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The Waco Police Department is joining a nationwide effort to try and diversify its police force by recruiting more women. Recently, the department signed "The 30x30 Pledge," which aims to have women make up 30 percent of its police force by 2030. So far, there are 37 women in the Waco PD, according to Officer Garen Bynum, the department's spokesperson. He said they make up 15% of its officers, which is 3% more than the national average of female officers (12%). Still, "to make the 30x30, we still have a lot of work to do," Bynum said. Before the pledge,...

Karl Rove said Donald Trump should be "worried" because he has hit his peak and he is on the decline. Rove points to Trump hitting 38% in the RealClearPolitics average earlier, while the frontrunner is currently only at 34%. "Remember, he peaks on February 11th at 38% in the RealClearPolitics average. If you took out the undecideds he was at 40 percent. And today he is going to be 34%. He's declining and not rising. If I were him I'd be worried," Rove said Saturday night after the primary was called for Trump.

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Europe and climate change Two into three won't go The European Commission suggests even deeper cuts in emissions May 27th 2010 | From The Economist print edition Carry on smoking, through 20% or 30% ONE of the least convincing things about the European Union’s energy and climate policy is the brazen catchiness of its slogan: 20-20-20. This refers to a 20% reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions and 20% share for renewable energy sources by 2020. The idea that rigorous analysis of the right policies happened to echo the target date seems, at best, trivially condescending. At least this week’s suggestion by...