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Further blow to press freedoms as US wins appeal in effort to extradite Julian Assange
Aug 14, 2021 03:50The United States is now seeking to minimize or dismiss expert medical evidence provided by neuropsychiatrist Michael Kopelman, who last year testified that WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange is autistic, suffers from recurring depression, and was likely to try to kill himself if extradited.
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US Senate Democrats poised for voting rights push to counter Republican restrictions
Aug 13, 2021 03:30US Senate expected to reintroduce Democrats’ marquee election reform bill known as the ‘For the People Act’ before summer recess.
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America shouldn’t be sending unvaccinated kids back to school
Aug 12, 2021 10:35The Delta variant is the latest setback on Americans' path toward a new normal. This is the fourth major COVID-19 wave in the US, and there’s a palpable sense of morbid familiarity. On a population-adjusted basis, the weekly average of US children admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 is rising faster than any other age group.
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If Florida were a nation, US would consider a COVID travel ban
Aug 12, 2021 10:22Florida’s COVID-19 surge is so out of control that if the state were a nation, the U.S. “would have to consider banning travel” from its residents, warned an infectious disease expert.
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Florida parents sue governor Ron DeSantis saying 'children could die' because of mask mandate ban
Aug 12, 2021 10:17A group of parents in Florida are suing the state’s governor Ron DeSantis for preventing schools from introducing mask mandates when children return to the classroom in September. The lawsuit comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the state and across America, with the number of new infections hitting 100,000 a day - the highest level in six months.
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Rumsfeld then, DeSantis now: The lies that bind
Aug 11, 2021 12:01History is likely to remember both Rumsfeld and DeSantis as arrogant and reckless "public servants" who bore significant responsibility for unnecessary and unmitigated disasters.
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Students at risk as battle erupts over masks in US schools
Aug 11, 2021 11:59As in-person instruction begins, or will soon begin, in school districts across the US amid surging Covid-19 cases fueled by the extremely transmissible Delta variant, battles have erupted over mask mandates—or the lack thereof.
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US falling further behind China in STEM PhDs
Aug 11, 2021 04:24New study shows Chinese universities will produce nearly twice as many STEM PhD graduates than US by 2025.
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Dixie fire now 2nd-largest wildfire in California history, sprawling across 4 counties
Aug 11, 2021 04:19The Dixie fire became the second-largest wildfire in state history on Sunday, August 8, after gobbling an additional 15,000 acres to sprawl across 489,287 total acres in four Northern California counties, Cal Fire said.
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Crying need for nuclear disarmament
Aug 10, 2021 11:47August 9th was the 76th anniversary of the attack that struck the Japanese people in a matter of three days, claiming hundreds of thousands of innocent victims and almost permanently contaminating the soil and water resources of the unsuspecting cities.