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Majority of U.S. small businesses now use AI amid rising regulatory concerns
Detroit City Wire - Michigan
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August 27, 2025
Sandy K. Baruah, President and CEO | Detroit Regional ChamberSandy K. Baruah, President and CEO | Detroit Regional Chamber Almost 60 percent of small businesses in the United States are now using artificial intelligence, according to the latest...
US confirms rare case of flesh-eating parasite. Here’s what to know about the New World screwworm
Euronews
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August 26, 2025
By Euronews with AP Published on 26/08/2025 - 10:43 GMT+2 A United States resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm – the country’s first reported case tied to travel to a country with a current...
Troops in Washington and Fed dismissals: Trump embraces authoritarian drift
El País
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August 27, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump claims he’s not a dictator, just “a man with great common sense.” But this statement, made Monday to the press in the Oval Office, reinforces previous messages flirting with the idea of an authoritarian leader: during...
What to know about screwworm after human case confirmed in U.S.
CBS News
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A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis...
Maryland resident diagnosed with New World screwworm. What to know about the parasite
NBC 4 - Washington D.C.
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August 26, 2025
A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis...
You might have heard about the flesh-eating screwworm. Here's why you shouldn't freak out
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 27, 2025
Warning: This story contains images of an open wound that some people may find disturbing. Just when you thought there was enough going on in the world to frazzle your nerves, along comes a flesh-eating parasite that has been spreading among...
DHS Arrests Kilmar Abrego Garcia With Plans To Ship Him To Uganda, Because He Refused To Plead Guilty To Fake Human Trafficking Charges
Techdirt
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August 25, 2025
from the lose-lose-proposition dept The man who never expected to be the public face of the Trump administration’s shotgun approach to deportation is, yet again, being given a set of untenable options and expected to pick one of them. And when he...
State Dept. Guts Human Rights Reporting, Removing Anything The Administration Doesn’t Think Violates Human Rights
Techdirt
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August 25, 2025
from the no-longer-even-in-the-free-world-wildcard-race dept Not content to rewrite American history to better serve white people, the Trump administration is now rewriting world history on the fly by recasting terminal human rights violators as...
Archaeologists find ancient clay puppets with detachable heads that 'resemble modern toy dolls'
Earth.com
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Archaeologists working in western El Salvador uncovered a group of ancient puppet-like figurines. Estimated to be around 2,400 years old, they oddly resemble modern toy dolls used in puppetry. Experts say the objects once had movable heads...
Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: a narrative review of the current literature
Globalization and Health
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August 26, 2025
Narrative review The search provided an initial screening sample of 29,644 documents from search platforms (n = 29,611) and grey literature (n = 39). Following a title screening, 29,174 documents were excluded because they did not meet the...
Donald Trump Tariffs News: How may US tariffs impact Indian exports? Sector-wise analysis in detail
DNA India
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Donald Trump India Tariffs: The additional or secondary tariffs imposed by the US president on India for buying oil and weapons from Russia are most likely to hit about two-thirds of India's $86.5 billion exports. A sector-wise analysis in detail...
How cutting-edge DNA technology cracked the Rachel Morin Murder case
FOX45 - Maryland
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — This week marks two years since the body of 37-year-old Rachel Morin was found along the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail — a brutal murder that shook the Harford County community and captured national attention. Now, the case’s final...
AP News Summary at 1:22 a.m. EDT
South Central Florida Life
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India braces for export shock as US tariffs take effect NEW DELHI (AP) — India faces a major challenge as a steep U.S. tariff on Indian products takes effect. The import duties coming into force on Wednesday threaten over half of India's exports...
Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Frontier Airlines Commits to Leading Low-Fare Service in Top 20 U.S. Metros
FTN News
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August 27, 2025
Frontier Airlines announced a major expansion plan to become the number one low-fare carrier in the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas, unveiling 20 new routes from six major airports with introductory fares starting at $29. The airline confirmed the...
First human case of flesh-eating parasite detected in the US; How is it different from the flesh-eating bacteria
The Times of India
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In a rare and unsettling turn of events, the first human case in years of a flesh-eating parasite, called the New World screwworm, has been confirmed in the United States of America. Detected in a Maryland traveler who recently returned from El...
This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Making a Comeback
AOL
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This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Making a ComebackIt starts with a wound. For most animals, that means a scab, a scar, and eventual healing. For the New World screwworm, it’s an open invitation. This parasitic fly sees raw flesh as the perfect place to...
'Unauthorized' estimates reach record highs in 2023 in Utah, US
KSL - Utah
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WASHINGTON — Getting a solid handle on the number of immigrants in the country illegally can be a tough task. Estimates range all over the place, depending on the source. But the number of unauthorized immigrants, the term used by the Pew Research...
Trump officials have made sweeping claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Here’s what the record shows.
Poynter
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August 26, 2025
The Trump administration again detained Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen and Maryland resident whose wrongful deportation case gained national attention at the beginning of the administration’s illegal immigration crackdown....
First human case of flesh-eating parasite detected in the US; Symptoms, risk factors, and safety measures to follow
The Times of India
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In a startling development, US health officials have confirmed the first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), in decades. Detected in Maryland on August 4, 2025, the individual had recently...