Energy & Environment

The United States provides funding for ‘environmentally-friendly’ structures, yet fails to protect them from flood damage.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was the kind of extreme weather event that happened all too often this year: On an unseasonably warm day, more than two feet of rain inundated the city, flooding hundreds of cars and buildings, including a recently constructed luxury apartment tower that touts its sustainability credentials to prospective tenants. The

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Sport

Predictions for the 2023 post-season of boys’ soccer playoffs

HighSchoolOT offers comprehensive playoff predictions for the NCHSAA’s seeded playoffs every year. This autumn, we are giving HSOT Insiders access to our projections for the boys’ soccer playoffs in all divisions. The projections rely on the RPI system, which is continuously updated instead of weekly updates. To learn more about playoff bracket logistics, take a

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Health Care

“Fighting the battle against fentanyl is a ubiquitous effort.”

Representative Henry Cuellar, who serves a district along the Texas border, was interviewed by Megan Messerly from POLITICO at a live event titled “Addressing America’s Opioid Crisis.” Photograph by Courtney Rohrbach for POLITICO. Elected representatives from the Democratic party are publicly separating themselves from progressive individuals who criticize law enforcement, while the death toll from

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Health Care

The beginning of the Covid vaccine distribution has been difficult.

Last week, the FDA and CDC approved the updated Pfizer and Moderna vaccines targeting the Covid strain that was present in the late spring and early summer. The latest release of Covid-19 vaccines has encountered obstacles due to the discontinuation of the federal government’s procurement and distribution of the doses. Most Americans with public and

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