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Despite years of experience in immigration advocacy, Seydi Sarr had to scramble to get her nephew out. Outlier Media · By Beenish Ahmed, Michigan Public · When ICE detained her nephew, even this immigrant rights advocate didn’t know how to get him out

In Kolwezi in de zuidoostelijke provincie Lualaba van de Democratische Republiek Congo, zijn er spanningen tussen de ambachtelijke mijnwerkers en de industriële mijnbouwbedrijven. De stad bezit 70% van de kobaltreserves wereldwijd.

Wildlife trade is decimating the planet’s biodiversity, driving declines in more than 31,500 wild species and spreading infectious zoonotic diseases that jump between wildlife, livestock and humans. In addition to massive legal, regulated trade, there’s widespread illicit trafficking in both live animals and high-demand, profitable animal products, a commerce worth at least $20 billion per […]

Washington Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday signed historic legislation creating an income tax, saying it is a critical step toward making the state’s system of taxation less regressive. The bill imposes a 9.9% levy on households with income above $1 million a year. Collections would begin in 2029 and generate around $3 billion a […]

On Monday, Fermi America hosted a quarterly earnings call, which detailed updates on Project Matador’s construction progress and highlights from its 2025 fiscal year. According to its shareholder letter, Fermi has completed the first phase of construction on Project Matador.  Some power generation equipment is already on site, in transit, or being refurbished, including three […] The post Fermi America delivers update during earnings call appeared first on Amarillo Tribune.

Dy ligje në Mal të Zi, që janë kontroverse prej perspektivës së Brukselit, amendamentet e ligjeve në sektorin e gjyqësorit në Serbi dhe dështimi për t’ia hequr imunitetin parlamentar ish-zëvendëskryeministres në Shqipëri, i kanë kthyer këto tri shtete kandidate për anëtarësim në Bashkimin Evropian sërish para testit kryesor për pranim, atij për sundimin e ligjit, raporton […]

(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is touting proposed gaming regulations aimed at preventing underage sports betting and protecting wagerers from market manipulation by artificial intelligence platforms. The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday released draft regulations that include new safeguards to prevent minors from accessing sports betting apps, restrictions on operators' use of artificial intelligence, and enhanced intervention measures for individuals showing signs of problem gambling. Other key provisions of the new rules include stricter identity verification requirements, including biometric authentication, device registration controls, and enhanced geolocation tracking to prevent unauthorized access. Hochul said the yet-to-be-implemented regulations are part of her administration's broader effort to address the rapid expansion of sports betting and its impact on public health. "Mobile sports wagering is everywhere, enticing everyone — including our youth — to place bets without fully considering the consequences," Hochul said in a statement. "We need strong regulatory safeguards to prevent those under 21 from gambling, keep artificial intelligence from preying on gamblers, and require sports wagering operators take real action if one of their customers is showing signs of gambling harm." The draft regulations also include new "triggers” for gamblers — such as large deposits, repeated increases to betting limits, canceled withdrawal requests, and significant time spent gambling — to identify risky gambling behavior and require operator intervention. If a user is deemed at risk, their account could be closed and they would be referred to professional help, under the proposed regulations. New York has had in-person sports betting at casinos since 2019, and authorized mobile betting a few years later. Currently, there are nine mobile sportsbooks — including DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM — licensed by the state to take wagers on professional games through websites and apps on users’ smartphones, tablets and other electronic gadgets. The state has consistently set new online sports betting records for both handle and gross gaming revenues since wagering on the games got underway. New York online sports bettors wagered nearly $26.3 billion in 2025, about $3.5 billion more than the previous year, according to the Gaming Commission. New York's move to legalize wagering on games was in response to a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a federal law prohibiting sports gambling in nearly all states except Nevada. Supporters of sports wagering say it has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue for state and local governments and has helped eliminate illegal bookmaking operations. Critics say the state’s embrace of betting on professional sports has come with the heightened risk of increasing problem gambling, particularly among young bettors. State regulations require operators to take steps to prevent underage wagering, offer bettors the option to set spending limits and share information on gambling risks as well as signs of problem gambling. But underage individuals have still found ways to place bets, often by using existing accounts, officials say. "No other form of gambling has pervaded our consciousness like sports wagering, and impressionable kids are constantly exposed to the practice," Gaming Commission Chair Brian O’Dwyer said in a statement. "We look forward to hearing from the public on these important proposals."

