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Sheriff Greg Capers' turn in the national spotlight after an April mass shooting belied years of complaints about corruption and dysfunction that were previously unknown outside of the piney woods of San Jacinto County.

 

As more people seek diagnosis and treatment, the system is unable to serve them, and social media is filling in those gaps

 

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion a year ago, it shook efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest rate of unintended pregnancies, and 77% of abortions are estimated to be unsafe.

 

Overdoses linked to tranq, the street drug that can cause horrific wounds, have spiked 276 percent, according to the CDC.

 

As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others.

 

Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.

 

South Africans are experiencing worsening blackouts as winter hits and the crisis is fuelling demands for political change in Africa's most-advanced economy.

 

The platform has suddenly suspended dozens of high-profile accounts, cutting people off from the communities that keep them safe.

 

Major tech founders, CEOs, VCs and industry giants across Europe have signed an open letter to the EU Commission, warning that Europe could miss out on the generative AI revolution if the EU passes laws stifling innovation.

Executives from 150 businesses highlighted the risks of tight regulation, saying the rules could threaten the ability of European companies to compete in AI.

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen, an avid user of the platform, had vowed to delete his account after Meta’s oversight board said he had used it to threaten political violence.

 

By studying how the arachnids respond to static electricity, researchers may have found a new reason to dread the bloodsucking creatures.

 

Montevideo is experiencing its worst drought in over 70 years. The situation is being worsened by locals hoarding water supplies.

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