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New York man charged in fatal parking argument in Florida

TheRepublic.com 

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — An argument over a parking space in a crowded tourist district escalated into two fatal shootings, including one involving police officers, Florida authorities said Monday. The initial fight began late Sunday when a white BMW attempted to parallel park along Ocean Drive in popular South Beach, according to an arrest report



Sunstroke toll rises to 16 in Odisha

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Sunstroke toll climbed to 16 in Odisha on Monday even as rains and a nor'wester in some areas brought respite from intense heat in the state.

Gunmen kill district governor, son in eastern Afghanistan

TheRepublic.com 

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen have killed a district governor and his son in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province. Abdul Raouf Massoud, a provincial police official, said the attack took place Sunday in the district of Shakhil Abad when Ajmal Khan was fired on in front of his house and both he and his son were killed.

Ancient genetic mutation helps Russians resist AIDS

Russia Beyond the Headlines 

Russians are not the only people who carry the HIV-resistant gene, CCR5-∆32, which protects those who carry it. In France, England and Germany, about 10 percent of the population boasts this mutation; and the figure in Italy, Turkey and Bulgaria is about 5 percent. In Saudi Arabia, China and Africa, however, no one enjoys this protection. Of significant interest is that in studies of African-Americans with some European ancestors about 2 – 5 percent are HIV-resistant.

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Tesla’s former Autopilot head is launching a self-driving-car company — and it could have a big advantage

BusinessInsider.com 

Medium / Chris Urmson

It's not particularly shocking to see a new startup pop up at this point in the lucrative race to develop self-driving-car tech.

But it is noteworthy to see one that boasts the star engineers behind Google's and Tesla's respective projects as its leaders.

Aurora Innovation is a new startup led by Chris Urmson, the former head of Google's autonomous car team, and Sterling Anderson, the former director of Tesla Autopilot. Drew Bagnell, Uber's former autonomy and perception lead... Читать дальше...

Dental 3D printing company Arfona takes top prize at Propelify Startup Competition

3ders.org 

Arfona, a Brooklyn-based dental 3D printing startup, has just been named winner of the 2017 Propelify Startup Competition. The company, which has developed an innovative 3D printer for manufacturing partial dentures, is hoping to make dental care—and specifically tooth replacement—more accessible to patients.

South Carolina approves another alternative teacher program

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A new alternative certification program is being offered for college graduates in South Carolina who want to teach but don't have an education degree. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports (http://bit.ly/2qz2gjb ) is the eighth alternative certification program recognized by South Carolina and a bill signed by Gov. Henry McMaster will allow the state Board of Education to authorize more.

UN pulls backing for Palestinian women’s center over naming

TheRepublic.com 

JERUSALEM — The U.N. says it has stopped supporting a Palestinian community center in the West Bank that was named for a woman who participated in a deadly 1978 attack in Israel. Secretary-General António Guterres’s office says the U.N. withdrew its support after learning the center was named for Dalal Mughrabi. Guterres’s office says: “The





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