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Amended bill allows California to continue to conceal who is using newborn DNA for research — and why. Bills to shed light on newborn DNA storage in California quietly killed or gutted 03:37 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Wednesday that was prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into the state’s newborn genetic biobank. We still won’t know who is using your DNA for research, or what the research is for, but the California Department of Public Health must now reveal the number of newborn DNA samples that California is storing and the number of DNA samples…

While their stars might not blaze as bright as Caitlin Clark’s, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese are shining on the court.Both Bueckers and Reese are currently maintaining impressive streaks. Bueckers has never scored fewer than 10 points as a pro (17 straight games), and Reese has nine straight double-doubles. Can they keep the numbers going?Let’s dive into the odds at Fanduel Sportsbook as of July 15. Paige Bueckers 10+ points streakPaige Bueckers to score 10+ in 25+ consecutive games: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)Paige Bueckers to score 10+ in 30+ consecutive games: +210 (bet $10 to win $31 total)Paige Bueckers…

Once upon a time if folks wanted to pinpoint the most economically-vulnerable country in Europe – the one most likely to face a crisis – they would invariably point to Greece or to Italy.They were the nations with the eye-waveringly high bond yields, signalling how reluctant financiers were to lend them money. Today, however, all of that has changed. The country invariably highlighted as Europe’s problem child is France.Indeed, look at the interest rates investors charge European nations and France faces even higher interest rates than Greece. And these economic travails are central to understanding the political difficulties France is…

Macworld M5 iPad Pro: In summary The next iPad Pro will get a processor upgrade with Apple’s next-gen M5 processor. The M5 iPad Pro is expected to have an Identical design to the current model. We expected the M5 iPad Pro to arrive in fall 2025. While the iPad update schedule is somewhat unpredictable, Apple has established an 18-month cycle with the M-series iPad Pro. Several reports state that Apple is scheduled to release an M5 iPad Pro in fall 2025, which would be right on schedule. This article keeps track of all the rumors so you can keep up…

Eight female athletes filed an appeal Wednesday of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement, arguing that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name, image and likeness.U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement last week, clearing the way for direct payments from universities to athletes and the end of the NCAA’s amateurism model.The athletes who appealed the settlement competed in soccer, volleyball and track. They are: Kacie Breeding of Vanderbilt; Lexi Drumm, Emma Appleman, Emmie Wannemacher, Riley Hass, Savannah Baron and Elizabeth Arnold of…

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LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama won his third career Emmy and Kendrick Lamar won his second, while the 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” was the biggest winner with 11 on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lamar and Tony Russell won for the music direction of his Super Bowl halftime show. He won his first Emmy in 2022 as a performer at the Super Bowl halftime headlined by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Obama won a star-studded documentary narrator category that also included Tom Hanks, Idris Elba and David Attenborough. He won…

Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons The Caribbean has become the focal point of a tense new standoff following a U.S. military airstrike against a suspected cartel ship, precipitating a swift reaction from Venezuela. What started as a precision counter-narcotics action has now become a high-stakes game of military one-upmanship in the sea and air. Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons The matter escalated earlier this week when U.S. troops bombed a vessel purportedly affiliated with the Venezuelan-based Tren de Aragua gang, a group newly designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The mission was a direct…

Stargazers enjoyed a “Blood Moon” Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and Africa. When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour that has astounded humans for millennia. People in Asia, including India and China, were best placed to see Sunday’s total eclipse, which was also be visible on the eastern edge of Africa as well as in western Australia. The total lunar eclipse lasted from 1730 GMT to 1852 GMT. Stargazers in Europe and Africa…

[HONG KONG] Chinese commercial property developers are seeking to lure tenants with value-added services such as subsidies for charging electric vehicles (EVs) in addition to lower rents, as they battle record-high vacancy rates across the country.Empty offices are increasingly common even in top cities such as the southern tech hub of Shenzhen and commercial capital Shanghai, as the sector grapples with sluggish demand due to corporate cost-cutting and multinational companies shrinking their presence. Shenzhen reported the highest vacancy rate of 30.6 per cent among the country’s four first-tier cities at end-June, according to real estate consultancy Savills, followed by 23.7 per…