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De regenerar tejidos dañados a fabricar estructuras biológicas: la medicina explora una frontera que hasta hace poco parecía ciencia ficción.

(The Center Square) - More than 20,000 ballots were rejected in Washington's August primary after U.S. Postal Service policy changes, with rural and Latino-heavy counties taking the biggest hit. However, additional expected modifications to the USPS system were dealt a major blow Monday evening, with the Supreme Court blocking proposed changes from going into effect for the fall midterm election. The halt comes as Washington dealt with thousands more uncounted ballots than previous years, with the cause of those delays still unresolved. Statewide, late postmark rejections rose 32% this August compared with the 2024 primary, according to Secretary of State data. In 19 of Washington's 39 counties, the late-postmark rejection rate more than doubled year over year, and in two counties it more than quadrupled. Mason County saw the biggest jump: compared with the 2024 primary, the late postmark rejection rate rose 329.7%. That’s followed by Stevens County (303.7%), Yakima County (268.5%), Okanogan County (263.5%) and Franklin County (206%). The chairs of each of these five counties’ Republican parties did not respond to The Center Square’s request for comment Monday. These counties share a common thread: they're rural, backed Trump in 2024, and several have sizable Latino or Native American populations that are already more vulnerable to mail-service gaps. Hispanic residents make up 52.4% of the population In Yakima County and 21% in Okanogan County per Census Bureau estimates. Okanogan County includes portions of the Colville Reservation and has an American Indian population of 8.3%. The ballot rejections come after new federal rules and cost-cutting initiatives consolidated USPS mail processing into regional hubs. Under the change, mail from post offices more than 50 miles from a distribution center is now trucked to that hub once a day instead of twice, meaning ballots can sit for a day or more before they're postmarked. In a field test, Snohomish County officials discovered that Priority Mail clearly marked as ballots could take as long as 20 days to arrive. For Hayward Evans, president of Seattle-King County NAACP, this along with more high-profile USPS changes ordered by President Trump in March reflect decades-old tactics used to keep women and Black Americans from voting. “States erected barriers: poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, violence and other measures designed to keep Black citizens from the ballot,” Evans said at a press conference last week with U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Secretary of State Steve Hobbs. “History teaches us that progress is not permanent unless we protect it.” In a March 31 executive order, President Trump directed states to submit lists of mail voters and also reject ballots tied to non-compliant envelope designs or unlisted voters. USPS published a final version of that rule Aug. 26, but it remains blocked for the November election: a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction last week after a coalition of 25 states, including Washington, sued. The Trump administration had defended the rule as a narrow, fraud-prevention measure rather than a broader restriction on mail voting. Solicitor General John Sauer told the courts the USPS's envelope-design and voter-list requirements are modest and would not involve verifying voter eligibility or blocking ballots from voters left off state-submitted lists, arguing the added scrutiny helps guard against mail fraud. White House spokesperson Lauren Bis has called the changes commonsense measures to protect the security of mail-in ballots. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to lift the injunction, over dissents from Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. In a brief, unsigned order, the court found the administration was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge, leaving the rule blocked for the midterms. The ruling came a day after a second judge — Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, in a parallel case in Washington, D.C. — issued his own injunction against the rule, finding no statute gives USPS the authority to enforce its key provisions. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown released a statement after the ruling. “Today’s ruling is a huge win for orderly elections this November," Brown's statement said. “State and local elections officials can now focus on what they do best—administering legitimate elections that count every eligible ballot cast. Our office will remain vigilant around any other attempts by this administration to meddle in the current election while we continue the longer court fight against the administration’s illegal attack on mail-in voting.” Uncounted votes The recent pattern of late-postmark rejections wasn't limited to Republican-leaning areas. Clallam County, which backed Kamala Harris, saw rejections rise 199%, and Whitman and Snohomish counties, also Harris counties, saw increases of 133.2% and 66.9%, respectively. The rate increases tell one story, but the raw vote totals tell another. Since Yakima County is far more populous than counties like Mason or Stevens, its jump — from 524 late-postmark rejections in 2024 to 1,750 in 2026 — is the single largest increase in ballots kept from counting anywhere in the state. Statewide, 20,267 ballots were rejected for late postmarks in the 2026 primary, up from 16,131 in 2024, creating a net increase of 4,136 rejected ballots even as about 100,000 fewer ballots were cast overall. Nineteen of the 20 counties with the largest percentage increases are smaller, more rural counties outside the Puget Sound corridor — the exception being Snohomish, which had the second-largest number of rejected ballots behind Yakima. By contrast, 10 counties saw rejection rates decline from 2024 to 2026, most among the state's larger, more metropolitan counties: King, Pierce, Clark, Spokane, Thurston, Cowlitz, Jefferson, Lincoln, Columbia and Skamania. A statewide map from the Washington Secretary of State’s office breaks down the number of rejections by county, and the reason. Washington voters will still receive their ballots by mail for the Nov. 3 general election following the Supreme Court's Monday ruling on the broader USPS rule. But the separate postmarking and transportation changes that officials blame for the primary's rejection-rate spike aren't part of that litigation and remain in place. Cantwell has called for Senate hearings on the postmarking issue and is urging voters, especially in rural areas, to use official ballot drop boxes or mail ballots as early as possible. The League of Women Voters of Washington suggests mailing one week out, and to sign up for the state’s ballot tracker.

