Hero Corps helps hurt veterans become child exploitation case analysts
The program by Homeland Security Investigations trains wounded service members to serve as computer forensics interns for child predator cases. Expanding from 19 in 2013 to nearly 50, participants are recruited via U S Special Operations Command and HSI Cyber Crime Center. Interns analyze vast digital media, with the first classes already offered full-time roles.
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Cyber Crime Center
Leduc
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National Association To Protect Children
Weeks
Hero Corps
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Krieger
New Orleans
Widener
Tampa
Gaertner
Florida
Japan's biracial Miss Universe contestant faces bias
Ariana Miyamoto, the first biracial Japanese Miss Universe qualifier, endures abuse and racial taunts while challenging attitudes in a predominantly Japanese society. She recalls childhood discrimination, with peers avoiding her and mockery in school and gym. Critics online question her look and stance as she carries the spotlight.
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Ariana Miyamoto
Miyamoto
Japan
U.S. Naval Base
Sasebo
Ariana Miyamoto and the Miss Universe Japan race debate
Ariana Miyamoto, 21, defends her Miss Universe Japan bid amid backlash over biracial heritage. She says entering aims to shift discriminatory attitudes in Japan after a friend’s suicide and growing media focus on race. Her story highlights slowly changing views and calls for diversity across Japanese society.
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Mai Yamada
Kyoto
Ariana
Greg Dvorak
Tokyo
Hitotsubashi University
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USA Today
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Jacksonville
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Nagasaki
Sasebo Naval Base
California
Arkansas
Dvorak
Toru Yamawana
Ariana Miyamoto
Older Germans turn to entrepreneurship after long careers
Berlin based report notes a rising trend of 50 to 60 somethings starting businesses. Silke Wommelsdorf, 51, left a 30 year sales career to open a dog salon. Data from KFW shows one in ten new startups is led by someone over 55. Projections warn of continued aging, higher retirement costs, and a shrinking workforce.
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German Economic Institute
Dagmar Schulz
Japan
Pew Research Center
Thomas Funke
RKW
Funke
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