Deepa Shivaram
Stories
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National
Mental Health Response Teams Yield Better Outcomes Than Police In NYC, Data Shows
A New York City pilot program dispatches mental health and medical care instead of police to some 911 calls. Early data shows more people accepted help and fewer people were admitted to the hospital.
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Technology
Internet Outage That Crashed Dozens Of Websites Caused By Software Update
Amazon, Delta and Capital One were among dozens of sites hit by the widespread outage. Content distribution network Akamai says the disruption was caused by a software configuration update.
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National
Americans Will Soon Be Able To Go To Their 2nd Most Popular Travel Destination
After 16 months of closure, the Canadian government announced that vaccinated Americans will be able to travel north of the border, starting Aug. 9.
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Environment
Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows
A new study finds that for more than 70% of all U.S. counties, urban temperatures are higher in neighborhoods that have low-income people and communities of color.
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Cornel West Has Announced He's Leaving Harvard And Says The School Has Lost Its Way
In a resignation letter posted to Twitter on Monday, West says the university is suffering from "intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of deep depths."
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Education
Illinois Has Become The First State To Require The Teaching Of Asian American History
Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation last week that will require public school students to learn about Asian American history starting in the 2022-2023 school year.
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Environment
Heat Wave Killed 1 Billion Sea Creatures And Scientists Fear It Could Even Be Worse
An estimated 1 billion sea creatures, mostly mussels, died in the heat wave last week along Vancouver's shorelines. But the marine biologist taking count worries the actual number will be much higher.
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National
Confederate Monument That Sparked Deadly Charlottesville Rally To Be Removed Saturday
Statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson will be removed in the Virginia city almost four years after the deadly Unite the Right rally.