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Asharoken Storm Protection Project to Be Reviewed, Officials Say

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08/29/2017

New York State officials will ask the Army Corps of Engineers to reopen a project to protect Asharoken that was abandoned earlier this year when federal and local officials couldn’t agree on terms, Rep. Thomas Suozzi said Monday.

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NYPD Boss James O’Neill Vacated Guilty Verdict Against Officer Accused Of Using Banned Chokehold: Sources

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08/29/2017

The city’s top cop recently overturned a guilty verdict against an officer in a department misconduct trial. Then the NYPD and the Civilian Complaint Review Board — citing a state law protecting police disciplinary records — wouldn’t say what the...

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Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality

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08/29/2017

While women continue to advance in unprecedented ways, the journey towards full equality is still evolving. The history of that journey is also surprisingly young.

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

A growing number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the country has closed the door on other refugees.

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How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

It goes beyond farmers' markets and CSA shares. Before we had ‘local food,’ we just had food. Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and customers. It was unheard of to truck...

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

A Northeastern University researcher who was asked to remove any reference to climate change from her Energy Department grant proposal said Monday that she had posted the letter publicly “because I found it to be a stark reminder of the ongoing...

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

A study finds strong links between climate change and the spread of southern pine beetles, whose damage increases the risk of ecosystem harm and forest fires.

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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

Mayo's pain program is one of a few around the country to address the emotional, social and psychological aspects of pain and reduce patients' reliance on addictive medicines. But as the nation faces an opioid epidemic, there needs to be more of...

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

How to provide long-term care for a fast-aging population poses one of the more convoluted challenges of the American labor market. In his new book, “Who Will Care For Us?,” to be published next month by the Russell Sage Foundation, MIT Professor...

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Bloomberg Charity Scrutinized By India For Anti-Tobacco Funding, Lobbying

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08/29/2017

India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organization to come...

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