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PBS: Barr Announces $100 Million More to Combat Human Trafficking

PBS: Barr Announces $100 Million More to Combat Human Trafficking

Posted by | Sep 22, 2020 | , ,

U.S. Attorney General William Barr says the federal government is awarding more than $100 million in grants to target human trafficking. In Atlanta Monday, Barr made the announcement with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and presidential adviser Ivanka Trump. The money will go to task forces combatting human trafficking, to victim services, and victim housing. Barr added: “This is one of the top enforcement priorities of the department and we’re on the forefront of this fight. “It’s only by cooperating with all our partners, our state and local partners and those in the private sector that we’re going to be...

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CNN: When a Man Heard that Farmers Were Destroying Unsold Produce, He Arranged for Trucks to Deliver It to Food Banks

CNN: When a Man Heard that Farmers Were Destroying Unsold Produce, He Arranged for Trucks to Deliver It to Food Banks

Posted by | Sep 20, 2020 | , , ,

Business owner and University of Washington Bothell graduate George Ahearn co-founded the EastWest Food Rescue nonprofit with a simple strategy: “You tell us you’re hungry; we get you food.” Ahearn, who grew up in Othello in eastern Washington but now lives in Bothell, was prompted to act in April when he learned that onion and potato farmers in his old hometown were unable to sell all their crops due to the coronavirus pandemic. After hearing that onions would go to waste and potatoes would be plowed under, he started looking for a truck. One of the first people to...

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NPR: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87

NPR: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87

Posted by | Sep 18, 2020 | ,

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington surrounded by family. Chief Justice John Roberts said: “Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tired and resolute...

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A Farmer Planted Over 2 Million Sunflowers to Provide a Respite During This Rough Year

A Farmer Planted Over 2 Million Sunflowers to Provide a Respite During This Rough Year

Posted by | Sep 9, 2020 | ,

As people continue to endure the current pandemic, a Wisconsin farmer felt that everyone could use a little sunshine in their lives, so he decided he would make sure they had the chance by planting more than 2 million sunflowers in his fields. This is the first year that flowers are brightening the landscape at the farm. Scott Thompson’s family has been farming in Kenosha County for more than 70 years. Ordinarily, the pick-your-own farm consists of strawberries in summer and raspberries and pumpkins in the fall. Located just 10 miles from Kenosha, Wisconsin, in Bristol, Thompson Strawberry Farm...

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CNN: A Gender Reveal Sparked a Wildfire in California that’s Burned More than 8,500 Acres

CNN: A Gender Reveal Sparked a Wildfire in California that’s Burned More than 8,500 Acres

Posted by | Sep 7, 2020 | , , , ,

Note from the Editor, Erin Elizabeth: In recent years we have seen countless balloons released, even here near the ocean, which eventually end up harming or even killing marine life, and other stunts like this that are leaving animals and even humans dead. We suggest a good organic cake or clever way that doesn’t harm the environment or those in it for a gender reveal. A “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” used at a gender reveal party sparked the El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County, according to a press release from Cal Fire. RELATED STORY: CBS: Explosion at Gender Reveal...

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