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Trump Administration Attacks on Science Trigger Backlash from Researchers
Dan Vergano
Slashed funding, mass firings and political edicts over what can be studied or spoken recently prompted an open letter that was signed by a sizable swath of the nations leading researchers, all memb ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
5 days ago
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Anti-Vax RFK Jr. to Attend Funeral of Second Child to Die in Texas Measles Outbreak
Peter Wade
A second Texas child has died of a measles outbreak, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. infamous spreader of vaccine misinformation reportedly plans to attend the funeral o ...[Continue Reading]
Rolling Stone
1 day ago
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Federal probationary workers left in limbo amid legal challenges to mass firings
Melissa Quinn, Natalie Brand
Washington Probationary workers were among the first victims of President Trump's second-term efforts to downsize the federal government. Mass firings across the federal government targeted thousan ...[Continue Reading]
CBS News
1 day ago
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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Leigh Beadon
from the so-you-say dept This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about Trumps unhinged trade war that includes uninhabited islands: Reminder: Th ...[Continue Reading]
Techdirt
1 day ago
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Severe storms and floods batter South and Midwest, as death toll rises to at least 18
Joe Hernandez
Severe storms continued to pound parts of the South and Midwest on Sunday, as a punishing and slow-moving storm system unleashed life-threatening flash floods and powerful tornadoes from Mississippi ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
1 day ago
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A Second Child Dies Of Measles in Texas, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Expected To Visit State
Katie Herchenroeder
An 8-year-old girl in Lubbock, Texas died on Thursday after contracting measles, according to records obtained by The New York Timesthe second confirmed death from the growing outbreak in West Texas. ...[Continue Reading]
Vanity Fair
1 day ago