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Scientists just solved the mystery of why some streets are deadly hot

Researchers unveiled a digital tool this week to help American cities battle life-threatening heat by pinpointing neighborhoods that lack sufficient shade coverage through shade maps. UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation teamed up with American Forests to develop the online resource, which analyzes shade availability in 101 large metropolitan areas covering more than 360 municipalities across the country. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded the mapping initiative. American Forests, which advocates for urban forestry programs nationwide, now hosts the shade map on its Tree Equity

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Is This Freedom? Aging Elephants Relocated, Not Released

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It’s all in the genes! Scientists explain why men are taller than women

Scientists have identified a key genetic factor that helps explain why men are typically five inches taller than women. This difference is attributed to a gene called SHOX that operates differently between the sexes due to variations in chromosome structure. A new study, published on May 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed genetic data from nearly one million people across three large biobanks in the U.S. and the UK. Researchers found the SHOX gene accounts for approximately one-quarter—or 25%—of the average height difference between men and women.

15,000 California convicts released during COVID-19; at least one-third are back in prison. Here’s why

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Thrifty Ice Cream has survived decades—But can it survive this?

The future of Thrifty Ice Cream remains unclear as Rite Aid Corp. closes dozens of stores nationwide following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, leaving customers and ice cream enthusiasts wondering whether the beloved brand will survive the corporate restructuring. As Rite Aid restructures, all of its assets, including Thrifty Ice Cream and its 55,000-square-foot El Monte factory, are under review for potential sale. Rite Aid acquired Thrifty Drug Stores in 1996, maintaining the ice cream production and scoop counter operations. The drugstore chain has continued operating the El Monte fac

What counts as ‘high-risk’ AI? California’s law leaves room for doubt

You can still fly without a REAL ID – Here’s what to bring instead

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Judge weighs government's request to unseal records of FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader’s relatives want to keep under wraps in the national archives. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., said during a hearing on Wednesday that he wants to see an inventory of the records before deciding whether the government can review them for possible release to the public. “This is delicate stuff,” Leon said. “We're going to go slowly. Little steps.”

2,000-gallon diesel spill stains part of Baltimore waterfront

Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up a 2,000-gallon diesel spill along part of Baltimore’s waterfront that started Wednesday morning.The spill is near the East Harbor Marina in the Patapsco River and originated from a Johns Hopkins Hospital facility in East Baltimore, authorities said.A spokesperson for Johns Hopkins told CNN the spill was caused by two diesel tanks being overfilled and that it notified the Maryland Department of Environment immediately.“On Wednesday, during routine fuel delivery by a third-party vendor, two diesel t

Judge issues order halting deportation of Colorado antisemitic attack suspect’s family

Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return

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Trump DOJ and Texas settle to block use of law giving undocumented immigrants in-state tuition rates

The Justice Department and the state of Texas settled a lawsuit Wednesday, blocking the state from offering undocumented immigrants residing in Texas the in-state tuition rates for its public colleges and universities.The lawsuit, which was filed by the Justice Department earlier the same day, alleged that the Texas law – which had been on the books for two decades – is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Reed O’Connor quickly approved the settlement, permanently blocking the law’s use.The legal maneuver is another action by President Donald Trump’s administration to reshape uni

Trump's tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the purchasing power of households overall, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office. The numbers were revealed in a letter sent to Democratic congressional leadership outlining how the Trump administration’s plan to impose wide-ranging tariffs on countries around the world will affect American households. Baked into the CBO analysis is a prediction that

U.S. judge temporarily blocks deportation of family of Colorado attack suspect

Trump: Putin said Russia would respond to Ukraine drone attacks

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Cristiano Ronaldo ends unwanted record after scoring winner for Portugal against Germany

There are not many things that Cristiano Ronaldo hasn’t already done in his record-breaking career to date, but the 40-year-old ticked off yet another achievement on Wednesday.The striker scored the winner in Portugal’s 2-1 victory against Germany in the UEFA Nations League semifinal, marking the first time Ronaldo has ever beaten Die Mannschaft.Ronaldo had lost all five times he previously played Germany and Portugal had not won this fixture in 25 years.As well as ending the unwanted record, the victory also sent Portugal through to the UEFA Nations League final on June 8 where it will fa

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Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to challenge their deportations. U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg said that people who were sent to the prison in March under an 18th-century wartime law haven’t been able to formally contest the removals or allegations that they are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. He ordered the administration to work toward giving them a way to file those challenges. The judge wrote that “significan

Trump cannot proceed with gutting US Education Department, court rules

A decade after the Mount Kinabalu earthquake, survivors return to climb again

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‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting

A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.More than a dozen eyewitnesses, including those wounded in the attack, said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically through the early hours of Sunday morning. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US and Israeli-backed aid initiative that runs the site, said that Israeli forces were operating in the area during the

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Congressional letter obtained by AP outlines drastic job cuts expected at Voice of America

The Trump administration appointee overseeing the Voice of America has outlined job cuts that would reduce employment at the state-run news organization from over 1,000 people to 81. The Voice of America, which has delivered news to countries all over the world for the better part of a century, has been largely silent for two months following an executive order by President Donald Trump. He believes Voice of America, and similar organizations like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, have reported with a liberal bias. Most of VOA's employees have been on administrative