging audio environments-like a busy restaurant or city park.

AirPods were introduced in September 2016, alongside the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2.

And the release of iOS 10.3 added AirPods to the "Find My iPhone" app so that you can locate your missing AirPods within a certain distance.

iOS 11 added some additional functionality to your AirPods, including different Double-Tap selections for the Left and Right AirPod.

Troubleshooting AirPods Not Working

AirPod Use & Connections

Lost AirPods

AirPods and Siri

AirPods and Battery

AirPod Sound Issues

AirPods and Apple Watch

AirPods and Macs

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The real reason American public transportation is such a disaster

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