A former Mexican federal police officer who was accused of harassing suspects during an investigation has returned to power, authorities confirmed Friday, according to a Reuters report. Carlos Gomez Arietta previously oversees police in the wake of the 2014 abduction and apparent killing of 43 student teachers from Ayotzinapa Rural …
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Mass Reagan is preparing for a ‘mass casualty incident’ for the wildfire, officials say.
Dozens of Reagans were preparing for a “mass fatal incident” on Friday as dozens of wildlife were burned across the state. “We know we are dealing with fire-related deaths and are preparing for a mass casualty event based on what we know and how many structures have been lost,” Andrew …
Read More »Friday’s coronavirus updates: New cases on campus continued to decline, as the seven-day positivity rate fell to 0.7%; Blue Ridge district is going all remote after four positive tests | Corona virus
Graphic by Ben Zigterman The seven-day positivity rate on campus tends to go down, with Wednesday and Thursday numbers going from 0.9 to 0.7 percent on Friday after lengthening Friday. Of the 11,993 new tests on Wednesday, 47 returned positive, at a rate of 0.4 percent. On Thursday, out of …
Read More »CRISPR is clearly the winner in the recent round of patent battles, but the fight continues science
The genome editor CRISPR, whose invention is at the center of a fierce patent warfare, typically uses an RNA molecule (red) to target a DNA-cutting enzyme, such as CAS9 (orange). Carlos Clarivan / Science Source By John CohenSeptember 11, 2020, 6:40 pm The long-running patent battle over CRISPR, which could …
Read More »Jimmy Carter Reveals Willy Nelson’s White House Pot-Smoking Moment: ‘My One Son’
Jimmy Carter has set the record straight for who joined Willie Nelson in a smoking pot on the roof of the White House during Carter’s presidency. He was not a White House staff member, he was one of Carter’s sons. “When Willie Nelson wrote his autobiography, he confessed that he …
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