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What to Know A man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff that lasted more than seven hours surrendered to police.

A man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff that lasted more than seven hours has surrendered to police.

The suspect, identified by police as 36-year-old Maurice Hill of Philadelphia, then walked out of the home and was taken into custody by police. »

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"Climate change contrarians" are getting 49 per cent more media coverage than scientists who support the consensus view that climate change is man-made, a new study has found.

It's not newsworthy that, from year on year, 97 per cent of climate scientists still think that climate change is occurring.

It comes after a recent study of 12,000 peer-reviewed climate science papers found that 97 per cent of scientists believed climate change was occurring. »

The funds would enable the government to increase this year’s healthcare budget of 124 billion pesos by 40%, he said.

Calvillo proposed lifting the IEPS excise tax on sugary drinks from 1 peso per liter to 2, explaining that an additional 13.4 billion pesos could be collected annually.

Junk food taxes should increase from 8% to 12%, he said, while those on beer should go up to 35% from 26%. »