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Tag: Florida

FDA Approves Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Zika in Florida

The FDA said that its decision to approve Oxitec’s Florida field trials does not mean the GMO mosquitoes are approved for commercial use.

‘Guacamole-Thick’ Algae Takes Over Florida’s Atlantic Coast, 4 Counties Declare State...

For algal blooms in Martin County, Lake Erie and other parts of the country, the primary source of pollution is conventional agriculture.

Scott Brown Says Orlando Shooting Did Not Primarily Target Gay People

“I don’t identify the people who were murdered as from a particular class of people.”

Mass Shooting in Orlando Gay Nightclub

Details are still emerging in the horrific mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, but here is what we know so far.

Florida Attorney General Caught Lying and Requesting Potential Bribe From Trump

Despite the fact that Bondi’s office received more than 20 consumer complaints against Trump University and its affiliates, Bondi reported only receiving one complaint when she terminated the investigation into Trump.

One Chart Destroys The Talking Point Lawmakers Are Using To Protect...

A few members of Congress really, really want you to believe that Florida's weak, ineffectual payday lending law is a "gold standard."

More Than 1.5 Million Florida Voters Will Be Missing From Tuesday’s...

How a Confederate-era law designed to suppress black voters impacts elections today.

Two Muslim Women Attacked after Leaving a Mosque in Tampa

Muslims have faced an enormous increase in attacks since the San Bernardino terrorist shootings.

Can Jeb Bush Even Spell Integrity?

This presidential wannabe campaigns as an ethics reformer and preaches against the corrupt influence on government. Yet, as former Florida governor, Jeb Bush cashed in big time from government-corporate corruption. Can you say hypocrite?

FBI Investigating Police Cover-Up After Officers Killed Man Holding Air Rifle

After killing a man walking home with an unloaded air rifle, Florida deputies are under federal investigation for possible tampering with evidence and lying under oath. What were they really trying to cover up?

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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide? 

The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.

The far right’s tipping point

Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.

New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics

Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."

Where is the AI safety movement?

There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?