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Settlement with family of Henrietta Lacks is an opportunity to reflect on inequalities in genetic research

Aug. 1, 2023 would have been Henrietta Lacks’s 103rd birthday. It was also the day the Lacks family reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the biotech company that used and profited from her “HeLa” cells.

The Conversation

Minneapolis gay bar drops Anheuser-Busch products ahead of Pride

MINNEAPOLIS — Longstanding downtown Minneapolis gay bar The Saloon will no longer sell Bud Light or other Anheuser-Busch beverages because of how the beer brand handled backlash from a marketing campaign involving a transgender influencer.

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Striking junior doctors in Newcastle slam Government for 'kicking the can down the road' as 3 days of action begins

Striking junior doctors warned the NHS was facing an exodus of vital staff due to Government failures to pay staff enough.

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Can insurance come to our climate rescue?

California's fall from grace has been steep and swift, and now even the insurance companies are pulling out. The two biggest American home insurance companies, State Farm and Allstate, announced last week that they will stop selling insurance policies to Californians. Why? Climate change-related wildfires are making it too risky…

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Title 42 didn't result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still facing record-breaking migration

U.S. government officials and media alike made widespread predictions that there would be a surge of migration across the U.S.-Mexico border in May 2023.

The Conversation

Fur seal population divides Narooma over impact on tourism, fishing and economy

There's debate about whether a colony of fur seals in Narooma on the New South Wales far south coast helps or hinders the local economy.

ABC News

Title 42, a COVID-era halt on asylum applications, has ended. Here's what to expect

The pandemic restrictions allowed for the quick expulsion of migrants at the border. Now that it's been lifted, some officials are expecting a record influx and an impending humanitarian crisis.

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Rural Queensland property owners to object to 'ridiculous' land value increases by Valuer-General

High valuations are great news for people wanting to sell, but those holding onto it will feel the consequences, says a peak rural lobby group after the Queensland valuer-general upped the monetary worth of some rural blocks.

ABC News

Syria: US strike on al-Qaida leader allegedly kills civilian

The U.S. military says it is investigating reports that it killed a civilian in a recent strike in northwest Syria that meant to target a senior al-Qaida leader

The Independent UK

Elite UK schools’ financial links to slavery revealed

Exclusive: research shows mostly private schools given equivalent of tens of millions of pounds of donations by British slavers

The Guardian - UK

The wariness of hunting morel mushrooms

John Moore took a wonderful photo of his first morels, then played coy on where.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seeing a red flag warning in your weather app? Here's what to do

Red flag warnings mean an increased risk of wildfires in the next 12 to 24 hours, so fire safety is extra important. How do they differ from fire weather watches? And what precautions should you take?

WEKU

If still standing, this forgotten Acton cottage would be submerged in water

The story of our beloved National Museum of Australia's site is, ironically, one you don't hear often.

The Canberra Times

A Chinese drone for hobbyists plays a crucial role in the Russia-Ukraine war

There's lots of talk about China supplying weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. But one Chinese product already plays a key battlefield role - a cheap, popular, off-the-shelf, commercial drone.

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Matthew Desmond: ‘The poverty rate in America and the UK should be zero – and I think we can get there’

For the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted, a heartbreaking study of the American housing crisis, bearing witness was not enough

Cycling Weekly

Customers of failed cycle firm told to claim from credit card companies

Moore Large entered administration earlier this week after over 70 years in business

The Canberra Times

The top 10 list of Canberra Nature Park bushwalks, ranked by a man who's done 1400

Bushwalker-extraordinaire John Evans has just led walks through every single one of Canberra Nature Park's 39 reserves.

Axios

The missing evidence in the COVID origins debate

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Five factors to explain FTSE 100’s record high despite recession

Economy and business backdrop is grim, but the energy boom and shareholder payouts have helped

WEKU

The FDA considers a major shift in the nation's COVID vaccine strategy

The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.

The Guardian - US

Does Covid reinfection bring more health risks – or make you ‘super immune’?

The debate over the risks of reinfections – which are likely to continue – could determine what precautions people take, but experts disagree on the data

Tribune News Service

Now in the spotlight, FERC has an acting leader and a vacancy

WASHINGTON — Decisions on electric transmission, grid stability, extreme weather, climate impacts and leadership await the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the independent national agency that regulates the power grid, as it enters the new year with an interim chairman at the helm and down a member.

Roll Call

Now in the spotlight, FERC has an acting leader and a vacancy - Roll Call

Decisions on electric transmission, grid stability, extreme weather, climate impacts and leadership await the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Wales Online

'UK egg shortage' reported by suppliers as supermarkets keep quiet

Shoppers have been met with empty shelves with industry figures blaming avian flu and mounting costs

Daily Record

Brit passenger found dead by wife in his seat while onboard flight to Cyprus

The 63-year-old man fell unconscious in his seat while travelling to Paphos.

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