Zohran Mamdani has been Hizzoner for just 88 days, and he’s already navigating the “poisoned chalice” of a big budget deficit he inherited while the credit agencies that could make it much more expensive for the city to borrow money are taking an increasingly dim view of its finances on his watch. Hosts Christina Greer […] The post LISTEN: A Full Plate for a Young New Mayor appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is weighing in on his old congressional seat by backing a legislator who is running against current U.S. Rep. Jim Baird in the Republican primary.

(The Center Square) - A new study finds Colorado’s participation in the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit could generate up to $657 million annually for in-state students and schools. The research was done by Common Sense Institute and involved the EFTC component in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “This is a tax credit that allows you to make a donation to any scholarship-generating organization of your choosing that's dedicated to school choice,” said D.J. Summers, CSI’s director of communications and research operations. “The tax credit - you get that off of your tax bill at the end of the year. And it's allowed to go to any school choice-related scholarship-granting organization for $1,700," Summers told The Center Square. Colorado’s program will begin in 2027. Summers said the state has a strong track record on education choice. “It's definitely been among the states in the union that have been friendlier to the idea of school choice,” said Summers. “So we know that people are probably going to take advantage of that here, and we wanted to know what the overall impacts would be to the economy, to the K-12 ecosystem and beyond.” The $657 million depends on participation rates. However, CSI reported that a 5 to 15% participation rate would generate between $164 million and $493 million annually. Other findings include 8,000 new jobs, $5.2 billion in gross domestic product growth and $8.3 billion in total economic output. Donations could also allow 36,000 more students to attend schools of their choice. Still, Democrats in the General Assembly, the state's bicameral legislature, have concerns. Rep. Eliza Hamrick serves Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Hamrick told The Center Square that CSI’s report promises an economic boon, but it ignores the fact that this federal program is a multi-billion-dollar accountability black hole. “Under Section 70411, Colorado tax-subsidized funds will be funneled through private middlemen who are not required to undergo independent financial audits or report a single data point on student academic progress,” said Hamrick. “Furthermore, because out-of-state organizations can distribute these funds, Colorado is essentially surrendering its fiscal oversight to unregulated private entities in our state and far beyond our state’s reach.” Hamrick added that redirecting hundreds of millions of dollars without mandatory transparency, accountability or consumer protections is not an educational boon. “It is a fiscal gamble with taxpayer money and the success of Colorado’s students,” said Hamrick. Rep. Rick Taggart, R-Mesa, does not see it that way. Taggart told The Center Square that Colorado should encourage participation in the EFTC because it has the potential to bring significant new resources into classrooms and directly benefit local school districts across the state without raising taxes. “At the same time, we must avoid overregulating this effort at the legislative level,” said Taggart. “The strength of this program is its flexibility and local control, and the legislature should not step in with new layers of bureaucracy that could limit participation or make it harder for schools and families to benefit."

Комісія із надзвичайних ситуацій Новосибірської області каже про розповсюдження «особливо небезпечного захворювання тварин»

In a time of financial challenges and political attack, innovative and collaborative partnerships across educational institutions offer the potential to improve practice and strengthen educational opportunities.

