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At Texas GOP convention, friction overshadows talk of unity
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The Center Square26d
No friends for Comey; judge rules no amicus briefs
(The Center Square) – No friend of the court briefs will be allowed in America’s attempted prosecution against its former FBI Director James Comey in a North Carolina federal courtroom.
NPR26d
The U.S. and Iran announce a deal to end the war
President Trump said the U.S. would remove its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Mississippi Today26d
Troy rallies for 12-8 win that knocks Mississippi out of the College World Series
OMAHA, Neb. — Jabe Boroff hit the tiebreaking double in a four-run seventh inning and Troy and its potent offense kept the program’s first College World Series appearance going with a 12-8 win o
The Center Square26d
Big Rock: Rich payout of $6.5M stays home, dwarfs multiple major pro sports
(The Center Square) – Top prize of more than $6.5 million in one of the world’s oldest and richest sportfishing tournaments, and a big draw for the No. 7 domestic tourism state in the nation, stayed i
UN News26d
Refugee turned peacemaker: The young woman leader transforming communities in the Central African Republic
In the heart of the Central African Republic (CAR), a nation long marked by conflict, Nina Mireille Yankinon stands as a symbol of resilience, leadership, and hope, dedicating her life to helping comm
The Marshall Project26d
‘Forty-Four Hammers’ Is Part of a Rich History of Prison Work Songs
The call-and-response song was one of many that Black men sang as they toiled on Southern prison farms.
Mississippi Today26d
Redistricting battle proves ‘everything old is new again’ in Mississippi
Don’t throw the past away
Inside Climate News26d
As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat
MAJURO, Marshall Islands—Perched on the bow of an aluminum landing craft, Anne Cohen gazed a few yards ahead of the vessel toward a yellow robot gliding across the emerald Majuro lagoon.
Mongabay26d
Tony Parkes, the banker who replanted a rainforest
On the far north coast of New South Wales, the old rainforest had mostly disappeared. The Big Scrub once covered about 75,000 hectares of rich basalt country, a lowland subtropical forest of figs, vin
Grist26d
Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.
Last year, Marie Tai needed a better way to keep her condo cool. Her window air-conditioning units were borderline ineffective, even running at full blast. Summers have been getting more intense
Inside Climate News26d
Pandemic Roulette
Billions of live animals move through the legal and illegal wildlife trade, a massive industry a former CDC epidemiologist described as “pandemic roulette.”
Mongabay27d
Amazon deforestation alerts fall to lowest 12-month level since 2014, show Brazilian data
Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the country on pace for one of its lowest forest-clearing years in more than a decade. The decline
Global Voices26d
Palestinians are being locked out of the digital economy
Digital exclusion is economic exclusion, and for Palestinians, it’s by design
Reason Magazine26d
Justice Barrett v. Justice Jackson On Textualism
Anyone who went to law school over the past three decades should be familiar with the arguments for and against the use of legislative history. Justice Scalia made it his mission to remind everyone, a
Reason Magazine26d
"American Diabetes Association Ejects Researchers from Conference for Sharing Editorial from Its Own Journal"
Aaron Terr (FIRE) reports, based on accounts from various publications. Some excerpts: