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The Jaguar in Mexico
The Return of the Jaguar in the Yucatán Peninsula The return of the Jaguar has been noted in the Yucatan Peninsula since the time of the Chichén Itzá, the ancient site of which is...
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The Pastor Who Was Fired From Trenchtown Church
He was a celebrity pastor at one of Canada’s biggest megachurches. Inside the sexual abuse allegations that brought down Bruxy Cavey, the public face of Toronto’s largest church. Katelyn Leahy was there when the...
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California Water Summit: California will take steps to protect and restore water supply to Lake Shasta
More water restrictions likely as California pledges to cut use of Colorado River supply State officials at the California Department of Water Resources voted Thursday to reduce water use and restore flow to Lake...
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The First Problem With Clinton
Nicholas Goldberg: In the election struggle between 'kitchen-table issues' and the fate of democracy, which side won? As voters cast their ballots for whom to support and to whose policies they turn up their...
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Science and Politics: The Problem of Scientists Moonlighting as Activists
Nicholas Goldberg: Can scientists moonlight as activists — or does that violate an important ethical code? A year ago today, I gave a speech to a crowd of more than 5,000 people at the...
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The Coronavirus Is a Global Health Threat
L.A. County strongly recommends indoor masking as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations jump to 3,000, while daily deaths reach 6 Los Angeles County has a long history of not only controlling influenza, polio, diphtheria, measles and...
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WHO says cholera outbreak in Haiti is now at its highest in 11 months
Haiti's cholera death toll rises to 136 as outbreak gets 'worse and worse every day' - as it spreads across south More than 13,000 have died from the killer cholera outbreak in south. The...
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The Gun Culture of South Carolina
Op-Ed: Why former slave states became the foundation for American gun culture A few months after the shooting at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church, South Carolina’s first African-American lawmaker, John Conyers, penned an op-ed in...
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Los Angeles Times Magazine: Water and Power Shutoffs for People Who Can’t Pay Their Bills
Los Angeles DWP to end water and power shutoffs for low-income customers who can't pay the bills | May 25, 2019 | Michael Morisy In this week's Los Angeles Times, the DWP says it...
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Uber to end its labour deal with the ATT
Uber called its recent union deal ‘historic.’ A new complaint alleges it was actually against the law. We look at why the deal might be illegal On Tuesday, Uber announced that it had reached...