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As fewer kids played football, hospitals saw a big drop in ER visits
7/10/20

CNN featured John Leddy in a story reporting on a study showing that the rate of kids sports and recreation-related emergency room visits for traumatic brain injuries declined 32% from 2012 to 2018, likely due to the decreasing number of kids playing tackle football.

The controversial legal doctrine at the heart of the Floyd, Brooks, Arbery cases
7/9/20

A Wall Street Journal featured Guyora Binder in a story on the felony-murder rule, a controversial legal doctrine at the heart of the George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and Ahmaud Arbery cases. 

The politics of race are shifting, and politicians are struggling to keep pace
7/5/20

A Washington Post story quotes James Campbell about how the politics of race are shifting in the U.S. and what will come of the gathering call for action. 

Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?
7/3/20

NPR’s “The World” podcast interviewed Monica Lupion for a story about Climeworks, one of the first and best-known companies to direct air ca ture — or pull carbon dioxide directly out of ambient air for storage or use.

Airbnb announced vigorous new cleaning protocols for hosts in response to COVID-19.
6/29/20

Business Insider quoted Thomas Russo in a report on the safety of new cleaning requirements for Airbnb hosts.

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