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Month: April 2022

Homes are shown destroyed by Hurricane Laura in August

The climate crisis is supercharging rainfall in hurricanes, scientists report

By Rachel Ramirez The rainfall from hurricanes during the deadly, record-breaking 2020 season was as much as 11% higher because of the human-caused climate crisis, scientists reported Tuesday. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found global warming supercharged hourly rainfall rates in tropical storms and hurricanes by 5 to 10%. When they looked

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House passes bill prohibiting anti-Semitic rhetoric in Tennessee schools

By Mary Alice Royse Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A new bill prohibiting the instruction of anti-Semitic concepts continues to move through the Tennessee Legislature Monday. Proposed by Representative Jerry Sexton, HB2673, if passed, will require each local education agency to adopt a policy that prohibits teaching students’ anti-Semitic

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Voting registration stand is seen during the hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters congregate at the City Hall in 2020 in New York.

Attacks on voting rights aren’t slowing down and Black Americans are in the crosshairs, new report finds

By Maya Brown, CNN Some Republicans and far-right groups’ attacks on voting rights and American democracy are making it harder for Black people to achieve racial equality, according to a new report from the National Urban League. The civil rights organization on Tuesday released its annual State of Black America report, titled “Under Siege: The

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