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The program making some Baltimore youth top job candidates in a tough economy
Young adults are finding it especially tough to secure employment in today’s job market. This spring has featured the highest unemployment for people ages 16-24 since the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The state of the U.S....

5-year-old boy had his cancer treatments interrupted with his deportation as his family files suit against ICE
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New beverage launches: Hendrick’s, The Macallan and more
New product development (NPD) in the beverage industry is essential for driving growth, staying competitive, and meeting evolving consumer demands. As tastes shift and health, sustainability, and lifestyle trends gain momentum, brands must...

Mexico: Solidarity with indigenous woman defender Silvia Pérez Yescas
Abie Anongos, CWEARC, Philippines Abigail Severo Vásquez, Colectiva Ayuuk Toxëjk, Mexico Adolfina Kuum Dolie, Komunitas Peduli Lingkungan, Indonesia Adv Muhammad Bux, Sukaar Welfare Organization, Pakistan Agnes Kharshiing, Civil Society Women...
Quadrise: Sparkle venture has opportunity to shine - analyst
Whilst, understandably, investors in Quadrise PLC (AIM:QED) will be disappointed with news of delays in some key projects, stalled admin means that Sparkle – a venture in Panama – has a chance to shine, according to one City analyst. Oliver...

The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot
A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies. His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new and...

Special Lamar City Council work session August 18
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‘Wouldn’t It Be Funny if We Tricked a Bunch of People into Going to Church?’
Earlier this year, several news outlets reported on increasing openness to Christianity among Silicon Valley tech elites. The stories focused on the work of an organization called ACTS 17 Collective, whose name is both a Scriptural reference to...

Survival of the most adaptable with unspun
Tariffs are no longer a threat – they’re a reality and the new normal. As of August 7, 2025, default tariffs have officially kicked in following a short-lived 90-day pause. For fashion, this isn’t just a policy update, it’s a full-scale supply...

The politics of plenty: why food insecurity persists in a world of abundance
Hashim Hounkpatin1, research doctor, Tinashe Goronga2, research doctor, Sherifath Mama Chabi3, researcher, Aimé Yedenou1, research doctor 1Centre de recherche en reproduction humaine et en démographie, Benin 2Center for Health Equity, Zimbabwe...

The Powerful Tool In Trump's Mass Deportation Arsenal
After more than a decade of living in the United States without incident, 19-year-old Emerson Colindres, a budding soccer star who had just graduated high school, was arrested this summer during an immigration check-in and spent two weeks in a...

ICE Claims Officer Was ‘Assualted’ During An Illegal Search Of A Hospital But The Recording Shows Something Else
from the bunch-of-soulless-liars dept For weeks, ICE and DHS have been claiming there’s been an outsized outbreak in violence against ICE officers. The government preferred to use a misleading stat: the percentage. That way it could claim assaults...
They’re feeding the hungry. Then guarding the door from ICE.
Jose Angel Rodriguez doesn’t like when his stepmother goes outside alone. As he prepares to leave for the U.S. Marine Corps in less than a month, the 24-year-old has been haunted by news of families split apart and deported. Murmurs of people...

This is Trump’s immigration crackdown, up close: cruel, immoral, unjust (Editorial Board Opinion)
Federal prosecutors said last week they intend to retry Honduran immigrant Doris Aleman-Bonilla on a felony charge of illegal re-entry after a jury failed to reach a verdict. A second trial would double down on the vast amount of taxpayer...

US agency pumps funding into crucial project in world's oceans: 'Never seen so many dedicated people rise to the occasion'
Using previously awarded federal funding, marine life experts at the University of Miami have been hard at work searching for ways to restore Florida's famed coral reefs and to help the reefs better adapt to rising ocean temperatures. The work has...

US Guts Mentions of Indigenous Rights, Climate Change From Human Rights Reports
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and...
Científicos trasplantan corales híbridos para salvar arrecifes de Miami del cambio climático
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida, EE.UU. — Un equipo de científicos de la Universidad de Miami, el Acuario de Florida y Tela Marine en Honduras está trabajando conjuntamente para trasplantar fragmentos de coral híbrido a un arrecife frente a la costa de...

More photos of the Sand and Sage Roundup Rodeo – “The Happiest Place on Dirt”
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'On the US payroll': Secretive Army unit's involvement in drug trafficking and murder exposed
As President Trump threatens to use U.S. special forces against drug cartels abroad, a new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, reveals some of the most secretive and elite special forces in the Army are...

2025 Sand and Sage Roundup and Fair in the books
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