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David Melvin Ackerman, 65 Obituaries David Melvin Ackerman, 65, went to be with the Lord on March 9, 2021 following a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was born in North Platte on April 15, 1955, a fitting date for one who became a tax accountant. The first of five children, David graduated from North Platte Senior High in 1973, attended community college in North Platte and graduated Hasting College in 1978. David ventured to Eugene, Ore. where he opened an energy contracting business. He relocated to San Diego, then to Golden, Colo., and returned to the San Diego area of Winchester whe...

© Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images What’s happened? Fears are growing that China’s current high-level review of its rare-earths policy could presage export restrictions that will wreck the supply chains for strategically crucial sectors including electric vehicles and renewable energy. China currently produces about 70% of rare-earth elements globally, and has used its dominance in the past as geopolitical and economic leverage. Citing anonymous sources close to China’s review, Bloomberg reports that Beijing could ban the export of rare-earths refining technology to countries or compani...

China’s stranglehold on rare-earth minerals – resources essential for our modern high-tech world – has some analysts worried. Should we be too?

Feb. 18—For the last year, churches of all faiths have had to adapt to worshipping and praying remotely thanks to the onset of COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic. And while churches have been allowed to return to in-person services as the result of a Supreme Court ruling last week — albeit with a strict capacity rule — one Lodi house of worship decided to observe Ash Wednesday in a way that ...

The emergency declaration extended on Wednesday will carry New Jersey across the threshold of one year spent battling the coronavirus.