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Women in pink rally in support of Lindsay Clancy who is on trial for killing 3 children 0

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink, gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy’s story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health

New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting 0

NEW YORK — In her first large staff meeting, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised Wednesday to advocate for the agency while acknowledging that congressionally funded programs lacked staff and employees were feeling burned out. Dr. Erica Schwartz also said she wouldn’t hesitate to disagree with U.S. Health Secretary

CDC’s new director is pressed to do something about its zombie programs 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 18, 2026
NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still has an Alzheimer’s disease program. Congress appropriated $41 million to it this year. There’s just no one staffing it. Then there’s the agency’s Office on Smoking and Health. Congress allocated $246 million for that. Its staffers were cut, too. Same for the epilepsy program.
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Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 17, 2026
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Monday announced a review of a controversial tactic in which federal law enforcement allowed fentanyl to hit the streets to build bigger cases against drug traffickers. The review will examine government policies and wiretap investigations in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have learned of
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Too hot to sleep? How heatwaves at night affect our health 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- August 17, 2026
Global warming isn’t just about heat during the day. Nights are also getting hotter1–3. In May, Delhi recorded an overnight minimum temperature of 32.4 °C, and other parts of India remained 3–5 °C above normal after dark. As Western Europe experienced its hottest June on record, France registered a record overnight low of 22 °C, and East Saxony,
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