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The Tennessee Legislature has advanced a bill to criminalize the act of being in the state after receiving a final deportation order, while the House Judiciary Committee has also advanced a bill to remove discrimination protections for LGBTQIA+ individuals. The post Feb. 12: A Republican Immigration Bill Gets Started; Marsha Blackburn Polling Well appeared first on Nashville Banner.

ELA, LAB, Steilas, Hiru eta Etxalde sindikatuetako ordezkariek talde parlamentariei eskatu diete dagoeneko EH Bilduk eta Geroa Baik aurkeztu duten lege proposamenari bidea emateko. LGS Lanbide arteko Gutxieneko Soldata propioa Nafarroan erabakitzea "kolektibo zaurgarrienak babesteko" eta "autogobernuaren alde" egiteko neurria dela adierazi dute sindikatuek.

De Colombia a Marruecos o Japón: cómo circula la desinformación de unas “fotos de terremotos” en distintas partes del mundo desde hace años  El 8 de septiembre de 2023 un terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacudió Marruecos, lo que dejó varios bulos y desinformaciones al respecto. Uno de los más relevantes fue el de un supuesto archivo llamado “Ondas Sísmicas CARD” con fotos del terremoto enviado a WhatsApp que si se abre “te hackea el teléfono en 10 segundos”. Desde Maldita.es desmentimos que esto sucediera así.  Cadena de WhatsApp sobre fotos del terremoto de Marruecos.  A su vez, este mismo mensaje circuló diciendo que se trataba de un archivo de fotografías del terremoto que sacudió a El Calvario, Colombia sucedido en 2008. Como en la cadena de Marruecos, esta circulaba sin pruebas de ello y era falsa.  Cadena de WhatsApp sobre fotos del terremoto de Calvario.  Un año después, el 1 de enero de 2024, un terremoto de magnitud 7,5 sacudió Japón y fue entonces cuando la misma cadena comenzó a difundirse a través de WhatsApp pero ahora con este país como víctima.  Cadena de WhatsApp sobre fotos del terremoto de Japón y Marruecos.  Más recientemente, el 30 de julio de 2025, la cadena cobró vida nuevamente cuando un terremoto impactó Rusia y Japón.  Cadena de WhatsApp sobre fotos del terremoto de Japón y Rusia.  Se trata de la misma cadena, solo el país es el que cambia. El Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad (INCIBE) ha dicho al respecto que este tipo de mensajes suele “ser un bulo”.  La cadena también circula con variaciones Desde Maldita.es hemos desmentido varias cadenas que advierten de un supuesto archivo que puede hackear nuestro móvil en tan sólo 10 segundos. Aunque el mensaje varía, todas siguen la misma estructura y lo único que cambia es el nombre del supuesto archivo, país o situación. Por ejemplo, una cadena que circuló durante la DANA en Valencia de 2024 que decía: “Van a subir unas fotos de nuestro presidente (Pedro Sánchez) en Paiporta recogiendo barro después de la DANA, no las abras ni las veas, te jaquea el teléfono en 10 segundos…”. Esta cadena también circuló con el líder de la oposición, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Ya  desmentimos estos contenidos.  Cadena de WhatsApp de Pedro Sánchez o Alberto Núñez Feijóo en Paiporta. Otra cadena que circuló en abril de 2023 afirmaba que un vídeo llamado ‘Carnaval de las palomitas’ hackea el teléfono en 10 segundos, pero también es un bulo. Cadena de WhatsApp sobre un supuesto vídeo llamado “Carnaval de las palomitas”.  En febrero de 2020 desmentimos una cadena que afirmaba que si recibes un archivo que se llama “erupción en Chillán Chile” no debes abrirlo porque “lleva un virus que te hackea el móvil”. Cadena de WhatsApp sobre fotos del volcán de Chillan. Y años atrás, en 2018, unas supuestas “fotos del Pico de Orizaba en México” podrían hackearte el móvil en 10 segundos. Un bulo que circuló durante meses sin evidencia alguna.  Cadena de WhatsApp sobre fotos del Pico de Orizaba, México.

Depois de 14 horas de debate, o Senado argentino deu, nesta madrugada, o primeiro passo para transformar em lei a primeira reforma estruturante do governo do presidente Javier Milei. O texto segue agora à Câmara de Deputados. Do lado de fora do Congresso argentino, a jornada foi marcada por protestos violentos que resultaram em mais de 40 pessoas presas e seis policiais feridos.

Two Alabama House Democrats said Wednesday that they have filed or plan to file file lottery and gambling bills, though passage may be difficult as the 2026 legislative session approaches the halfway mark. Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, is pushing for a bill he’s calling the “Clean Lottery Act.” Ensler said the bill, a constitutional amendment, […]

An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved a bill that creates a program aimed to help rural Alabamians access health care without going to a hospital. HB 400, sponsored by Rep. Ed Oliver, R-Dadeville, passed the House Health Committee on a voice vote despite some audible “nays” from legislators. A message seeking comment from the Alabama […]

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The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on two cases brought by Nashville that involve state authority, one concerning a potential reduction in Metro Council size and the other involving an attempt by state to have input in appointments to the Metro Nashville Airport Authority. The decisions likely will have a major impact on the political landscape of the state. The post Tennessee Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Metro Council Size and Airport Authority Takeover appeared first on Nashville Banner.

Міністэрства абароны Беларусі апублікавала фота з палігону, дзе свае баявыя навыкі адпрацоўваюць вайскова-паветраныя сілы і войскі супрацьпаветранай абароны.

When Father Dale Korogi takes the podium to give the homily to the parishioners of the late morning Mass at Ascension Catholic Church in north Minneapolis, he is used to seeing hundreds of faces watching him — mostly the faces of immigrants from Latin America.  Now, he sees only a few dozen in the pews, […]

قال مفوض الأمم المتحدة السامي لحقوق الإنسان، فولكرتورك، إن ما شهدته مدينة الفاشر عاصمة ولاية شمال دارفور في أكتوبر/ تشرين الأول الماضي يمثل "كارثة إنسانية مروعة كان من الممكن تجنبها"، في واحدة من أشد

The public records failure raises broader questions about how the City of Austin manages its public information requests, and what happens when city records are managed by outside contractors. The post City wrongly denied records request on music grants, now admits error appeared first on Austin Current.

Those recovering from addiction have a difficult time finding stable employment and keeping it. Apricity Contract Packaging offers "a safe environment" – one where every person is pursuing sobriety. Work, recovery and second chances on a Wisconsin manufacturing floor is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

Voters have approved seven special revenue sales taxes for things like transit, public safety and infrastructure. But taxes collected on online purchases from out-of-state retailers bypass those uses in the city budget. The post Nearly $103M raised through taxes on online sales bypass voter-approved funds in Kansas City budget appeared first on The Beacon.

