Fentanyl concerns in Iowa, Rock Island/Milan’s first female schools leader, Club Q shooter plea, more
Fentanyl seizures in Iowa up 105 percent in 2023: A new report on fentanyl seizures shows that the...
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Category: 2024
10-year high in police killings, Iowa’s push to keep book ban, reclassifying cannabis, Illinois’ assault weapons ban, more
Today’s curated briefs link you to the best writings about a surge in police killings in 2023, the move to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III, Iowa’s push to keep its book ban, a battle brewing over crisis pregnancy centers, Illinois sheriffs and the state’s assault weapons ban, and more.
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Overwhelmed U.S. animal shelters, calls for surrogacy bans, climate change and antibiotic resistance, more
Today’s briefs look at overwhelmed animal shelters, Pope Francis’ call to ban surrogacy, antibiotic resistance and climate change, Ohio’s new ban on gender transition surgeries for minors, and a look at how living in a rural area amplifies risks for and from obesity, especially for People of Color.
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Climate change and Hispanic Americans, prescription drugs from Canada, Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law, smartphones as envirometers, Perry school shooter and Discord
Find the best links to learn more about Hispanic Americans and climate change, Uganda’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws, smartphones as envirometers, and more.
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Idaho abortion law stays for now, immigration update, and the question of teaching religion in public schools
Today’s news briefs and links: the latest immigration update, a Hindu consultant’s case for religious education in schools, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to let Idaho’s strict abortion law stand for now.
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Supreme Court to take up Trump case; health care discrepancies, Elijah McClain sentencing
Follow these links to learn the latest on whether Donald Trump can be on the presidential ballot, a new sentence in the death of Elijah McClain, and discrepancies between LGBTQ+ and heterosexual cancer survivors, and between People of Color and white patients.
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Illinois voters challenge Trump, Ebony Alerts in Alabama, Davis must pay, vegan upcharges challenged, and Perry school shooting background
Illinois group is third to challenge Trump candidacy for president: Involving five residents, the...
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Iowa City rocker Nikki Lunden Trotter shares recovery journey
Nikki Lunden Trotter, best-known for her songwriting and energetic stage performance as founder and leader singer of Natural Habits Band, gave up alcohol and drugs more than a decade after she realized she needed to. Read about her journey to recovery.
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Support for Black and Hispanic teen girls, artificial intelligence and climate change, gun views among multicultural, urban teens
AI is helping to tackle climate change: Detecting ocean garbage for removal, deforestation...
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Progress on minimum wage, lack of progress on racial and gender leadership in Hollywood, and more
Minimum wage. Climate change. Women and people of color in Hollywood. And Claudia Gay’s resignation. It’s in today’s curated briefs and links.
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