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Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse

Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.

Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse
Americas|Political|US

Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play an outsize role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration

Enforcing immigration law at the border is the federal government’s role. But in Texas, that job has increasingly been taken on by the state. That shift may be key to Donald Trump’s border plans.

Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play an outsize role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration
Education|Environment|Health

From pests to pollutants, keeping schools healthy and clean is no simple task

For students to learn in a safe, healthy environment, school administrators must deal with a myriad of potential environmental contaminants, from allergens to cockroaches.

From pests to pollutants, keeping schools healthy and clean is no simple task
Science|Technology

Why Google, Bing and other search engines' embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry

Search engines run by generative AI could fundamentally change the online ecosystem.

Why Google, Bing and other search engines' embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry
Economy|Food|Health|US

Letting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research

The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5% between late April and late July of 2020, a research team found.

Letting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research
Health|Science

For decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad's drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome

Public health messaging has focused on the drinking habits of the mother during pregnancy. But a growing body of research shows that what dad is drinking before pregnancy matters too.

For decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad's drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome
Asia|Lifestyle|News

South Korea's gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects

Following a 30-year boy-to-girl birth rate imbalance, up to 800,000 ‘extra’ men born since the mid-1980s will be unable to find a South Korean woman to marry. That has big demographic consequences.

South Korea's gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects
Health|Lifestyle|Science

Anger, sadness, boredom, anxiety – emotions that feel bad can be useful

Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.

Anger, sadness, boredom, anxiety – emotions that feel bad can be useful
Business|Economy|Education|News

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students
Technology

Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment

The Nobel Prize-winning Luria−Delbrück experiment showed that random mutations in bacteria can allow them to develop resistance by chance.

Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment
Economy|Education

Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money away from cash-strapped schools

Louisiana’s governor made it easier for companies to receive property tax breaks – and schools will likely pay the price.

Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money away from cash-strapped schools
Crime|News|US

Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects

Georgia’s inmate fire crews respond to hundreds of calls in surrounding counties every year. Without them, there might not be a responder, but they aren’t universally loved – and they don’t get paid.

Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects
Crime|Election|News|Opinion

Yes, Donald Trump has a point about political prosecution

A former government prosecutor examines the choice to prosecute a polarizing former president.

Yes, Donald Trump has a point about political prosecution
Asia|News|World

Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might

By 2100, China’s population will likely be half its current size. It will also be a lot older, with fewer working-age men and women.

Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might
Business|Finance|Health

Biden administration’s negotiated price cuts for 10 common prescription drugs likely to save Medicare billions, beginning in 2026

People ages 65 and up will likely reap significant out-of-pocket savings on prescription drugs when the negotiated prices take effect. But other benefits could pay bigger dividends in the long run.

Health|Science

Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging – new research in mice

Researchers are uncovering the ways by which dad, mom or both parents drinking can result in fetal alcohol syndrome and other lifelong effects on children.

Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging – new research in mice
Business|Economy|Finance|Opinion

‘Social profit orientation’ can help companies and nonprofits alike do more good in the world

Generating financial returns, noble and important as that goal is, is no longer enough, 3 scholars of marketing argue.

‘Social profit orientation’ can help companies and nonprofits alike do more good in the world
Science|Technology|US

The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew – a former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing and the astronauts still up in space

NASA’s decision to send Starliner’s crew home on a SpaceX capsule will have implications for Boeing, the agency itself and the astronauts still on the space station.

The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew – a former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing and the astronauts still up in space
Entertainment

Horror movies are as much a mainstay of Halloween as trick or treat − but why are they so bloody?

The preferences of horror audiences change over time, much like the ebb and flow of the blood depicted in these movies.

Horror movies are as much a mainstay of Halloween as trick or treat − but why are they so bloody?

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