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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Florida plans to eradicate the giant African land snail, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls “one of the most damaging snails in the world.”It’s a “highly invasive agricultural pest” that can feed on over 500 types of plants, USDA says. A master gardener recently spotted Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in New Port Richey, a city in Pasco County on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
A Venezuelan Indigenous leader who was an opponent of armed groups and illegal mining was shot dead on Thursday in the Amazonas state capital, a non-governmental organization and three people with knowledge of the case said.Virgilio Trujillo Arana, a 38-year-old Indigenous Uwottuja man, was a defender of the Venezuelan Amazon
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
The Uvalde, Texas, school district police chief is resigning from his community’s city council amid criticism of the response to the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb elementary in May.Pedro “Pete” Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News that he was stepping down from the city council post to which he was sworn in just seven days after the massacre, the outlet reported
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Dozens of crew member are missing off the coast of Hong Kong after an industrial support ship snapped in two and sunk during a fierce tropical storm.Authorities dispatched planes and helicopters to aid in the rescue on Saturday, with at least three people from the crew of 30 brought to safety as of 5.30pm local time (10am GMT).
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Doctors have sometimes failed to diagnose serious cases of Covid-19 among people of color — and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledges one reasonone reason may be flaws in devices it approved to measure blood oxygen levels. Pulse oximeters can overestimate blood oxygen in people with dark skin, causing doctors to miss patients’ distress signals.
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Insurers and employers began publicly posting the prices they pay for healthcare services ranging from doctor visits to lab tests, hugely expanding a federally mandatedeffort to unveil the long-secret rates. The new data is coming in the form of massive, machine-readable digital files,
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
The trial for Brittney Griner, a WNBA star who has been detained in Russia for more than four months on drug charges, began Friday with prosecutors sharing new details about the case. U.S. Embassy officials are on hand for the trial. Press access is tightly controlled
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
TikTok is working on a deal with the Biden administration that would “fully safeguard” the app in the U.S. and quell fears about the Chinese government’s accessing Americans’ data,according to a letter TikTok sent to nine Republican senators that was released on Friday.
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis law limiting LGBTQ discussions takes effect — and rocks schools.Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law, popularly known by critics as the “don’t say gay” bill, went into effect on Friday, restricting what teachers can say about gender and sexual orientation.. The White House called it part of “a disturbing and dangerous nationwide trend”
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Ron DeSantis has signed laws that alter the tenure system, remove Florida universitiesfrom commonly accepted accreditation practices, and mandate annual “viewpoint diversity surveys” from students and faculty. DeSantis (R) also pushed through legislation he dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act” that regulates what schools, including universities, and workplaces can teach about race and identity.
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Three law enforcement officers were killed and five wounded in eastern Kentucky when a man with a rifle opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant.Police said they had taken 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late on Thursday night after an hours-long standoff at a home in Allen, a small town in the hills of Appalachia.
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Plans to dismantle a historic Dutch bridge to allow Jeff Bezos’ new super yacht to pass from a shipyard to the ocean have been halted following public outcry from locals. – Koningshavenbrug bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands – known as De Hef – to allow Bezos’ nearly $500 million vessel, Y721, to get out to sea,
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[ July 2, 2022 ]
Elon Musk has broken his nine day Twitter silence to share a surprise visit to see Pope Francis with four of his seven children.Musk has spoke of being an atheist, so it is unclear why he decided to meet the Pope, and what the two men discussed.
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[ July 1, 2022 ]
President Biden’s administration opened the door Friday to offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters over the next five yearsin federal waters over the next five years, setting a course for future U.S. fossil fuel extraction just a day after suffering a major climate setback at the Supreme Court.
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[ July 1, 2022 ]
The gymnast Simone Biles and soccer player Megan Rapinoe are among 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, the White House announced on Friday.The two sport stars are being celebrated for their accomplishments in competition and in social activism.
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