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Florida Breaks Annual Manatee Death Record In First 6 Months Of 2021
More manatees have died already this year than in any other year in Florida’s recorded history, primarily from starvation due to the loss of seagrass beds, state officials said.
Washington’s New Suicide Prevention Program Aims To Divert Calls From Police, But It’s A Year Out
Starting in mid-2022, people in Washington will be able to dial 988 instead of 911 to access different types of services in a mental health crisis.
After Removing Confederate Statues, Charlottesville Takes Down One Of Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea
Early Saturday morning, the city took down statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Then, during an emergency midday meeting of the city council, officials unanimously voted to remove another statue featuring Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea, which was taken down Saturday afternoon.
Chief Guantánamo Prosecutor Announces Surprise Retirement Before 9/11 Trial Starts
Less than two months before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the chief prosecutor of the alleged 9/11 conspirators announced his surprise retirement Thursday, making a trial in the case appear increasingly unlikely.
A First-Of-Its-Kind Count Of Nonbinary Adults Is Crucial To Our Understanding Of LGBTQ Communities
There are about 1.2 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. who are nonbinary, according to a first-of-its-kind study released last week by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, a research center that focuses on the intersection of law and public policy, and sexual orientation and gender identity.
How New Federal Rules Could Make It Easier To Buy Hearing Aids Or Fix Your Phone
President Biden unveiled a new plan on Friday taking aim at powerful industries where a handful of players have so much market clout that they can drive up prices, depress wages and make it hard for small companies to break in.
Washington And Oregon Strengthen Protections For Ag Workers Following Deadly Heat Wave
Washington on Friday became the second state in the Pacific Northwest in as many days to announce emergency rules that provide farmworkers and others who work outdoors more protection from hot weather in the wake of an extreme heat wave that is believed to have killed hundreds of people.
President Biden Defends Decision To Pull U.S. Troops From Afghanistan Despite Resurgent Taliban
As security conditions deteriorate in Afghanistan, President Biden is defending his decision to pull U.S. troops out of America’s longest-running war. Biden announced the decision in April, and he insisted Thursday that he will stick to it, even as the consequences of that withdrawal become more and more stark.
Zaila Avant-garde Becomes First African American To Win Scripps Spelling Bee
Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee — and $50,000. She won with the winning word, “murraya,” a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees and celebrated with a twirl onstage under the confetti.
Crews Are Ending The Search For Survivors In The Surfside Condo Collapse
Fourteen days after the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., officials have called off the search for survivors.
Donald Trump Sues Facebook, YouTube And Twitter For Alleged Censorship
Former President Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube over their suspensions of his accounts after a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in January.
Pentagon Scraps $10 Billion Contract With Microsoft, Bitterly Contested By Amazon
The Defense Department is scrapping its $10 billion cloud-computing contract with Microsoft, ending the award process that’s been mired in a legal battle with Amazon.
