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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a major increase

The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years.

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December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM

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December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM

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Trump admin removing MLK Day from National Parks free days sparks backlash

The department's list of fee-free days in 2026 included more former presidents' birthdays, as well as Flag Day—Trump's birthday.

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December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM

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Trump refuses to share pre-holiday inflation report — first skipped month in 12 years

The Bureau of Labor Statistics won't be publishing a delayed report on wholesale price inflation this month.The federal agency will skip the postponed October report on the Producer Price Index and in...

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December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM

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December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM

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Data Centers' Water Use Linked to ‘Unusual Rise’ in Cancer and Miscarriages in Oregon

Morrow County, Oregon, has recorded nitrate readings as high as 73 parts per million (ppm) in household wells—more than ten times the state's legal ceiling of

techoreon.com

December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks - Organic Consumers

November 20, 2025 | Source: Center for Biological Diversity WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and fo...

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December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM

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November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM

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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM

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November 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM

Dottie Kester

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A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE

How everyday people are reminding the nation what it means to be American.

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November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Dottie Kester

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We’re evolving too slowly for the world we’ve built, according to science

As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health is...

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November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM

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#ScienceSunday
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.