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Vermont Floods Show U.S. Lags in Adapting to Climate Change

This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction far from rivers or coastlines, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning. And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat. The idea that anywhere it can rain, it can flood, is not …

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Rust language project revamps governance

Proponents of the Rust programming language have formed the Rust Leadership Council, to serve as the top-level governance body of the Rust Project. The change follows some disgruntlement in the Rust community over the project’s leadership and governance. Announced June 20, the Rust Leadership council will assume responsibility for top-level governance concerns while most responsibilities of the Rust Project, such …

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Scottish drug proposals would do ‘untold damage’, says Braverman

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told the Scottish government its proposals to decriminalise drugs for personal use would do “untold damage to our neighbourhoods”. Scottish drugs minister Elena Whitham announced the plans on Friday – which would require the backing of the UK government – along with a framework for the creation of safe consumption rooms and the consideration of …

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Six dead in Nepal tourist helicopter crash

All six people aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed soon after takeoff. The helicopter lost contact eight minutes after taking off on Tuesday morning. The two helicopters deployed for search and rescue could  not land at the crash site because of the weather, but teams on the ground brought the bodies to the helicopters which …

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