WASHINGTON — With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste. For years, the debate surrounding vaping largely centered on its risks for high school and […]
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The shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, has questioned the impartiality of the Australian Electoral Commission’s delivery of remote polling. Price also suggested people handing out how-to-vote cards “overpower vulnerable Aboriginal communities”, seeking to counter the fact many Indigenous communities had voted yes to a voice to parliament. […]
The bodies of the dead drift to the bottom of the ocean, where the bottom dwellers make use of them. They make temporary reefs from the bones of modern whales, and they did the same for their earlier relatives and Mesozoic seagoing reptiles. Such recycling dates back to 530 million […]
Kfar Aza, Israel CNN — Bodies of Israeli residents and Palestinian militants lay outside of burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after Hamas launched a large-scale surprise assault on Israel, sending heavily armed fighters pouring across the border from Gaza and rampaging through rural communities. […]
Hello! Or, as I’d say when I’m out and about in my island home, hi-aye. I’m Harry Josephine Giles, one of the writers for Saltsea Chronicles, coming out on October 12 on PS5. It is a story-driven adventure game where you guide a crew as they explore a flooded world […]
Pubs need tax break and financial support (Image: Getty) British pubs are the “beating hearts” of their communities and are run by “hero” landlords and landladies, according to a new report. They employ 936,000 workers, generate £28bn for the economy and deliver £15bn in taxes every year. And just as […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An effort to destigmatize the use of overdose reversal drugs that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded to all thirteen states in Appalachia this year. The first-ever “Appalachian Save a Life Day” comes Thursday, on the heels of the approval of Narcan […]
‘The people alive have been pulled out,’ rescuer says Rubble from buildings that crumbled in Tafeghaghte, Morocco.Bill O’Reilly / NBC News As the search for survivors across a vast expanse of the High Atlas Mountain mountains enters its fourth day, rescuers face a sea of rubble. Professionals work alongside local […]