For 30 years, scientists have fought to eliminate a horrifying parasite. Suddenly, it has begun infecting dogs in Chad, threatening to undo decades of progress.
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Can ‘Land Banks’ Help Rebuild Post-industrial US Cities?
When Jamil Bey wanted to move back to the Pittsburgh neighborhood where he had grown up, he found the perfect house to buy. There was just one problem — a fall in property values on that street had left the owners trapped in negative equity. Unable to agree on a price that would allow the sellers to pay off their …
Read More »Intel Tops List of Tech Companies Fighting Forced Labor
Intel topped a list issued on Monday ranking how well technology companies combat the risk of forced labor in their supply chains, overtaking HP and Apple. Most of the top 40 global technology companies assessed in the study by KnowTheChain, an online resource for business, had made progress since the last report was published in 2016. But the study found …
Read More »XXXTentacion: Controversial rapper shot dead in Florida
The controversial rapper, a rising star who faced domestic violence charges, has been killed aged 20.
Read More »XXXTentacion, Rising Rapper Accused of Violence, Shot Dead at 20
Jahseh Onfroy, the rapper and singer known as XXXTentacion, was shot and killed outside a motor sports store in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Monday afternoon.
Read More »After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next One
An overdose is a wake-up call for many people with addiction. So why aren’t patients being offered medications that could keep them from looking for the next dangerous hit of drugs? (Image credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Read More »Enes Kanter’s Father Charged As Terror Group Member by Turkish Government
Kanter has been very outspoken against Turkey’s current president.
Read More »Amazon investors join ACLU urging halt to facial recognition tool used by police
The American Civil Liberties Union is leading the effort against Amazon’s Rekognition product, delivering a petition with 152,000 signatures to the company’s Seattle headquarters Monday. A group of 19 investment managing companies also expressed concerns about the tool.
Read More »Massachusetts and New York Will Not Send National Guard Troops to the U.S. – Mexico Border
Both governors called the separation of families “inhumane”
Read More »Senators call family separation inhumane
Lawmakers from both parties are calling family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border inhumane, though they are also accusing each other of politicizing the issue. (June 18)
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