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Showcasing flag football
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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Being in Los Angeles this weekend, practicing and playing in flag football games, and mentoring younger players, makes it all seem that much more real for quarterback Darrell “Housh” Doucette. Just three summers from now, his sport will make its...
The countries where people are most at risk of rabies and what you need to know
The i paper
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June 19, 2025
A British woman has died from the virus after being scratched by a dog in Morocco. Here are the high-risk countries, how to avoid exposure and what to know about vaccines Travellers may be more concerned about the risk of rabies exposure following...
Experts issue warning as dangerous insect species draws closer to US border: 'It is vital that Congress act'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 19, 2025
A fly with wound-gnawing larvae is repopulating after decades of progress to contain it. Earth's overheating could be partly why the insect is returning perilously close to the American border with catastrophic potential, according to a Grist...
UNHCR closure to affect 25,000 asylum seekers
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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RADHICA DE SILVA Senior Multimedia Reporter radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt With an estimated 122 million refugees globally, and US$26 million being pumped to help asylum seekers and refugees in T&T, the United Nations High...
New South Texas facility will help fight return of flesh-eating pest
Texas Standard
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June 20, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to open a new facility in South Texas to defend against New World Screwworms: a destructive pest once eradicated from the U.S. but on its way back. Screwworms – which are actually flies – used to be a huge...
UNHCR closure to affect 25,000 asylum seekers… 39 T&T employees
CNC 3
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June 21, 2025
Senior Multimedia Reporter [email protected] With an estimated 122 million refugees globally, and US$26 million being pumped to help asylum seekers and refugees in T&T, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is shutting its...
UN OCEAN CONFERENCE 2025: Ocean Protection More Urgent Than Ever
Turkish Journal
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June 20, 2025
By Janet Ekstract, NEW YORK- The third UN Ocean Conference met in Nice, France from June 9-13 with 15,000 people participating, including those from civil society and business that was co-hosted by the French and Costa Rican governments. There...
Fight against screwworm ramps up with reopening of sterile fly plant in Chiapas
Mexico News Daily
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June 20, 2025
The United States has announced the reopening and modernization of the sterile fly production plant in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas as part of a joint strategy with Mexico to combat cattle screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), a pest that...
ICE raid on track workers sends shockwaves around racing: 'There's no hiding'
Farmers' Advance - Michigan
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Like so many farms, meat-packing plants and other industries that rely heavily on immigrant labor, horse racing is full of people who supported President Trump’s campaign in 2024 but did not believe he would target their businesses with the mass...
Not Just climate: the threats combining to destroy our planet
Geographical
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June 19, 2025
Image: Shutterstock There’s much more than climate change. Every year, according to a recent study, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastics end up in European and North American farmland. Reduced to millimetres, microns or even nanometres,...
To fight screwworm, the U.S. is opening a South Texas facility to disperse sterile flies
KPRC - Texas
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June 18, 2025
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ramping up efforts to...
With 200 clubs, Cumberland County company is the largest Planet Fitness franchisee in the world
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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June 20, 2025
National Fitness Partners recently opened its 200th Planet Fitness location. The gym opened on East Main St. in Collegeville, Montgomery County.Photo provided With 200 gyms, a Cumberland County company is now the largest Planet Fitness franchisee....
USDA to launch sterile fly dispersal to fight New World screwworm
Feed Strategy
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June 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has launched an US$8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a five-pronged plan to enhance U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ability to...
Los Angeles event showcases flag football ahead of 2028 Olympics
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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June 20, 2025
Being in Los Angeles this weekend for flag football practices and games while mentoring younger players makes it all seem that much more real for quarterback Darrell “Housh” Doucette. Just three summers from now, his sport will make its Olympic...
Could women actually be better suited to weight lifting than men are?
Popular Science
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June 18, 2025
What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else...
Secretary Rollins Announces Bold Plan to Combat New World Screwworm’s Northward Spread
Northern Ag Network
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June 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this morning launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan (PDF, 380 KB) to enhance USDA’s already robust...
USA Football’s ‘Summer Series’ in Los Angeles showcases flag football ahead of 2028 Olympics
The Morning Journal - Ohio
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June 20, 2025
By Pat Graham The Associated Press Being in Los Angeles this weekend, practicing and playing in flag football games, and mentoring younger players, makes it all seem that much more real for quarterback Darrell “Housh” Doucette. Just three summers...
U.S. plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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June 20, 2025
The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from...
Did you know … a U.S. Rep once proposed an amendment to require a vote to declare war?
The Courier Herald - Georgia
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June 19, 2025
Well, friends, it seems I did it again. Last week (in the introduction to the column, no less) I mentioned that this Friday is the first day of summer. That part, I got right. The other part, however, I have been corrected on. You remember, the...
Rewarding Excellence
The Post-Journal - New York
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Sharra Potrzebowski of Chautauqua Lake and Bradley Doud of Falconer were awarded $2,500 scholarships from Casella Waste Systems. The graduating seniors are pictured with William Devlin and Kevin Lindvay of Casella during Hewes’ Senior Awards...