26 h. ago Dr. Oz reveals how he is bringing change to DC and helping the most vulnerable Americans

Dr. Mehmet Oz discusses his role as new CMS administrator, outlining Medicaid reform including work requirements and fraud crackdowns to empower Americans.

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6 d. ago How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change

Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.

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1 week ago ADL CEO: Trump Admin. Has Helped Get Schools that Wouldn't Change to Do So

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that while he is worried about overreach from the federal government, we haven’t been able to get administrators and institutions of higher education to end antisemitism, “The The post ADL CEO: Trump Admin. Has Helped Get Schools that Wouldn’t Change to Do So appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago California's 'Streamlined' Permitting Process for Green Energy is Stuck

California is struggling to approve permits even for "green" projects like solar and wind energy -- and even under a formally "streamlined" process that was meant to accelerate projects that help fight climate change. The post California’s ‘Streamlined’ Permitting Process for Green Energy is Stuck appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system

In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed in the aftermath of the storm.Katrina caused horrific destruction in New Orleans. It threw incarcerated people into a sort of purgatory - some were lost in prisons for more than a year. But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades. Two decades later, Shapiro returns to New Orleans and finds a system vastly improved.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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3 w. ago Hundreds of former Israeli military and security leaders urge Trump to end Gaza war

More than 500 former officials who once led Israel's military and security agencies are asking President Trump to help stop the war in Gaza. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with one of them.

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4 w. ago How Romy Gonzalez’s leadoff home run helped change Red Sox outlook on Saturday

Gonzalez quickly responded when Boston faced an early deficit. The Red Sox followed suit with six straight unanswered runs. The post How Romy Gonzalez’s leadoff home run helped change Red Sox outlook on Saturday appeared first on Boston.com.

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