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Shocking videos of dairy farmers dumping thousands of gallons of milk have been circulating on the internet, as the coronavirus outbreak has forced dairy farmers across the country to dump their excess milk supply to offset their losses and keep prices stable. Read more»

Fred Royal, the Milwaukee head of the NAACP, walks empty streets near his home in a largely black neighborhood hit hard by the coronavirus. He knows three people who have died.

Environmental, economic and political factors have compounded for generations, putting black people at higher risk of chronic conditions that leave lungs weak and immune systems vulnerable: asthma, heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. These conditions make the coronavirus more dangerous than it already is. Read more»

U.S. pandemic planning envisioned the possibility of using CPAP machines for milder cases of COVID-19 when ventilators are in short supply. But evidence suggests that the machines, commonly used by people with sleep apnea, can aerosolize and possibly spread the virus.

CPAP machines used to help people with sleep apnea may make for good complements to much-needed ventilators. Yet they might also spread the virus to others. Read more»

Homelessness was at crisis levels in the United States. COVID-19 has put this already vulnerable population even more at risk. Read more»

Everyone age 60 and older is at high risk of complications from COVID-19 and should adopt measures to limit contact with others, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. Read more»

Lawyers and advocates who work with detainees say ICE detention centers are breeding grounds for infectious diseases, and the agency’s medical facilities have been harshly criticized by inspectors and human rights organizations.

ICE has suspended social visits to detention centers and begun screening newly arrived detainees for symptoms. But inside, detainees said, little else has changed in response to the virus. Read more»

The Navajo Nation closed Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Arizona. Tribal governments are working to protect their venerated Elders from the coronavirus pandemic.

As tribes across the country take steps to fight the spread of the coronavirus, they’re doing so mindful that the virus has proven especially dangerous to the elderly, a venerated group in many Native communities. Read more»

Key direction from the CDC on how to protect emergency responders came after the first American case and the exposure of at least one firefighter. It’s yet another example of a fragmented and halting response at the highest levels of government. Read more»

Arizona State University juniors Jillian Schreck and Rhodes Kirkpatrick at the Colosseum in Rome where they were studying this spring, before COVID-19 canceled the university’s study-abroad classes in Italy, China and South Korea.

Universities across the state are scrambling to bring students home from study abroad programs in countries with a high number of cases of COVID-19, the flu-like disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Read more»

Plastic skeletons with life vests around their necks hang from a house whose roof was ripped off by a tornado that ping-ponged through the Dayton, Ohio, area in May.

Small towns struck by disasters often must rely on neighbors and non-profits more than federal assistance to rebuild in the aftermath. Read more»

OSHA has yet to establish a heat standard that would give employers specific requirements regarding water, rest breaks and shade. Read more»

English Defence League founder Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, attended the Middle East Forum event electronically after being denied a visa to visit the U.S.

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar called police on protesters during a forum complaining about conservative speech being "shut down" on social media. Read more»

Washington state sheep rancher Dave Dashiell next to a lamb he delivered minutes earlier. Western states like Washington are walking a line between preserving wolves as an endangered species and helping ranchers control them.

As gray wolves multiply and come off endangered species lists in Western states, a new problem has emerged: Packs of wolves are harassing ranchers, their sheep and cattle. And states are trying to walk the line between the ranchers, who view the animals as an economic and physical menace, and environmentalists, who see their reintroduction as a success story. Read more»

Chris Christie said that marijuana is a “gateway drug” while arguing for enforcement of its federal status as an illegal substance. Though there are correlations between marijuana use and other drugs, there is no conclusive evidence that one actually causes the other. The science on this topic is far from settled. Read more» 2

With proposals to have Arizona follow the lead of Colorado and Washington going nowhere at the state Legislature, advocates are organizing to put recreational use of marijuana on the 2016 ballot. Read more» 1

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