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'Idol' fans say Katy Perry owes contestant W Ani an apology

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Explore More Katy Perry is once again causing fireworks on the “American Idol” stage. The “Teenage Dream” singer found herself in hot water with “American Idol” fans on Sunday after she was allegedly disrespectful towards another singer following the elimination of her favorite contestant, Elijah McCormick. Perry, 38, and the other judges were thrown for a loop during Sunday’s three-hour episode after voters failed to push McCormick, 21, through to the Top 20. Read More...

Inside the successful push for Ohio to define gas as green energy

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When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed a bill this month to legally redefine natural gas as a source of “green energy,” supporters characterized it as the culmination of a grass-roots effort to recognize the Buckeye state’s largest energy source. “It’s green. It’s clean. And it’s abundant right under our feet, right here in Ohio,” Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) wrote in an opinion piece in the Columbus Dispatch. But Ohio’s new law is anything but homegrown, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Read More...

Anti-racism training programs are in demand

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Robette Ann Dias has been training people how not to be racist for nearly 20 years, but her organization’s services recently reached a new level of demand. In a typical month, Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training, of which she is the executive director, would get nine requests for training. Within two weeks after George Floyd was killed in May, it had received 110. “We’ve been here all along, but now people are recognizing that we have something to offer,” Dias says. Read More...