Explosion at Minnehaha Academy Leaves One Dead
A natural gas blast at the private Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis killed Ruth Berg a long time receptionist and injured several others. Crews search debris for John Carlson a part time janitor still missing as two floors burn slowly and a void may exist beneath collapsed roof.
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Minneapolis
Minnehaha Academy
Christian School
Bryan Toner
Ruth Berg
John Carlson
John Fruetel
Carlson
Fruetel
President signs law restricting Trump on sanctions against Russia
President Trump quietly signs a bill limiting his power to lift sanctions on Russia and expanding penalties on Iran and North Korea. Congress near unanimously approved the measure, while Medvedev calls it a full scale trade war and Schumer touts bipartisan oversight.
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Washington
Donald Trump
Russia
Trump
Moscow
Congress
Vladimir Putin
Iran
North Korea
Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev
U.S
Charles E. Schumer
New York
Senate
John Bies
Justice Department
Obama
Flawed genes safely fixed
Lauran Neergaard reports on a breakthrough where faulty genes are corrected using gene editing advances. The piece outlines potential medical applications and ethical considerations while noting early clinical progress and the cautious pace of applied therapies.
Breakthrough edits embryos raise ethical questions in gene repair
Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University report repairing a disease causing gene in human embryos using CRISPR-Cas9 to target hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The work is lab only and aims to prevent inherited diseases while sparking debate over germline edits and future designer babies.
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Oregon Health & Science University
Washington
Oregon Health and & Science University
George Daley
Harvard Medical School
Robin Lovell-Badge
Britain
Francis Crick Institute
China
Nature
Oregon
Two Americans Dead in Afghan NATO Convoy Attack
A bombing near Kandahar city killed two American service members in Afghanistan. The Pentagon later released casualty figures amid tensions over disclosure practices, while the Taliban claimed a larger toll and touted two destroyed tanks.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
NATO
Pentagon
U.S
Navy
Jeff Davis
Kandahar
Army
John Nicholson
Nicholson
Taliban
Qari Yusuf Ahmadi
Asadullah Kandahari
Venezuela election turnout questioned by Smartmatic chief
Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica said official turnout of more than 8 million in Venezuela’s July 30 constituent assembly vote was tampered with by about 1 million according to his firm’s data. Tibisay Lucena dismissed the claim as opinion and Maduro countered with claims of 2 million more voters blocked by protesters.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Michel Temer
Chamber of Deputies
Temer
Rodrigo Janot
Latin America
Caracas
Venezuela
Constituent Assembly
Smartmatic
National Electoral Council
Antonio Mugica
London
Mugica
Tibisay Lucena
Nicolas Maduro
U.S
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Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh
Rob Doolittle
Chicago
Selkirk
N.Y
Doolittle
Lauran Neergaard
Associated Press
University of California, Berkeley
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