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FACT SHEET: White House Monkeypox Response Team Announces New Plans to Support Large LGBTQI+ Events and Equity Interventions to Reach Communities at Highest Risk of Contracting the Virus – The White House

FACT SHEET: White House Monkeypox Response Team Announces New Plans to Support Large LGBTQI+ Events and Equity Interventions to Reach Communities at Highest Risk of Contracting the Virus  The White House

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Ahead of school year, most Ukrainian and Russian immigrant kids not enrolled

Of the 6,000 or so children who moved to Israel since the invasion of Ukraine, just 2,653 are registered to start classes on September 1, Education Ministry says

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, August 29, 2022 – The White House

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, August 29, 2022  The White House

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UN rights chief accuses Israel of ‘trying to hide’ by blocking monitors’ access

Outgoing head Bachelet blasts Jerusalem for denial of visas to staffers; Israel pans her for ‘once again attacking’ in final hours in office

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Why Older People Love Pickleball So Much

Chances are, you already know someone who’s an avid pickleball player. America’s fastest-growing sport—a cross between tennis, badminton, and ping-pong—can be played as either a singles or doubles game, though doubles is typically more popular. Points can only be accrued

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Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions. (Image credit: Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

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Jews now a minority in Israel and the territories, demographer says

Arnon Soffer says proportion of Jews between Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River lower than widely believed when non-citizens are taken into account

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Narcan inventor developing new overdose treatment to combat fentanyl scourge

Researcher Roger Crystal’s company Opiant is working on a more powerful opioid antidote as US deaths surge

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Student debt relief limited for many by U.S. ‘war on drugs’ legacy

As part of the “war on drugs” — a consequential, anti-crime legislative agenda that Biden championed as a U.S. senator — an estimated hundreds of thousands of convicted drug offenders had their access to federal financial aid delayed or denied,

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