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In the past few days, the United States informed the coup-plotting leadership of Niger that it would comply with its request to withdraw U.S. forces from the country, which had been operating in a counterterrorism role there for more than half a decade. At the end of last week, authorities in Chad had sent a letter this month to the US defense attaché based there. The potential withdrawal would mark another blow for the Western security presence in the Sahel — the vast arid region that
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

Doa Ana County commissioners approved a contract with a local mental health provider to reopen the Crisis Triage Center. Peak Behavioral Health was shut down due to a lack of funding back in January.
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2 years ago Read more at cbs4local.com

The number of people living with levels of air pollution that can significantly affect their health climbed from about 119 million in last year’s data to 131 million in the current data. Extreme heat, drought and wildfires are among the factors that have contributed to a rise in deadly air pollution, especially in the Western part of the country.
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2 years ago Read more at CNN International

The Michigan Daily spoke with leaders from three Michigan health care systems about what they are doing to advance health equity within the state. Dr. Sharon O’Leary serves as Trinity Health Michigan’s first chief health equity officer. In addition to REAL data, Trinity Health collects other information that might contribute to health disparities.
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2 years ago Read more at The Michigan Daily

Every day, someone’s son, daughter, brother, sister or friend is failed by the lack of mental health resources within the education system. In order to prevent such tragedies, students must have easily accessible and effective resources to conquer and overcome any mental health struggles they may be facing.
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2 years ago Read more at The Connecticut Mirror

2K, publisher of sports titles such as “NBA 2K” and “WWE 2K,” has a head start in the race for sports properties, and it’s looking to take advantage in 2024. It’s the first “Top Spin” title since 2011, and the latest in succession of sports games to be released by 2K over the past year.
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2 years ago Read more at Digiday

In the '90s, touring show Stars on Ice put out a line of dolls modeled after notable skaters. Yamaguchi became the first Asian American to win an individual gold medal, at the 1992 Winter Olympics. In January, Mattel said it “fell short” by failing to include an Asian doll in a. line of Tokyo Olympics-themed Barbies that seemed stereotypical.
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2 years ago Read more at WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Clean, renewable energy projects are on the rise as our society slowly moves away from dirty, polluting forms of energy like gas and oil. Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory have figured out a way to do that relatively cheaply and efficiently by using one extremely common material: sand. Thermal energy storage has many advantages over the more common battery storage, making the process more cost-effective.
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2 years ago Read more at The Cool Down

Roanoke business handles final arrangements for pets has asked permission to install a third animal cremation unit and more cold storage. If authorized, owners expect to construct a $308,000 building addition. Cost of the equipment, which will be higher, wasn’t released.
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2 years ago Read more at Roanoke Times

Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas With the 28th pick in the 2024 BGN Community Consensus Mock Draft, the Bills come into the draft with a limited Josh Allen window. The Bills have 10 picks in the draft, including two 4ts and three 5’s, so they should be able to trade up a little bit if they need to. No need to reach here, they can grab one in the 2nd.
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2 years ago Read more at Bleeding Green Nation