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Facing Deadlier Fires, California Tries Something New: More Logging (#GotBitcoin?)
Environmentalists and the timber industry, after long butting heads, increasingly agree that cutting trees to thin forests is vital to reducing fire danger. Obscured amid the chaos of California’s latest wildfire outbreak is a striking sign of change that may help curtail future devastating infernos. After decades of butting heads,…
Fewer International Students Heading To The U.S. (#GotBitcoin?)
American colleges and universities face growing challenge amid rising competition from other countries, concerns about safety and immigration policies. Fewer International Students Heading To The U.S. (#GotBitcoin?) U.S. enrollment of international students declined for the second year in a row, sending waves of unease across American colleges and universities, which…
‘I Was Hoping to Be Retired’: The Cost of Supporting Parents and Adult Children (#GotBitcoin?)
More Americans are being squeezed by the burden of caring for two generations—just when they thought they could kick back. ‘I Was Hoping to Be Retired’: The Cost of Supporting Parents and Adult Children When Barb Strickert married, she and her husband wrote down a one-year plan for their lives together.…
Criminal Charges For Trio In GoFundMe Scam For Homeless Man (#GotBitcoin?)
Last year’s heartwarming story turns out to be a grift. The heartwarming story of a New Jersey couple whose GoFundMe campaign raised over $400,000 to lift a homeless veteran out of poverty was “completely made up … to make people feel bad,” prosecutors revealed Thursday, as all three were…
Anti-Semitic Incidents Fuel 17% Rise in Hate Crimes, FBI Says (#GotBitcoin?)
Crimes targeting Jews increased by 37% in 2017; anti-Muslim crimes fell by 11%. Hate crimes rose 17% in 2017, the FBI said Tuesday, a jump that was partly driven by a spike in anti-Semitic incidents. The number of hate-crime incidents targeting Jews increased 37%, to 938 in 2017. Anti-Muslim crimes…
After NRA Rebuke, Doctors Speak Louder On Gun Violence
Medical societies are calling for gun-control measures and other solutions to what they see as a public-health crisis. After NRA Rebuke, Doctors Speak Louder On Gun Violence U.S. doctors and medical societies are increasingly speaking out against firearm violence, calling for gun-control measures and other solutions to what they see…
Trump Supports Changes to Criminal-Justice System (#GotBitcoin?)
Legislation could give judges more discretion in sentencing and reduce mandatory minimum sentences for some drug-related offenses. President Trump endorsed bipartisan criminal-justice overhaul efforts at a White House ceremony on Wednesday, throwing his support behind changes to U.S. sentencing laws that he said also would give federal inmates a second…
Defunct Patent Firm That Matthew Whitaker Advised Posted Video Featuring Trump (#GotBitcoin?)
World Patent Marketing, Inc. shut down last year after Federal Trade Commission accused it of scamming $26 million from consumers. Defunct Patent Firm That Matthew Whitaker Advised Posted Video Featuring Trump (#GotBitcoin?) The now-defunct Florida company where Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker served as a paid advisory-board member once posted…
California’s Largest Utility Pummeled By Wildfire Risks (#GotBitcoin?)
PG&E Corp. suffers worst plunge since 2002 amid fears it faces massive liabilities in connection with the state’s deadliest fire ever. California’s largest utility suffered its steepest stock plunge in 16 years Wednesday as concerns grew that potential liability costs from destructive wildfires threaten the company’s financial future. Shares in…
CNN Sues Trump Administration Over Jim Acosta Press Credentials (#GotBitcoin?)
The network says revocation of reporter’s credentials violates CNN and Acosta’s First Amendment rights. CNN Sues Trump Administration Over Jim Acosta Press Credentials. CNN filed a lawsuit against President Trump and his administration seeking to reinstate the credentials of Jim Acosta, the cable news channel correspondent who was banned from the…
California Utilities Plummet On Wildfire Fears (#GotBitcoin?)
Shares of PG&E and Edison International Hit Hard as concerns grow over potential liability from the fires. Shares of two of California’s largest utilities plunged Monday as concerns escalated that the companies could face billions of dollars in potential liabilities as a result of the state’s latest devastating wildfires. PG&E…
New Guidelines For Treating High Cholesterol Take A Personal Approach (#GotBitcoin?)
Physicians should consider a patient’s family history of cardiovascular disease and in some cases a heart scan before prescribing drugs. A patient’s family history of cardiovascular disease and in some cases a heart scan are among the factors that physicians should consider before prescribing drugs to lower cholesterol, according to…