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s Global Checkup in your inbox a day early. Hello from Nairobi. It’s been an interesting week. On Tuesday I joined a panel hosted by the American Foreign Service Association to talk about why taxpayers across Western countries don’t see the benefits of aid, or really see its reduction or absence either. It was a great chat, and on a topic I can’t help but be annoyingly sincere about! This week we have a few stories that feature philanthropies, which are a small but increasingly important part of global aid, especially as Western government funding continues to shrink. My name is William Herkewitz, and I’m a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the Global Health Checkup, where I highlight five of the week’s most important stories on outbreaks, medicine, science, and survival from around the world. With that, as we say in Swahili: karibu katika habari — welcome to the news. 9.4 million: the death toll of aid cuts The science journal The Lancet Global Health just published a rigorous analysis on how last year’s global aid cuts are translating to deaths, reports the (sadly beleaguered) Washington Post. The topline? Staying the course, we should expect about 9.4 million additional preventable deaths through 2030. If aid funding drops even further, the researchers say that deaths could easily rise to 22.6 million; roughly equal to the entire death toll from WWI. (To be clear, I’m internalizing this more severe scenario as a warning, rather than an earnest forecast.) We’ve previously covered models that have pointed in this direction, but this new paper is the most comprehensive yet. It was also partially funded by a philanthropy, the Rockefeller Foundation, which I reached out to. After all, as aid contracts, the funding that hasn’t retreated is more important than ever. Eric Pelofsky, the foundation’s vice president for global economic recovery, spoke with me about the findings and about how philanthropies like his see their role in this moment. First off, “the takeaway here is that any sort of assertion that this aid reduction could be done without [a high] cost of human life is just not grounded in the facts,” Pelofsky told me. He also stressed the immediacy of the findings. “If you came away thinking this is a problem that we can deal with in four years, I think the answer is absolutely not. The urgency is too great,” he said. We are, after all, talking about over 9 million human lives. Where do philanthropies like the Rockefeller Foundation fit in this moment? First, at the big-picture level, it’s worth remembering that only about 5% of humanitarian and development aid comes from private philanthropy. So, after last year’s cuts, “even if we were all to drop everything and try to fill the holes, we couldn’t do it,” Pelofsky said. Instead Pelofsky sees their advantage right now elsewhere: in taking risks governments won’t with taxpayer money, backing analysis (like this paper), and working at financial plumbing of global development, rather than just writing checks. This includes “incredibly boring and incredibly important,” work like what his foundation has done to help development banks restructure their balance sheets so they can get more money out the door where it’s needed. Still, Pelofsky was clear: They’re facing the same hard tradeoffs as everyone else, weighing what needs desperate attention right now against “where our dollar can make the biggest impact.” Can philanthropy save us? On this very topic … the world’s biggest philanthropy is likewise signaling that it can not play savior. The Gates Foundation told the AP it will “not change course in the face of massive foreign aid cuts.” (Disclosure: The Gates Foundation funded the launch of Healthbeat). Instead, the foundation’s CEO Mark Suzman said the foundation will focus at least 70% of its money toward preventing maternal and child deaths and fighting key infectious diseases, while trimming or winding down other lines of work. “Not only will we not be taking on new priorities, we’re actively narrowing our priorities,” he said. Why? As we discussed with Pelofsky, the scale of aid cuts simply does not allow even the best funded foundation to replace vanished government aid, and this is the Gates Foundation’s acknowledgement of that reality. Second, Suzman says they are choosing to concentrate where they think the life-and-death returns are clearest. This means winding down less-urgent programs like ones “that aimed to give more people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia access to digital financial services.” My takeaway? The Gates Foundation is betting that we will not see a quick rebound in aid generosity. They are planning for a world where the active threat is … 9.4 million additional preventable deaths by 2030. A resurgence of cholera … vaccines! A little background here: About four years ago, cholera vaccine production shrank to just one producer in South Korea. With a vanishing supply, this effectively brought pre-emptive global vaccination to a halt. (Countries could use what little was left to react to outbreaks, rather than trying to prevent them.) The vaccine shortfall helped fuel a resurgence of cholera in Africa, which as we reported in October, became the worst outbreak on the continent in about 25 years. Disease breakdown: Cholera is a bacterial infection that infects up to 4 million people each year. Because it largely spreads through water contaminated with feces, it thrives in humanitarian disasters or anywhere else that basic sanitation has broken down. (Think conflict or flooding.) Cholera’s horror is its speed. It causes sudden, violent diarrhea that can empty the body so quickly that stools turn a pale, milky white. Without treatment, cholera can kill in a matter of hours. But the World Health Organization just announced that the vaccine shortage is ending, France 24 reports. Since 2022, “global supply of oral cholera vaccines [has] doubled”, and now the WHO is doling out 20 million doses to Mozambique, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to get vaccination campaigns rolling again. So what happened? The WHO and organizations like the Gates Foundation basically scrambled to help get the lone South Korean producer, EuBiologics, to ramp up supply. This included backing a simplified new vaccine that can be manufactured more quickly at a massive scale. My takeaway: This shows exactly why the WHO matters. When pharma companies do not see a profitable market, it’s this global body that steps in to push lifesaving vaccines into production. Taking ‘addictive’ snacks seriously I’ve read a lot of scientific papers over the 15 years as an on-again, off-again science journalist. Let’s be real, even on fascinating subjects … they’re usually a bit of a slog. So trust me when I say it’s actually worth your time to read this paper on ultraprocessed foods in full, which was covered by The Guardian. It reads like part nonfiction book, part provocative essay. The paper compares ultraprocessed foods and tobacco products to a somewhat shocking effect. The authors’ walk through how each is deliberately designed (from the dosing of ingredients and the engineering of sensory cues) to tap into reward pathways in the brain. For the foods, this is to deliver fast, reinforcing hits of refined carbs and fats. For example, they describe how food engineers intentionally design snacks so the taste does not linger, which nudges you to take another bite. One put it bluntly in a TV interview: This is “so that you want more of it,” the engineer said, and when pressed on whether that is about addiction, he replied, “that’s a good word.” Effectively, these foods and snacks are “engineered to encourage addiction,” just like cigarettes. And the takeaway is clear: If they’re made like cigarettes, perhaps they should be regulated like cigarettes. I have long been wary of the impulse to ask governments to micromanage personal food choice. I think personal responsibility still matters, and that you should be able to have chips and a Coke without the state wagging its finger at you. … but if you are like me (skeptical of soda taxes yet convinced that tobacco regulation has saved countless lives) it’s worth hearing the argument on how many of today’s ultraprocessed foods may have crossed a line in the design for addictive consumption. As the lead author of the study, Ashley Gearhardt, told me over email: “We regulate thousands of tobacco and alcohol products differently based on risk. Most alcoholic beverages are mostly water, yet it’s clearly labeled because once it’s engineered to alter mood and seed cravings, it’s no longer about hydration. Ultra-processed foods operate similarly. They’re not about nourishment so much as craving and mood effects.” Just enough WHO funding Let me end on a bit of good news. The WHO is now reporting that it “has mobilized about 85% of the resources” needed for this and next year’s core budget, thanks in part to countries agreeing to increase their mandatory contributions. That is not nothing! “Eighty-five percent sounds good – and it is,” said WHO Director- General Tedros Ghebreyesus, with a “deeper crisis averted.” That said, he warns that the remaining 15% will be “hard to mobilize,” which I’m giving you permission to read as “absolutely not going to happen.” What’s missing in that 15%? At least in part, it’s the WHO’s work on “emergency preparedness, antimicrobial resistance, and climate resilience.” Still, this is a partial stabilization in a still fragile moment for global health. I’ll see you next week! William Herkewitz is a reporter covering global public health for Healthbeat. He is based in Nairobi. Contact William at wherkewitz@healthbeat.org.

