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3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate

The vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday was something of a stalemate, though it did feature several striking moments and offered an interesting preview into what presidential politics might look like once Donald Trump is off the stage. It isn’t clear yet how genuinely undecided voters responded to the debate […]

Times Union 

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system. Only 15% of the lakes' bottom has been mapped, according to the Great Lakes Observing System. The organization has been pushing since 2018 to secure funding to map the entire lakebed in high-resolution. Advocates argue the effort would paint a detailed picture of shipwrecks... Читать дальше...

Vox 

The only moment from the VP debate that mattered

At the end of the vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz asked Sen. JD Vance a pointed question: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Vance’s response: “Tim, I’m focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 Covid situation?” There is a clear right […]

Times Union 

Sex workers are hit hard by Congo's mpox outbreak but say their only option is to keep working

Sex workers are among those hardest-hit by the mpox outbreak in eastern Congo's Kamituga town. An estimated 40,000 sex workers reside there. Many of them are single mothers driven by poverty to this mineral-rich commercial hub where gold miners comprise the majority of the clientele. Despite risks of reinfection or spreading the virus, sex workers say they have no choice but to keep working. The virus spreads through skin-to-skin contact. Doctors estimate 80% of cases here have been contracted sexually. Читать дальше...