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by Abe Aboraya, WMFE Sept. 26, 5 a.m. EDT The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. It had even purchased vests filled with …
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Claire Donald, University of Glasgow Newborn aedes albopictus mosquito. Smith1972/Shutterstock.com Chikungunya is not a name that rolls easily off the tongue. It is a Swahili word meaning “that which bends …
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By Neena Bhandari [SYDNEY] The Australian human rights commission has embarked on a project looking at the social risks and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) — a technology whose implications …
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Insurance companies retreated from some communities amid stronger storms, leaving a “last-resort” plan to fill the growing gap. by Abrahm Lustgarten and Talia Buford Sept. 14, 8:30 a.m. EDT For years, North Carolina …
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Diego Maiorano, University of Nottingham When India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced that 86% of his country’s currency would be “just worthless pieces of paper” in a matter of hours, …
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By Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade [SÃO PAULO] A legal requirement put in place by the Brazilian government within the framework of a biodiversity law is likely to reduce research on …
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by Marshall Allen Sept. 1, 3 p.m. EDT Some people say journalists are “godless.” But I spent five years in full-time Christian ministry, and my faith has made me a better …
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Jessica Eise, Purdue University and Natalie White, Purdue University The fertile, mountainous terrain of Colombia’s coffee-producing central region is vulnerable to climate change impacts such as stronger storms and hotter …
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Hemant K. Batra* Whether a rape convict can be released by a superior court or in other words by an appellate court `on the benefit of doubt’? Yes, it could …
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