Housing First, the decades-old, bipartisan effort to provide no-strings-attached homes to the homeless, is under fire by conservative lawmakers who see the approach as outdated, rewarding bad behavior.
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TOP TREND 2023: COLLEGES CONTINUE TO CLOSE ACROSS U.S. AS WOULD-BE STUDENTS WEIGH OTHER OPTIONS
Over the past seven years, 91 private colleges in the U.S. have closed, merged with another school, or announced plans to close, CNBC reported, citing analysis of data from Higher Ed Dive. The analysis found that about half of these schools closed after the COVID-19 outbreak.
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OPERATION WARP SPEED: OBESITY ADDITION
Drug makers across the world are racing to bring weight-loss drugs to the market given the surging popularity of such medications as Ozempic and Wegovy.
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LIFE ON TITANIC SUBMERSIBLE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MIGRANTS ON FISHING BOAT
You couldn’t turn on the television last week without up-to-the-minute news reports on the hunt for the five missing “explorers” on the Titanic submersible that lost radio contact shortly after beginning its descent to the world’s most famous shipwreck.
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FOREVER CHEMICALS, NOT FOREVER LITIGATION: 3M TO PAY BILLIONS TO MAKE LAWSUITS GO AWAY
3M, the Minnesota-based conglomerate, will attempt to settle a class-action lawsuit tied to its production of “forever chemicals” by compensating public water systems impacted by their production since the 1940s.
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WHAT CAME FIRST, THE LAB-GROWN CHICKEN OR THE CELLS?
The U.S. approved two companies in California to sell “chicken” to the public that are “cell cultivated” and developed by scientists aiming to create meat without having to kill the animal.
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THE ELITE BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE
“Clean” Energy isn’t clean. The emissions and impacts on the environment of making EVs, wind turbines and solar panels and associated equipment is an enormous cost often hidden by tallies of the supposed benefits of these technologies. They can’t scale to provide equivalent amounts of energy as current systems, even with enormous expenditures and environmental......
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U.S. OKs $8.4B WEAPONS DEAL FOR GERMANY, MAKING WAR-MACHINE VERY HAPPY
The U.S. State Department last week approved an $8.4 billion arms deal for Germany that will include the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft for Berlin to use during nuclear deterrence missions. Defense News reported that the 35 F-35s will replace the PA-200 Tornado aircraft by 2030 and will be used during nuclear weapons missions. The...
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COLLEGE-EDUCATED ADULTS SEEN AS MAJOR DRIVER IN UNIONIZATION TREND IN U.S.
College-educated adults in the U.S.—many of whom have advanced degrees—are playing a major role in the growing trend to unionize across the U.S. The New York Times spoke with several of these employees in the service sector who see the growth of unions a positive development in their careers. These are relatively low-paid workers who work...