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Flash floods once again hit Vermont, damaging homes and roads
Communities in rural Vermont face damaged homes and washed-out roads after heavy rainfall caused flash flooding. Up to 5 ...
Orleans Sheriff’s Office to stick with immigration policy in spite of new state law
A Louisiana law that creates criminal penalties for local law enforcement officers who do not fully cooperate with federal immigration investigations is putting the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s ...
Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior
Some people equate flood warnings with streamflow gauges and sensors that monitor water levels – the technical infrastructure that triggers alerts when rivers exceed certain thresholds. Others think ...
China is positioned to lead on climate change as the US rolls back its policies
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are on the rise after several years of decline, due in part to the Trump administration’s repeal or delay of Obama administration policies. In contrast, China – the world ...
Sonic attacks: How a medical mystery can sow distrust in foreign governments
We study ethical, legal and political issues in medicine in Asia, Europe and Latin America and have followed the mystery of these “sonic attacks” closely. Based on our research, we recognize this ...
How national security gave birth to bioethics
And in 1953 the Pentagon adopted the Nuremberg Code for its defensive studies of atomic, biological and chemical warfare. They were the first and only US government agency to adopt the code word for ...
Atlanta man gets more than 150 years in prison for starving daughter and abusing other children
An Atlanta man has been sentenced to over 150 years in prison for killing his 4-year-old daughter by denying her food and water. Prosecutors say Rodney McWeay was convicted of murder, kidnapping, ...
Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches
The maker of a wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed onto beaches last summer has agreed to a $10 million settlement. Officials announced Friday that the settlement ...
Pennsylvania man who posted video of father’s severed head online is found guilty of murder
A Pennsylvania man who posted a YouTube video of his father’s severed head has been convicted of murder. Bucks County Judge ...
Wallingford man killed in Oxford motorcycle crash 'had a heart of gold,' mother says
OXFORD — Services will be held July 15 for a 24-year-old Wallingford man who was reported missing before being found Tuesday near his crashed motorcycle in Oxford. Robert David Connolly Jr. was ...
Texas floodwaters damaged crops and endangered livestock. Now farmers and ranchers are cleaning up
Along the banks of creeks and rivers outside of Austin, farmers growing everything from Christmas trees to ostriches have ...
Opinion
Why it’s easier to be prescribed an opioid painkiller than the treatment for opioid addiction
Prescription opioid abuse and its downstream effects have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved a step closer to providing help to ...