Si arribéssim a un paisatge sense noms, com batejaríem els llocs? Probablement miraríem al voltant i faríem servir paraules del nostre vocabulari per descriure el lloc on ens instal·lem. Hi ha noms transparents, com Sarroca, que entenem de seguida. Però quan trobem noms com Llavorsí, Escaló o Embonui, la curiositat es dispara. El seu significat és opac. Què van voler dir, els habitants que van posar noms a aquests llocs? Ara, gràcies a una recerca etimològica duta a terme a la comarca pirinenca del Pallars Sobirà, s'ha aconseguit donar resposta a aquesta pregunta. Quan el paisatge explica els noms La recerca abasta un corpus total de 464 topònims: 180 noms de pobles actuals i les seves formes medievals. L’objectiu no era saber en quina llengua es van crear, sinó entendre a què es referien. Per aconseguir-ho, es va combinar la lingüística del corpus, el treball de camp, l’ús dels sistemes d’informació geogràfica (SIG) i l’estadística. Els resultats apunten que molts noms estranys de pobles són, en realitat, aglutinacions de diversos mots que descrivien amb molta precisió el seu emplaçament. El treball estadístic i lingüístic ha permès reconstruir cinc mots antics que es combinen en molts topònims: –oil: relacionat amb el segment -UI (ull), per a pobles amb una conca visual molt gran. Eren antics punts de guaita, com Bernui, Bretui, Embonui o Llessui. –esca: vinculat a segments com -ESCA i a pobles situats a prop de congostos o penya-segats, com Escaló, Escart, Bresca o Tavascan. –(v)orte: relacionat amb segments com -ORT, -ORRE, -ARRE i amb pobles de pas per anar a altres valls, com Sort, Tornafort, Lladorre o Escalarre. –esta: reconstruït a partir de segments com EST- i -ÓS, associats a pobles amb prats plans d’origen glacio-lacustre o al·luvial, és a dir, antics espais d’aigua més o menys estancada (Esterri, Estaon, Arrós, Aurós, Berrós, etc.). –one: vinculat a -ON, -Ó, en pobles elevats amb el sentit de ‘damunt’. Mapa geològic de la gran planura d'Esterri d'Àneu. Aquests mots no només descriuen “objectes” (ulls metafòrics, congostos, passos per moure’s pel paisatge o aiguamolls), sinó sobretot “conceptes” (visió, tall, connexions, immobilitat). I, sorprenentment, es troben mots semblants en moltes llengües europees actuals per designar ull, objectes relacionats amb tall (osca, escletxa, esquerda, llesca), llocs de pas (porta, port) o immobilitat (estany, estuari, estàtua, estable, estàtic). Escalarre, ‘al congost, el punt de guaita de la cruïlla’ Escalarre il·lustra bé el funcionament d’aquest sistema denominatiu. Tant el poble actual com el nucli antic (lo Castellot) són a l’entrada d’una vall secundària, a tocar del congost del riu d’Unarre i en una cruïlla de camins. Des de lo Castellot es té una bona visió de dues valls superiors i de la gran vall inferior. La proposta és que Escalarre aglutina tres mots antics: –*esca ‘tall’ → el congost –*oil ‘ull’ → el punt de guaita (lo Castellot) –*orte ‘lloc de pas’ → la cruïlla per anar a les diverses valls En el llenguatge conceptual, Escalarre voldria dir ‘al tall, l’ull del lloc de pas’. En termes de paisatge, ‘al congost, el punt de guaita de la cruïlla’. No hi ha sufixos decoratius: cada fragment aporta informació geogràfica significativa. El poble d'Escalarre, a tocar del congost del riu d'Unarre. L’arqueologia del llenguatge Des del segle XIX, el mètode habitual per explicar noms com Llavorsí, Escaló o Embonui ha estat més o menys el mateix: estudiar-ne les formes medievals, atribuir el topònim a una llengua (llatí, àrab, basc, etc.), associar-lo a una paraula que s’hi assembli i fer una proposta del seu origen i significat. Aquesta manera de treballar té punts febles: cada estudiós decideix la llengua segons la seva percepció subjectiva, es pressuposen arrels i sufixos, i es practica una mena d’etimologia associativa que confia massa en semblances superficials. Això ha conduït a propostes molt diferents per a un mateix topònim com ara Llavorsí, interpretat segons els autors com com a derivat de llavor, d’un mot àrab que es referiria a abeuradors o del llatí lupercius ‘home llop’. En el disseny i aplicació del mètode utilitzat en aquesta nova recerca es van seguir tres passos principals: – Construir un corpus exhaustiu dels pobles del Pallars Sobirà, amb les citacions medievals més antigues dels segles X al XV. – Descompondre cada topònim en tots els segments possibles (1 179 segments diferents) mitjançant un algoritme, sense donar per fet que puguin haver-hi sufixos o declinacions. – Assignar a cada poble un conjunt de variables geogràfiques (desnivell, conca visual, presència de prats plans, congostos, tipus de roca, etc.) obtingudes amb visites sobre el terreny, entrevistes i SIG. Amb tot això, els filtres estadístics permeten veure quins segments dels topònims apareixen significativament associats a determinats trets del paisatge. El pensament conceptual dels nostres avantpassats La recerca mostra que molts topònims opacs podrien ser veritables fòssils lingüístics que conserven cognats prehistòrics. Aquests mots antics servien per formar paraules en llengües europees de famílies diferents i designaven conceptes bàsics i polivalents que avui han quedat amagats rere les definicions de diccionaris lèxics. Això suggereix l’existència d’un fons comú, possiblement d’una llengua europea que hauria deixat rastres tant en la toponímia com en el vocabulari actual. Mapa del Pallars Sobirà i els seus pobles. Els nostres avantpassats, doncs, no posaven noms “perquè sí”. Anomenaven els llocs tal com ho percebien tot, amb un pensament conceptual i simbòlic. Si volem entendre què signifiquen els noms dels nostres pobles i ciutats, cal mirar el lloc concret que anomenen: allà s’hi amaga, encara, la memòria d’un llenguatge que descrivia el món amb idees molt bàsiques, però sorprenentment lògiques. Núria Garcia-Quera en aquesta investigació ha rebut el suport de la Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament de Recerca i Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya i del Fons Europeu Social Plus (AGAUR Joan Oró 2020 FI-B 00099); del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2019-108282GB-I00); i de la Generalitat de Catalunya, per al projecte Grup en Geografia Aplicada (2021 SGR 00522). Actualment és professora de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Preşedintele Nicuşor Dan a afirmat, luni seară, că atacurile dintre partidele din Coaliţie nu sunt o noutate, aşa că ”ne-au dat ocazia să ne obişnuim cu asta”. Şeful statului apreciază că pe plan administrativ lucrurile funcţionează, fiind luate decizii pentru guvernarea ţării. Perspectiva unui guvern minoritar nu crede însă că este cea mai fericită, în contextul actual.

