2019

As Climate Risk Grows, Cities Test a Tough Strategy: Saying ‘No’ to Developers

Politics /

VIRGINIA BEACH. — Glimpsed from a kayak on West Neck Creek, this swampy piece of land, a pocket of red maple and loblolly pine tucked behind growing subdivisions, doesn’t look like the stuff of existential debate. But this is where Virginia Beach, squeezed between the clamor for new housing and the relentlessness of flooding worsened […]

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Toyota worker’s suicide ruled work-related after harassment

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Toyota worker’s suicide ruled work-related after harassment By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer November 19, 2019, 10:50 AM 4 min read Japanese authorities have ruled that an engineer at Toyota was suffering from power harassment on the job when he killed himself after being constantly ridiculed by his boss. Toyota Motor Corp. acknowledged the case

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Genetically-modified babies ‘ethically justifiable’, academic claims

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Image caption Dr Kevin Smith said gene editing risks were low enough to justify use with human embryos Creating genetically-modified babies is both ethically justifiable and “highly desirable”, according to an Abertay University bioethicist. Dr Kevin Smith claimed the risks of gene editing were now low enough to justify its use with human embryos. Dr

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Seth Meyers Thinks He’s Found ‘Perfect’ Rihanna’s One And Only Weakness

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The pair went day drinking together for a fun “Late Night” segment earlier in the year. Meyers acknowledged on Monday’s broadcast of “The Tonight Show” that the “Umbrella” singer is “perfect.” But when it came to taking photographs, not so much. “She, at one point, took my phone and took a bunch of pictures while

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How Tulsi Gabbard’s Feud With Clinton Helped Extend Her Time in the Spotlight

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Sitting at a bar in the coastal New Hampshire city of Portsmouth, Ray Brunelle rattled off the qualities he admires in Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii. A retired air force veteran, he appreciates Ms. Gabbard’s military background. He praised her “cool and calm” performance in the last primary debate. But the thing that most impressed

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NFL’s wild Week 11 included Garrett, Kaepernick, Mexico

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Week 11 was the most eventful of the NFL’s centennial season so far, featuring Myles Garrett’s indefinite suspension, Colin Kaepernick’s last-minute audible and a return to Mexico City with poor field conditions. By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer November 19, 2019, 8:26 AM 6 min read The NFL’s wild Week 11 featured Myles Garrett

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