South Carolina Senate approves moving Confederate flag from Statehouse
The Senate approved a plan to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds by a 37 to 3 vote after hours of debate. It must pass two thirds again in Tuesday's final vote before going to Gov. Haley, with House consideration looming and key GOP opposition noted.
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Twelve years after seven seven terror attack memory and memorials
A decade after the July 7 2005 London attacks Miriam Hyman’s sister Esther recalls the loss as Britain marks the day with national services at St Pauls and Hyde Park. The Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust funds a Children’s Eyecare Center in India and a teachers site Miriam’s Vision while Cameron vows fines from FX breaches fund memorials for Tunisia and overseas victims.
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Leaders demand bioterror lab names in new letter
Bipartisan leaders from a congressional oversight panel press federal regulators for the identities of laboratories sanctioned for safety violations while handling select agent pathogens. The inquiry cites USA TODAY Network findings that over 100 labs faced enforcement since 2003. The letter to HHS Inspector General sets July 20 as a deadline.
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Global asteroid scare tests world response at Italy conference
Researchers staged a spring time scenario in Italy to test global reactions to an incoming asteroid. A simulated misstep could trigger wider devastation, but a shift in its path prevented catastrophe though a fragment drifted toward Bangladesh. Experts discussed death ray lasers, nuclear shattering, and high speed impact methods as potential deflection tools.
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