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‘Ableist Propaganda’: Media Criticized for Negative Treatment of Fetterman’s Use of Closed Captioning Device After Stroke

Pennsylvania Democratic U.S.. Senate nominee John Fetterman has been very open about the stroke he suffered just days before the primary, and appeared in an interview Tuesday night with NBC News after asking for a simple accommodation: a speech-to-text device so he could read the questions, which he was more than able to answer. But […]

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Animals

Celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week with action to get the lead out

This week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week across the public lands that it manages. Sadly, many already-imperiled species of wildlife on these lands and waters are being left to suffer painful and often-deadly lead poisoning due to inaction by the Department of Interior. Wildlife refuges should be […]

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Herschel Walker Says Dems Have ‘Woken a Grizzly Bear’ as Top Republicans Stand Up to Support Him Despite Abortion Allegations

Embattled Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker, continuing to deny he paid for his girlfriend’s abortion and later urged her to have a second, says Democrats have “woken a grizzly bear,” and promises now will beat his opponent, Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, “by a lot.” Republican lawmakers are standing firmly beside him. “They don’t realize […]

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Ancient Relaxation Technique Could Protect Older People from Alzheimer’s Disease

Meditation can help the human brain from deteriorating and lose its cognitive function that happens during an Alzheimer’s disease.

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Jan. 6 Committee to Present New Evidence That ‘Trump Was Repeatedly Alerted to Brewing Violence’: Report

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots will hold what will likely be its final hearing this week, and the Washington Post reports that it will present new evidence that former President Donald Trump blew off warnings of imminent violence from his supporters. As the Post puts it, the evidence will show […]

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Animals

Fish GPS? Scientists find goldfish go farther next to certain stripes

Changing their surroundings reveals how the creatures gauge distance using visual density of environment Goldfish may spend most of their time swimming up and down a glass tank but researchers have found they have a sophisticated navigation system that allows them to estimate distance. While researchers have previously shown a wide array of fish can […]

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Trio whose boat sank in Gulf of Mexico rescued from water after fighting off shark

Luan Nguyen said ‘I jabbed him in the eyes’ after he and friends were stranded for 28 hours after boat sank off Louisiana coast Luan Nguyen and his two friends hoped to do little more this weekend than fish and relax. But their boat trip on Saturday into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico […]

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Country diary: I console myself that robins only sing of the future

Sandy, Bedfordshire: In between hospital visits, I go for a walk, accompanied every step of the way Dusk came on unawares. A cry against the dark triggered our last conversation. “Can you hear the blackbird?” I asked. “Magpie,” she said. My mother has been dying by degrees this autumn, as surely as the shortening of […]

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Animals

New Zealand bird of the year contest bars world’s fattest parrot from running

Two-time winning kākāpō absent from annual poll amid concerns the parrot may take the spotlight from less charismatic birds New Zealand’s annual bird of the year competition could usher in another round of controversy, with perennial favourite the kākāpō struck from the ballot after twice winning the competition. The fat, flightless and nocturnal parrot is […]

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Animals

Six endangered wolves found dead in Washington were poisoned, officials say

The state’s wildlife agency is offering a reward of $51,000 for tips leading to conviction in the case to help protect the animals Six endangered wolves found dead in north-east Washington this year were poisoned, officials announced on Monday, and a reward is being offered for tips leading to a conviction in the case. Washington […]