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People at a gun control rally in Annapolis, MD in 2013. After the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting in 2012 gun violence became a national talking point again but recent studies show the support for gun control is being overshadowed by the support for the protection of gun rights. (Photo by Jay Baker / Maryland GovPics) Photo used under CC BY

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Israel struggles to contain wave of stabbing attacks

Unrest that erupted several weeks ago at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site spread Friday to Gaza in the form of deadly border clashes with Palestinian protesters,

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USA TODAY

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Israel sets up East Jerusalem roadblocks in bid to stem attacks

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Reuters

Win-win is the most viable solution

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Times of Israel

UK‘s first Ebola patient ’critically ill,’ in isolation

About nine months ago, Pauline Cafferkey was discharged from a London hospital, seemingly signaling her beating Ebola. Now, Cafferkey back in the hospital with a rare relapse.

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CNN

Many kids with mental health issues see only pediatricians

Using data from a nationally representative survey, the researchers found that about 35 percent of children receiving mental health care in the past year had appointments only with their primary-care physicians.

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Huffington Post

Many children with a mental health condition never see a mental health professional

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Attitude

Federal forecasters say El Nino will mean a wet winter for the southern US

Beneficial rain and snow for much of California and a wet, cool winter are predicted for most of the southern U.S., federal forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

The “second golden age” of philanthropy: hype or hope?

“As philanthropy enters a second golden age, real social change is getting lost in the hype of market-based giving,” writes sociologist Linsey McGoey. The first “golden age,” was the 19th century, the time of Carnegie and Rockefeller.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

USDA’s strike-force brings aid to rural Indian country

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced nearly $9 million in grants to help assist farmers and ranchers who are socially disadvantaged, tribal members or veterans.

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Indian Country Today

HUMAN RIGHTS

Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt

Turkey’s government said Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan.

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Reuters

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Turkish authorities claim to have evidence linking ISIS to the Ankara bombing

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TIME

Armed anti-Muslim protests: An opportunity for dialogue?

Many US Muslims are wary as armed anti-radical Islam protests were planned at over a dozen US mosques. Other Muslims see such protests as a rare opportunity to engage with skeptical Americans.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Rally against Islam outnumbered by counterprotesters

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Detroit Free Press

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Iranian parliament okays nuclear accord

The Iranian Parliament approved the nuclear deal that Tehran signed with major powers in July. 161 out of 250 MPs present in the open session of Majlis voted in favor of the deal.

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Tehran Times

Belarus’ dictatorial president has won a fifth term after controversial election

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth consecutive term in power on Sunday, extending his 21-year-long regime in a country diplomatically sandwiched between Russia and the West.

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TIME

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Lukashenko’s election victory in Belarus confirmed

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What genome of ancient Ethiopian skeleton tell us about reverse migration

DNA extracted from the skeleton of a man who lived in Ethiopia 4,500 years ago reveals how early humans mingled and migrated between continents.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Ancient DNA reveals ‘into Africa’ migration

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BBC

What do double-decker buses tell us about our health?

In landmark studies, Jeremy Morris and his colleagues found that the sedentary drivers of London‘s double-decker buses had higher rates of cardiovascular disease than the conductors who walked around taking people’s tickets.

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U.S. News & World Report

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Even Bernanke asks how bankers avoided jail

Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman, acted boldly in 2008 as the U.S. slipped into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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USA TODAY

Pacific trade agreement will harm world’s poor, stunt development of new drugs

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if approved, would be one of the most significant trade deals in world history, with nearly 40 percent of the world’s gross domestic product represented among the 12 nations involved.

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GOOD NEWS

Radius Health says osteoporosis drug lowers bone fractures 70% over 18 months

A Waltham biotech that plans to seek approval of its first drug says that a late-stage trial of more than 2,400 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis shows its daily injection lowers bone fractures by 70 percent.

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Boston Business Journal

Holy Cow! The Cubs’ startling playoff run, by the numbers

For the first time in Wrigley Field’s 101-year history, the Chicago Cubs won a playoff series at home when they knocked off the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Division Series.

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USA TODAY

This could cut your health costs by $25,000 a year

When stress sneaks into the body, it doesn’t confine itself to the mind. Back pain, insomnia, acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome are all manifestations of stress, but a little R&R may be able to cut into some of it.

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TIME

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

What nonprofits can learn from the fundraising performance of Bernie Sanders

What can we learn from the extraordinary recent performance of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

China intent on restricting NGOs

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a proposed law that would place restrictions on foreign nongovernmental organizations operating in China.

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Associations Now

ENVIRONMENT

Firefighters battle several blazes in southern North Dakota

Grass fires fanned by strong winds in the Dakotas destroyed homes, shut down highways and prompted the evacuation of a small town on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The American cities most threatened by rising sea levels

Steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions could lessen the threat that sea level rise poses to iconic American cities during the coming centuries by more than half, according to a new study published Monday.

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Mashable

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The male Mandarin Duck is a spectacular bird with quite incredible color and plumage. (Photo by Richard Farrell) Photo used under CC BY

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