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As the transition to clean energy gains momentum, the United States faces the dilemma that it is almost completely subordinate to China in terms of the rare minerals it uses to build clean energy systems.
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The numbers can be numbing. And that’s exactly what health officials fear.
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This month, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a Department of Justice division that oversees immigration courts and judges, issued its latest update to its previous report, “Myths vs Facts About Immigration Proceedings.” The 10-page document attempts to debunk what they describe as 29 myths about asylum claims, legal representation, video hearings, and the performance and decisions by immigration judges. What it appears to have accomplished instead, according to immigration lawyers and advocates, is to further underscore the reality of how politicized and flawed the immigration system is—and has been throughout the Trump administration.
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Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in partnership with the All of Us Research Program, which collects and studies health data to help scientists identify health trends. More than 80% of participants are from groups that have been historically underrepresented in research.
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Nevada lost about 70 COVID-19 contact tracers this week, adding to the burden of local health authorities to alert people likely exposed to the novel coronavirus.
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The Springs Preserve is one of more than 30 drop-off locations in the Las Vegas Valley where residents can donate and recycle their live Christmas trees for free.
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With an unwavering commitment to empower, enrich and educate underserved children to lead choice-filled lives, non-profit CORE welcomes two new members to serve the organization on the CORE 2021 Board of Trustees: Jessica Battaglia, Vice President of Human Resources, Switch; and Bo Bernhard, Associate Vice President of Economic Development, UNLV.
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In March, after France entered into lockdown as the first wave of the coronavirus throttled the nation, Lorian De Sousa turned to Twitter with nothing but time on his hands.
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Government and nonprofit health and community services organizations are expanding their COVID-19 educational campaigns about the newly released vaccines not just in English and Spanish, but soon, Thai and Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese.
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