ICE and private prison companies are rapidly expanding Oklahoma's detention infrastructure as federal policy subjects most immigrants to mandatory detention without bond hearings. CoreCivic reopened the Diamondback facility in Watonga under a $100 million contract. Attorneys say ICE transfers detainees between facilities to frustrate legal challenges seeking their release. The post Inside the ICE Detention System: How Oklahoma Facilities Use Legal Limbo to Pressure Deportations appeared first on Oklahoma Watch.

The residents of Springfield, Ohio, had prepared for the arrival of immigration agents on February 3, the expiration date set by the Trump administration for Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, who account for nearly a quarter of the city’s population. A federal judge intervened at the last minute, pushing the deadline indefinitely. The agents never […]

Secretário-geral destaca necessidade de respostas preventivas centradas nos direitos humanos e nas comunidades; data reafirma que tipo de atos não deve ser associado a qualquer religião, nacionalidade ou grupo específico.

Violações graves contra menores em conflitos armados atingem níveis sem precedentes pelo terceiro ano consecutivo; alta foi de 25% em relação a 2023; Moçambique é um dos países com maior crescimento percentual de violações, 525%.

Programa deverá beneficiar diretamente 1,7 milhão de usuários do sistema público de saúde; investimento municipal visa reforçar prestação integrada de serviços e trabalhar com sistemas digitais modernos.