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How funding cuts to USAID are impacting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (60+ words) Wyoming Public Media How funding cuts to USAID are impacting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dennis Carroll, Ph D. about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and how funding…...
The Enhanced Games are Sunday. Here's what to know about the controversial event
14+ hour, 45+ min ago (1044+ words) Reading Time: 5 minutes, 14 seconds Think the Olympics " with a multi-million jackpot and no rigid doping rules. The Enhanced Games are happening on Sunday in Las Vegas with the promise to create a global sports competition "where elite athletes push the…...
Torn by war, Israelis and Palestinians tie their fortunes together
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (1536+ words) Reading Time: 8 minutes, 25 seconds BOSTON - Salah Hussein was 11 years old when he was woken up in the middle of the night by Israeli soldiers in his family home in Nablus in the West Bank. It left him traumatized and terrified…...
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins top prize at Cannes
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (317+ words) Reading Time: 1 minute, 19 seconds Romanian director Cristian Mungiu took home the top prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his culture-war drama Fjord. Fjord, which centers on an immigrant family living in Norway, received the Palme D'Or for…...
What will Trump do next with Iran?
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (643+ words) Reading Time: 3 minutes, 12 seconds President Donald Trump has staked much of his political identity on his prowess as a dealmaker who is capable of bending adversaries to his will. But Iran, until now, has proved resistant to that approach. Since…...
Rubio meets with NATO allies amid confusion over troop deployments
21+ hour, 15+ min ago (50+ words) Wyoming Public Media Rubio meets with NATO allies amid confusion over troop deployments Kristine Berzina, Senior Fellow at the non-partisan think tank The German Marshall Fund, discusses the confusion over changing plans for U. S. troop deployments in Europe....
Tennessee judge dismisses federal human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garc'a
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (56+ words) Wyoming Public Media Tennessee judge dismisses federal human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garc'a A federal judge in Tennessee cleared Kilmar Abrego Garcia of all criminal charges. His case gained attention when the Trump administration wrongly deported him to a…...
How the 'cemetery citizens' are reclaiming and restoring marginalized burial grounds
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (33+ words) Sherill Baldwin can often be found at an overgrown cemetery in Connecticut. She found it by chance, but now she's part of a movement of "cemetery citizens"--providing some TLC to forgotten plots....
Congress tackles crises of lowering housing costs and boosting overall housing supply
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (57+ words) Wyoming Public Media Congress tackles crises of lowering housing costs and boosting overall housing supply America's housing market has two major problems " not enough homes for sale and the ones that are available are too pricey. Congress hopes its latest…...
Summer electric bills sizzle as the cost of cooling climbs
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (650+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 39 seconds Temperatures are climbing, and so is the price of electricity. That's a one-two punch that could result in sharply higher utility bills this summer. "Climate scientists think this could be the hottest summer on record or…...