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Law and Government
Illinois to fund city-owned grocery store in town with falling population
Government-run grocery stores tend to be poorly-run, stocking too little of many items and too much of things that people…
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Science and Technology
Baby with deadly genetic condition is healed through gene-editing
The baby KJ had a devastating genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency. Half of all babies with the disorder die in their…
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Education
Copy of Magna Carta bought for $27 turns out to be original worth millions of dollars
“Two British academics discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is…
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Foreign Affairs
South Pacific island is now rat-free, increasing crop yields and biodiversity
“Palmerston Island in the South Pacific is now rat-free, leading to surging crop yields and biodiversity,” reports The Doomslayer. The…
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Science and Technology
Brain implant lets paralyzed man type with brain
“Neuralink has installed its brain implant in a third patient, enabling a paralyzed man with ALS to operate a computer…
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Giant rodents thrive in suburb of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a big city, with the world’s 15th largest metropolitan area. But the region still has space for…
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Law and Government
Power corrupts in Los Angeles
There’s “another ugly city council scandal in Los Angeles, on a theme that’s familiar nationwide: when officials assume unrestricted discretionary…
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Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence creates avatars that quickly turn spoken words into sign language for the deaf
“A startup called Silence Speaks provides AI-powered avatars turning spoken words into sign language in real time,” notes historian Paul…
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Law and Government
Trump says federal government won’t fund California’s perennially-delayed ‘high speed’ rail boondoggle
“President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government would not finance California’s high-speed rail project, escalating tensions over the…
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Law and Government
CIGIE begins producing records in response to FOIA lawsuit
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency has started to produce documents sought in a Freedom of…
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Science and Technology
FDA approves genetic modification that protects pigs against deadly virus
“The FDA has approved a genetic modification that makes pigs resistant—and possibly almost entirely immune—to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome…
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Science and Technology
Thorium reactor rewrites the rules of nuclear power
“Chinese researchers are currently testing a prototype molten salt reactor, an innovative type of nuclear reactor that significantly reduces the…
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Economy
Tourism down after U.S. angers other countries with tariffs, arrests of overseas visitors, talk of annexing Canada
In recent years, the U.S. has run a trade deficit, but that hasn’t led to an economic crisis of any…
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Science and Technology
Fully driverless trucks are now on the road in Texas
“Fully driverless trucks are now on the road in Texas, thanks to efforts by Aurora Innovation, a self-driving startup. Companies…
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Unyielding
Endangered rare duck makes a comeback
“China’s population of the Baer’s Pochard, a critically endangered diving duck, has more than doubled to 2,555, up from roughly…
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Science and Technology
Universal allergy cure may come soon
“Monoclonal antibodies like the asthma drug omalizumab can block allergic reactions before they start, providing long term relief from allergies…
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Science and Technology
Sperm bank being created for endangered animal that is heavily trafficked
Mandai Wildlife Group is creating a sperm bank for endangered pangolins to preserve their genetic diversity: Scientists in Singapore have…
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Unyielding
Saiga antelope brought back from the brink of extinction by prize-winning project
In 2006, a collection of nonprofits and the government of Kazakhstan launched a project to save the dwindling population of…
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Science and Technology
Corals recover faster on artificial structures than on natural reefs
Artificial structures can be better for living things than natural structures. “A recent study found that corals growing on artificial…
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Law and Government
Chicago hits taxpayers for pension contributions government employees were supposed to make themselves
“Chicago Public Schools will spend nearly $135 million covering pension contributions that teachers were supposed to pay themselves in fiscal…
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Foreign Affairs
Poverty declines in Latin America, except in socialist dictatorships
Latin America’s economy hasn’t grown as fast as East Asia’s, but people in Latin America still have become healthier and…
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Law and Government
Biased left-wing prosecutor Mary Moriarty discriminates based on race and ideology, making a mockery of justice
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is ordering the prosecutors who work for her to discriminate based on race, right after…
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Economy
Brazil’s rarest parrots make a comeback, avoiding extinction
“The population of the red-tailed amazon parrot has nearly doubled over the past two decades, thanks in part to a…
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Science and Technology
New weight-loss drug won’t need to be injected or require a needle
Good news for people who are afraid of needles. “Eli Lilly has announced the results of a clinical trial of…
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Economy
Foot-and-mouth disease is now gone from most of South America
There isn’t any road connecting Central America and South America, because there is a 60-mile roadless area where Central America…
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Law and Government
Civil Rights Commission reimbursed unnecessary expenses for high-ranking official
Recently, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released travel-expense records after the Bader Family Foundation sued it for violating the…
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Education
Education Department will collect on student loan debt for the first time since 2020
In May, the Education Department will begin collecting on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages…
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Unyielding
Mexican gray wolves make a comeback in Arizona and New Mexico
Gray wolves are recovering in the American Southwest: “There are now at least 286 Mexican gray wolves roaming parts of…
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Science and Technology
Prescription drug kills mosquitos that bite you
Nitisinone is a prescription drug used to treat diseases like tyrosinemia, which harms your liver and kidney. The drug also…
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Foreign Affairs
Electricity comes to most people in Kenya, who lacked electricity a decade ago
Electricity access in Kenya has risen from 37 percent in 2013 to 79 percent in 2023. The International Energy Agency…
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Economy
Maternal mortality falls to all-time low
The World Health Organization says there were 260,000 maternal deaths across the globe in 2023, down from 267,000 in 2022…
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Law and Government
“Bonkers” ruling: Judge wrongly rules fathers can’t wear pink wristbands to protest biological males in girls’ sports
A federal judge ruled that two fathers can’t wear pink wristbands that say “XX” to silently protest the inclusion in…
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Science and Technology
Papa John’s wants artificial intelligence to transform pizza ordering
“Papa John’s International wants to inject artificial intelligence technology into how its customers order pizza through an expanded partnership with…
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Law and Government
Song about fictional character violates childrens’ rights, Colombia high court rules, in wacky decision
How can a song about an obviously fictional character violate a real person’s rights? But Columbia’s high court has just…
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Law and Government
Colleges refuse to remedy their unconstitutional DEI policies, resulting in litigation
President Trump has issued executive orders against DEI, but colleges still haven’t remedied their illegal DEI practices that discriminate based…
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Science and Technology
Scientists create tiny robot to help detect and treat bowel cancer
“Scientists have built a tiny gut explorer robot to detect and potentially treat a lethal common cancer, in the latest…
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