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To date, approximately 570 homeless veterans in Baltimore City have sought assistance finding housing in 2015. As of July 7, 378 veterans have found housing as a result of the combined efforts of the VA Maryland Health Care System and Baltimore City. (Photo by Giuseppe Cerone) Photo used under CC BY

South Bronx health woes may link with Legionnaires’ outbreak

City officials can’t yet say if the deaths of seven South Bronx residents are linked to the neighborhood’s well-documented health miseries.

NY Daily News

New York Legionnaires’ outbreak sickens 81, Kills 7

NBCNews.com

What to know about Legionnaires’ Disease

TIME

From climate change to child poverty – it all comes back to electoral reform

Come and sit with me on this sad little bench if you’re one of the 1,134,742 people who voted for a Green candidate in this year’s general election, but have ended up with no Green representative at Westminster.

Bright Green

Ending veterans’ homelessness

Homelessness is a complex condition. About 45 percent of homeless veterans suffer from mental health illnesses, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

Baltimore Sun

Affordable housing advocates call for action on homelessness

Hawaii News Now

The US declared war on veteran homelessness — and it actually could win

NPR

California fires: Evacuation orders given to 13,000

Evacuation orders have been given to 13,000 people in California as firefighters struggle to contain 20 wildfires. Some 9,000 firefighters worked throughout in steep terrain and rugged conditions, officials said.

BBC

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“Tinderbox” California calls in the National Guard as horrific wildfire season looms

Slate

The young migrants at Calais are the lucky ones – but will they remember

There’s a new kind of backpacker at Milan Central Railway Station this summer. They carry their lives on their backs, and look as if they could do with a shower and a change of clothes.

Telegraph.co.uk

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Farm Aid 30: Willie Nelson, Neil Young headline 30th anniversary show

Farm Aid is coming to Chicago. The annual event, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, will be held on September 19th at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island near downtown Chicago.

Rolling Stone

Nonprofits help Nepal’s children, still In need of food 3 months after earthquake

Although the aid situation in Nepal has improved since two devastating earthquakes hit earlier this year, thousands of children remain at risk for a host of debilitating issues.

Huffington Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

Palestinian baby killed in West Bank terror attack

A Palistinian toddler was killed and three members of his family were injured in a deadly arson attack by suspected far-right extremists in the village of Duma outside the city of Nablus.

Jerusalem Post

US and Egypt resume formal security talks amid human rights concerns

Despite persistent human rights concerns, the US resumed formal security talks with Egypt that were last held six years ago.

Guardian

Child marriages form 15% of all marriages in Egypt

Egyptian Streets

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Deadly bombing strikes Bahrain amid rising sectarian tensions

A bomb killed two policemen and wounded six Tuesday in the deadliest such attack in Bahrain in months. The bombing outside a girls’ school in the Shia village of Sitra was the worst attack in Bahrain since March 2014.

Al Jazeera

US, Turkey Plan ‘ISIS-Free Zone’ In Northern Syria

The U.S. and Turkey are finalizing plans for a military campaign to push the Islamic State group out of Syrian territory along the Turkish border, a move that would further embroil Turkey in Syria’s civil war.

Huffington Post

Turkey is paying a high price for its double standards over Islamic State

Telegraph.co.uk

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A witch hunt for Kurdish politicians is brewing In Turkey

Huffington Post

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Debt conundrum to keep Greek banks in months-long freeze

Greek banks are set to keep broad cash controls in place for months, until fresh money arrives from Europe and with it a sweeping restructuring.

Reuters

Leading scientists call for ban on killer robots

Autonomous weapons systems should be banned or else a global arms race of mass-produced killer robots is “virtually inevitable,” according to hundreds of prominent scientists, and researchers from related professions.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Graham Allison):

9 Reasons to Support the Iran Deal

The Atlantic

Column (David Cay Johnston):

Flat wages show the US doesn’t have a labor market

Al Jazeera

Column (Joe Nocera):

History shows that Obama’s clean power plan can work

Seattle Times

Column (Bruce R. Miller):

It’s time to start taking care of health care

Sioux City Journal

Column (Reza Marashi):

Israel must accept a U.S.-Iran entente in the Middle East or risk total isolation

Haaretz

Column (William Walker):

As it turns 50, Medicaid has touched many lives and it must be kept fiscally sound

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Paul Krugman):

China’s naked emperors

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

How to plug Social Security tax drain and keep more money

Withdrawals from IRAs and other personal retirement plans can make Social Security benefits taxable. That means a strategy of tapping these accounts early, and delaying Social Security, can make sense.

USA TODAY

Girl with terminal cancer gets birthday party, prom, wedding rolled into one

An Oregon girl who has battled cancer for years was able to celebrate her fifth birthday in the style of a princess with a blowout event designed to be a prom, wedding and birthday all rolled into one.

ABC News

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Western NGOs back Tier 3 TIP ranking for Thailand

Western NGOs have written to US Secretary of State John Kerry, supporting the State Department‘s decision to maintain Thailand’s Tier 3 designation in the 2015 Global Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

The Nation

New Metastatic Breast Cancer Resource Available

Patient Advocate Foundation, a nonprofit, has launched the Metastatic Breast Cancer Guide; a tool geared to answer common questions and provide insurance tips and resources for metastatic breast cancer patients

Globe News Service

ENVIRONMENT

Drugging the environment

Humans have spiked ecosystems with a flood of active pharmaceuticals. The drugs are feminizing male fish, confusing birds, and worrying scientists.

The Scientist

Researcher finds way to cut cost, save water and help the environment

Sanjay Shukla looked out over row upon row of tomato and pepper plants and had an idea: What would happen if he made the compacted soil rows taller and more narrow?

Phys.Org.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Korea’s Seoul National University and Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to design a machine that can mimic a water strider’s “most complex maneuver.”

Market Business

NASA captures Earth flyby of ‘space peanut’

NASA scientists have captured a peanut-shaped asteroid that approached close to Earth last weekend. The next time an asteroid will approach Earth this close will be in 2054.

India Today

Photo of the Day

In the late evening hour, the sun shines gold through the trees in Petworth Park, Sussex, England. (Photo by Derek Socrates Finch) Photo used under CC BY

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