A coleção pessoal do crítico de arte brasileiro Roberto Pontual será leiloada em Paris nesta terça-feira (31). Trata-se da primeira venda na França dedicada exclusivamente a obras brasileiras. Reunido ao longo de décadas, o acervo reúne cerca de 150 peças de mais de 60 artistas contemporâneos, produzidas entre 1945 e 1994 – um conjunto que Vincent Wierink, ex-companheiro de Pontual, descreve como sendo “de afeto”.

A previsão do mercado financeiro para o Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA), referência oficial da inflação no país, passou de 4,17% para 4,31% este ano. A estimativa está no Boletim Focus desta segunda-feira (30), pesquisa divulgada semanalmente pelo Banco Central (BC) com a expectativa de instituições financeiras para os principais indicadores econômicos. […] Fonte

The practice of integrating pasture with trees has limited evidence of success for climate mitigation in the eastern United States.

Como o próprio nome diz, "Copan" aborda o cotidiano do imenso edifício em São Paulo projetado por Oscar Niemeyer nos anos 1950, símbolo da arquitetura moderna brasileira. O olhar da jornalista e cineasta Carine Wallauer sobre funcionários e moradores do prédio renderam um cativante documentário que venceu o prêmio principal do célebre festival "É Tudo Verdade", em 2025. Depois de ter passado pelo Cinélatino, em Toulouse, o público da capital francesa poderá assistir ao trabalho no Festival de Cinéma Latino-americano de Paris, em 10 de abril, onde concorre na categoria de longa-metragem.

Bajo el lema “Descubramos Concepción y su historia desde lo más alto”, La Gran Rueda anunció su llegada a la...