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Crisis Hotline Has Answered 10 Million Calls, Texts and Chats
Mental health experts have said that the 988 hotline for mental health emergencies is still a work in progress, in need of more funding, coordination and awareness.
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World
Hundreds Added to World War II Death Toll of a Small English Channel Island
A panel of academics said it found more conclusive evidence of how many people were killed during the Nazi occupation of Alderney, one of the Channel Islands in British territory.
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World
U.N. Cites a Lower Death Toll Among Women and Children in Gaza
The United Nations has begun citing a much lower death toll for women and children in Gaza, relying on a more conservative source for the breakdown of people killed during Israel’s military offensive in the territory. As recently as May 6, the U.N’s ...
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Newyork
New York City’s Population Shrinks by 78,000
City officials said that the new census estimates did not fully account for the growing number of migrants, which would have resulted in a minimal drop being reported.
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World
‘The Trees Saved Me’
The story of the Forest of Immortal Stories begins not so long ago, in 2019, when Elena-Mirela Cojocaru, beloved wife of Ion Cojocaru, mayor of the hamlet of Nucsoara, died after a struggle with cancer. Mr. Cojocaru himself soon fell ill with a heart ...
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Newyork
How to Boost Voter Turnout With Just One Signature
In a rare bit of political good news in the final days of 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has signed into law legislation aimed at increasing voter turnout. For so many people, the temptation to tune out in this moment of uninspiring politics is ...
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Newyork
Joseph J. Kohn, Who Broke New Ground in Calculus, Dies at 91
The techniques he developed in the field of complex numbers have found use in tackling a wide range of fundamental equations in physics.