Month: June 2024
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USA
A plummeting murder rate has Boston stunned. But can it survive the summer?
When Boston city leaders decided to refocus on violence prevention last spring, they set a modest goal: reduce the homicide…
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USA
De man die heeft geholpen het antisemitisme op de campus opnieuw te definiëren
In het begin van de jaren 2000, toen de opstand die bekend staat als de tweede intifada de Israëliërs angst…
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Business
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden administration’s dealings with social media companies
The Supreme Court handed the Biden administration an important practical victory on Wednesday by rejecting a lawsuit from Republicans. This…
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Australia
Family of Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock breaks their silence with emotional tribute after rapper was found dead aged 49 following a ‘possible overdose’
The family of Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock has broken their silence after the rapper was found dead on Monday…
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Australia
A gigantic dust storm more than 200 miles long is blowing across the US and is being observed from SPACE
A destructive and epically proportioned dust storm, more than 200 miles (320 km) long, tore through New Mexico on Wednesday,…
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World
Reformer reaches second round of Iran presidential election
A reformist candidate critical of an Iranian law requiring women to wear headscarves will face a hard-line conservative in the…
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Health
The tricky problem of the ‘medium friend’
Medium friends are real friends. You share history (such as the same alma mater), circumstances (an employer) or interests (gross…
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Science
63 years later, the first black man trained as an astronaut goes into space
More than 60 years after Edward Dwight was chosen as the first black astronaut, only to have his place in…
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USA
In San Francisco, Doctors Argue About ‘Do No Harm’ When It Comes to War Protests
It looked like any other pro-Palestinian encampment on a college campus in the United States. The tents, the flags, the…
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USA
Birmingham-Southern College to close after failing to secure government loan
Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts school in Birmingham, Alabama, will close at the end of May, marking a bitter…
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