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This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Makueni County, a corner of southern Kenya that’s home to nearly a million people, is a land of extremes. Nine months a year, Makueni is a hardened, sun-scorched place where crops struggle and plumes of orange dust billow from

Youngkin’s proposed budget includes tax reform, record education spending December 23, 2023 07:03 AM (The Center Square) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has released his proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 “Unleashing Opportunity” budget, replete with his characteristic tax relief and a record investment in education. “Unleashing Opportunity means allowing Virginians to keep more of their hard-earned

Worker discrimination lawsuit against union argued in court December 23, 2023 07:02 AM (The Center Square) – The Commonwealth Court recently heard arguments in a case regarding a state worker and the public sector union she says discriminated against her during an employer dispute. The lawsuit, filed in May 2021 by the Fairness Center, alleges

West Virginia saw nearly 9K more deaths than births over last year: Census December 23, 2023 07:01 AM (The Center Square) – West Virginia saw 8,666 more deaths than births in the year ending July 1, with only Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico have a larger natural population loss according to new data was the U.S.

Groups want feds to probe PSC, Georgia Power after rate increase December 23, 2023 07:00 AM (The Center Square) — Groups want the feds to investigate after state regulators codified an agreement this week that will leave Georgia Power ratepayers with a $7.5 billion bill for Plant Vogtle construction costs. Nuclear Watch South and the

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In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial to test its device. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, it collects electrical activity from neurons and interprets those signals into commands to control an external device. While Musk has said he ultimately

The internet sucks now. Once a playground fueled by experimentation and freedom and connection, it’s a flimsy husk of what it was, all merriment and serendipity leached from our screens by vile capitalist forces. Everything is too commercialized. We commodified the self, then we commodified robots to impersonate the self, and now they’re taking our

December 23, 2023 6:44 AM ET Authorities arrested a Lancaster, California man in connection to the body of a woman discovered Thursday, ABC7 reported. Matthew Switalski was arrested after a body was discovered in a car fire at his property early Wednesday morning, according to ABC7. He was taken into custody Thursday night, investigators confirmed

Review: Beer drinkers boycott Bud Light over relationship with Dylan Mulvaney December 23, 2023 06:00 AM Bud Light underwent a wild year in 2023, largely due to a partnership the brand did that led to decreased sales and major pushback on social media. It started in late March over a partnership with transgender social media