El asesinato de Claudia Tacoronte, la estudiante española de 21 años que llevaba apenas un mes de intercambio en Morelos, ha vuelto a poner el foco sobre una universidad marcada por la violencia: otras tres alumnas fueron asesinadas en los últimos siete meses y sus casos siguen sin esclarecerse.

Jean Smart cerró la historia de Deborah Vance haciendo historia: ganó el Emmy por cada temporada de Hacks.

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) segue com 36% de intenções de voto na disputa presidencial, à frente de seu principal adversário, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), que marca 31%, no primeiro turno, segundo a pesquisa Quaest divulgada nesta segunda-feira (14). Em um eventual segundo turno, Lula e Flávio aparecem tecnicamente empatados, com 40% e […] Fonte

HUTCHINSON — Los candidatos a gobernador se enzarzaron en una verdadera pelea a puño limpio cuando subieron al escenario el sábado en la Feria Estatal de Kansas para un debate marcado por los cánticos y abucheos de una multitud entusiasta de seguidores en duelo. El presidente del Senado de Kansas, Ty Masterson, el candidato republicano, […]

La inteligencia artificial, los robots y las habitaciones inteligentes están transformando la experiencia hotelera sin que el huésped siempre lo perciba.

Matthew Rhys convirtió a Nile Jarvis en uno de los personajes más inquietantes de Netflix y ahora su interpretación le valió un Emmy.

A failed candidate for mayor in a small Louisiana town faces federal charges for allegedly helping a noncitizen to register and vote in her 2024 election.

Selama berbulan, sebuah kamera pengintai bekerja tanpa suara di bawah kanopi hutan primer Taman Nasional Kayan Mentarang (TNKM), Kalimantan Utara. Ketika datanya diperiksa, kamera itu menyimpan rekaman istimewa: seekor kucing merah kalimantan berjalan sambil menggigit mangsa. Kucing merah kalimantan (Catopuma badia) merupakan salah satu karnivora paling misterius di Pulau Kalimantan. Satwa berstatus Genting ini sulit […] The post Kucing Misterius Kalimantan Kembali Terekam Kamera di Kayan Mentarang appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

(The Center Square) - An Everett-based shelter manufacturer that built the first tiny home village under Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s homeless initiative has shut down. Wilson announced in April that Pallet would construct a village of high-panel micro-shelters in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. The development, which opened in August, is the first of 4,000 temporary housing units initially planned over four years for unhoused residents under a Wilson initiative. However, Wilson pivoted on her homeless plan Monday, releasing a statement highlighting a plan to increase available shelter beds by 1,000 the end of the year. Pallet had said it wanted to build other villages in Seattle, but ceased operations before it could begin further projects. In a statement posted to its website, Pallet reflected on how the landscape surrounding homelessness responses has shifted since the company was founded in 2017. "Communities understand the challenge differently. Customer needs have become more complex. Funding environments and political priorities have shifted," the statement read. "And through nine years of working alongside communities across North America, we have learned an extraordinary amount about what works, what doesn't, and what is needed next." Since its launch, Pallet deployed more than 100 transitional villages across North America, providing over 6,000 temporary beds to an estimated 30,000 individuals, according to the statement. Seattle had not been a Pallet target for a tiny home village until Wilson took office in January. While the city already hosts roughly a dozen tiny house villages, another company, the Low-Income Housing Institute, built and manages those sites. Neighbors around some of the villages have complained of increased crime and fentanyl use stemming from the complexes. Unlike traditional models, Pallet partnered with non-profit and faith-based organizations to manage its complexes and offer social services. Wilson's Interim Communications Director Alex Hudson said the mayor is committed to getting Seattleites who are unhoused and suffering connected with the shelter they need and deserve. "We are grateful to Pallet for their initial partnership. There are many companies capable of producing tiny houses, and we look forward to working with them to achieve progress," he said in a statement to The Center Square. The shutdown leaves local operators of existing Pallet sites responsible for performing their own maintenance and sourcing replacement parts independently. Despite the operational end, Pallet expressed optimism about its legacy, framing the closure as a necessary evolution on its website. “Our goal was never to defend one solution. Our goal is to solve the problem,” the company said.

法國世界報指出，上周末在新德里舉行的金磚國家峰會見證了中印關係進一步謹慎地回暖，但是，兩國關係中的深層矛盾仍然存在。

法国世界报指出，上周末在新德里举行的金砖国家峰会见证了中印关系进一步谨慎地回暖，但是，两国关系中的深层矛盾仍然存在。

Son muchas las generaciones cuya experiencia escolar no ha logrado estar a la altura de lo que debía haber sido.

O deputado federal Cezinha de Madureira (PL-SP) não registrou boletim de ocorrência sobre o suposto furto de celular que teria sofrido na sexta-feira (11), na Avenida Paulista, em São Paulo, segundo a newsletter Noites Húngaras, do jornalista investigativo Paulo Motoryn, e o jornal Metrópolis. Madureira, que é pastor da Assembleia de Deus, gravou um vídeo […] Fonte

Las reformas educativas españolas han cambiado profundamente la forma de enseñar y estudiar, pero sus resultados vuelven a estar bajo sospecha ante el deterioro que reflejan los datos de PISA.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to enforce restrictions on mail-in voting, a lifeline for millions of voters of color. The decision comes in the midst of a pivotal midterm election as voters across the country decide control of Congress– and as voting-rights advocates warn that restrictions on mail-in voting […] The post Breaking: Supreme Court Blocks Trump Push to Restrict Mail-In Voting, a Lifeline for Many Voters of Color appeared first on The Emancipator.

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