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The Landlord Gutting America’s Hospitals
WNYC - New York
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July 19, 2025
Al Letson: From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal. I’m Al Letson, and let me set the scene. It’s spring 2025. We’re in West Monroe, Louisiana. It’s the kind of small town where you stop for lunch on a road trip, and...
Rachel Held Evans and the Specter of Scopes in Dayton
Patheos
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July 18, 2025
The Scopes trial, one of the most famous court cases in United States history, was held one hundred years ago this month. Though it may seem irrelevant to twenty-first-century Christians, the trial in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, had a...
NMC unveils 3D concrete printer, aiming to address housing and labor shortages
WGTU - Michigan
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— A groundbreaking piece of technology has arrived at Northwestern Michigan College's Aero Park Laboratory, promising to revolutionize the construction industry and address both housing and skilled worker shortages....
Horses & Harmony
Courier Journal - Alabama
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TUSCUMBIA – The highly anticipated 29th Annual Northwest Alabama Saddle-Up for St. Jude Trail Ride and Concert is set to bring together horse enthusiasts, music lovers, and dedicated supporters of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to Gardiner...
16 years: Minimum wage falling further behind cost of living
Oelwein Daily Register - Iowa
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When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you are paid for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year....
Brewton secures SEEDS grant to advance industrial park upgrades
Made in Alabama
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July 15, 2025
BREWTON, Alabama — The City of Brewton is taking a major step to bolster its industrial growth prospects through a grant from the Alabama’s SEEDS (Site Evaluation and Economic Development Strategy) Act. Alabama Department of Commerce officials...
Hyundai Supports Education and Hunger Relief in Massachusetts
Autochannel
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Hyundai hosts Hydrogen STEM Program at Greater Holyoke YMCA Hyundai's donation to Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will provide 10,000 meals Holyoke Community College's Thrive Center and Food Pantry receive donation to address essential needs...
Delta Regional Authority invests $7 million ANC to receive $300,000
NEA Town Courier - Arkansas
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Clarksdale, Miss. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) recently awarded approximately $7 million toward 25 workforce development projects supporting economic development and prosperity throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black...
Bonobos Are More Optimistic After Hearing Laughter
The Good Men Project - California
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July 19, 2025
By Indiana University While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably similar vocalizations during play that share evolutionary origins with human laughter. The new findings...
Judge Denies Bond for Michael Lance Brown in Child Exploitation and Surveillance Case
AllOnGeorgia
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July 19, 2025
Michael Lance Brown, a 36-year-old resident of Cloudland, Georgia, remains in custody after being denied bond by Superior Court Judge Melissa Hise in connection with a federal investigation into illegal surveillance and child exploitation. Brown...
ALAFIA and University of Miami Partner to Advance Supercomputing for Drug Discovery
HPCwire
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July 15, 2025
July 15, 2025 — A collaboration between the University of Miami’s Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing and a precision medicine company has proven that using powerful supercomputers can speed early-stage drug research. Dr. Stephan...
Wallace State Nursing named Center of Excellence for 3rd time
The Cullman Tribune - Alabama
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July 19, 2025
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Wallace State Community College Department of Nursing Education has once again been named a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing (NLN). The program was the first college or university nursing program in...
Map Shows States Where Carcinogens Detected in Drinking Water Sources
Newsweek
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July 15, 2025
A known human carcinogen has been found in drinking water sources across the country, according to a report by the environmental organization Waterkeeper Alliance. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
Do we have to take climate risks into our own hands now?
Canada's National Observer
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July 17, 2025
Cutbacks to the National Weather Service, through reduction in force at NOAA, have already led to gaps in forecasting, which makes it harder for the public to plan for extreme weather events like the Texas Hill Country floods this month or the...
Patients with penicillin allergy may benefit from further tests, study suggests
Express & Star
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July 14, 2025
The majority of patients recorded as having a penicillin allergy may not be truly allergic to the antibiotic, a first-of-its-kind trial suggests. Those with the marker on their medical records could benefit from tests to confirm or rule out an...
senator katie boyd britt addresses loss and advocates education
Jefferson Reporter - Alabama
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July 6, 2025
Senator Katie Boyd Britt, a prominent political figure, has recently shared her thoughts and initiatives on social media. Her posts cover topics ranging from personal condolences to advocacy for space exploration funding and educational...
Indivisible 45 Hosts Candlelight Vigil
Fullerton Observer Newspaper - California
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July 19, 2025
Indivisible 45 held a Good Trouble candlelight vigil on Thursday, July 17, to honor the “national day of nonviolent action” on the fifth anniversary of the death of Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia. The phrase Good Trouble was coined by Lewis, a leader...
Linda Boyle: EPA launches public hub on contrails, weather manipulation geoengineering
Must Read Alaska
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July 15, 2025
By LINDA BOYLE EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has taken on the challenge of contrails. “Americans have legitimate questions about contrails and geoengineering, and they deserve straight answers. We’re publishing everything EPA knows about these...
Has a Decades-Old Mystery of the Alamo Been Solved? It Depends on Who You Ask.
Texas Monthly
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July 18, 2025
When eight western lowland gorillas arrive at Congo Falls, an elaborate two-acre habitat that’s nearly complete at the San Antonio Zoo, they’ll have access to a seventy-foot climbing tower, the tallest of its kind anywhere in the world. Looking...
SCOTUS Porn Ruling A Boon For Age Verification Companies; 40% Of Americans Now Live Under Anti-Porn Age-Gating Laws
Techdirt
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July 7, 2025
from the not-a-fair-marketplace dept The conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in favor of upholding an age verification measure targeting adult content platforms on the internet that the state legislature of Texas adopted...