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The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, changed the way the world thinks about nuclear energy. (Photo by Stefan Krasowski) Photo used under CC BY

Chernobyl’s legacy: disease, defects, death

Large numbers of children are still being born with severe birth defects and rare cancers in areas near to Chernobyl, three decades after the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster.

BBC

CA debates fining jurors over Google use

California lawmakers are considering fining jurors who tweet about trials or research a case on Google, after misbehaving citizens have caused mistrials and overturned convictions around the country.

Guardian

Trump, Clinton looking to extend delegate lead

By the end of the night, Super Tuesday III could be all but the clinch for Hillary Clinton – while Donald Trump could be poised to turn the Ted Cruz-John Kasich alliance from a potential game-changer into a Hail Mary.

FOX News

Trump on the warpath against GOP rivals

TIME

ICC to investigate Burundi political violence

The international war crimes court will investigate allegations of imprisonment and violence in Burundi, which has been plagued by unrest since a political crisis erupted a year ago.

Al Jazeera

N. Korea offers conditional halt to nuke tests

In a rare interview with a foreign media outlet, North Korean foreign minister Ri Su-yong has said it will suspend its nuclear tests if the US stops its military exercises with South Korea.

BBC

North Korea readying new mid-range missile test

Reuters

RIGHTS

Gay dads win custody case with surrogate

A same-sex couple won a high-profile custody battle on Tuesday against a surrogate mother in Thailand who gave birth to their child but then decided she wanted to keep the baby when she found out they were gay.

Times of India

Target boycotted over bathroom policy

A conservative Christian activist group has gained more than half a million signatures and counting from people pledging to boycott Target over its transgender bathroom policy.

MSN News

Target boycott shouldn‘t worry investors: it won’t hurt sales

The Street

North Carolina LGBT law spurs repeal bill

While demonstrations circled North Carolina’s statehouse, for and against a Republican-backed law limiting public bathroom access for transgender people, House Democrats filed a repeal bill that stands little chance of passing.

ABC News

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

US to launch free community college plan

The White House will launch a $100 million program to spur tuition-free community college programs across the country, Vice President Biden and his wife will announce Monday.

The Hill

America’s Promise fact sheet

Whitehouse.gov

Attack ads complicate efforts to aid PR

Debt-ridden Puerto Rico faces a $422 million bond payment deadline Sunday with no sign Congress will act in time to help.

PBS NewsHour

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

USA Today publisher offers to buy Tribune

Gannett Co., which owns USA TODAY, said Monday it offered to buy Tribune Publishing for about $815 million, its second big expansion move since spinning off from its former parent less than a year ago.

USA TODAY

Justice OKs Charter buy of Time Warner Cable

The U.S. Justice Department approved Charter Communications Inc’s proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House networks, which would create the second-largest broadband provider.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Soy touted to prevent food contamination

The food industry should be using soy or soya beans to stop the growth of microbial pathogens on food, according to Suresh Neethirajan.

TheSpreadIt

Evidence points toward early primate migration

Scientists have unearthed monkey teeth that could significantly change the animals’ migration history.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Dictionary adds ’genderqueer,’ ‘genderfluid’

Merriam-Webster has added gender-inclusive words to its unabridged dictionary – including “cisgender,” “genderqueer” and the gender-neutral title “Mx” – as part of a big update of over 1,400 new words to its lexicon.

ABC News

Computer scientists combat poaching

Using an artificial intelligence application that develops the most effective patrol routes, a team of researchers from the University of Southern California are proving that technology has a role to play in protecting wildlife.

Christian Science Monitor

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Crackdown underscores NGOs’ power

From Malaysia to Morocco and from India to Ethiopia, governments have been cracking down on activists who are trying to hold them to account.

Christian Science Monitor

China law threatens foreign advocacy NGOs

China will enact a law codifying regressive policies against foreign NGOs and advocacy workers. The legislation would expand the discretionary powers of the police and make it harder for foreign NGOs to operate.

Time

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Microsoft expands grants for PC training

Microsoft is investing $75 million into its YouthSpark program for helping children and students develop computer science skills. Now it’s expanding that program with a series of grants around the world.

The Next Web

Geffen gives $100M to Museum of Modern Art

New York’s Museum of Modern Art says it has received a $100 million gift from entertainment executive and philanthropist David Geffen.

MSN News

ENVIRONMENT

Rise in CO2 has ‘greened Planet Earth’

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants. A new study says that if the extra green leaves were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.

BBC

Plant carbon dioxide may not make global warming worse, study suggests

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fabric can help clean up oil spills at sea

Australian researchers have found a better way of cleaning them up before they destroy an entire ecosystem: a new fabric covered in nanostructures that attract oil and repel water. In other words, a mop for the ocean.

ScienceAlert

Nanogrid breaks down pollutants in water,

National Science Foundation

Photo of the Day

Three failed rainy seasons have resulted in Ethiopia‘s worst drought in 50 years. Countrywide, 250 000 people are believed to be displaced across more than 25 sites. Siti zone in the country’s Somali region is one of the hardest hit; up to 90 percent of livestock in the area has died. (Photo by office of the European Commission Director General) Photo used under CC BY

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