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TheRepublic.com 

Mexico bans night fishing, gillnets for vaquita porpoise

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities are banning night fishing and gill nets in an area inhabited by the endangered vaquita marina porpoise in the upper Gulf of California. The national fisheries commission said fishermen in the protected area of the gulf, which is also known as the Sea of Cortez, will also have to leave

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Bat rays die after getting into Bay Area salt ponds

Fifteen dead bat rays washed ashore over the weekend at a South Bay wildlife refuge in what officials called an isolated incident. The influx of the dead bat-like sea creatures, first reported by NBC Bay Area, was spotted at the Don Edwards San Francisco National Wildlife Refuge in the San Jose neighborhood of Alviso. Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday the deaths may have been caused by a process environmentalists are using to restore marsh land in the area and that there was no cause for alarm. Читать дальше...

TheRepublic.com 

Feds investigate Memphis school district over migrant bias

The largest public school district in Tennessee is under a federal civil rights investigation into bias allegations surrounding district officials’ treatment of migrant children from Central America and their parents, U.S. Department of Education officials said Wednesday. The department’s Office for Civil Rights launched the investigation last week into “issues affecting English learners” as well

International Business Times 

Roger Ailes Sexual Harassment Allegations Grow With New Accuser Speaking Out Against Fox News Chief

A new accuser reportedly stepped forward Wednesday with a decades-old claim of being sexually harassed by the chief executive officer of Fox News as he was working on a New York City mayoral campaign in the late 80s. Roger Ailes has now been accused of sexual harassment by at least seven women, with the latest instance coming as he was negotiating his exit from the cable news channel over the scandalous claims.

TheRepublic.com 

Oklahoma officer cleared in fatal shooting of homeless man

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma County district attorney has cleared a police officer in the shooting death of a homeless man on a city street. The Oklahoman reports (http://bit.ly/29WDqEB ) that District Attorney David Prater wrote that Sgt. Steve Helmer had “no viable option” but to shoot Derek Prophet on May 25. Police say Prophet

Goal.com 

Liverpool await news of Lucas injury

The midfielder, who has been linked with an Anfield exit this summer, pulled up against Huddersfield and had to be withdrawn during Wednesday's pre-season game