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'Ridiculous' plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino's eyesight in Africa

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But if it's crazy and it works, then it's not crazy.

Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help an endangered white rhino with a life-threatening, parasitic eye infection.

Daniel Terblanche, a security manager with Imvelo Safari Lodges, said no one in Zimbabwe would have come up with the plan.

“Believe me, we didn’t think of it; it was a... Read More

Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

A rule finalized by the EPA last week revoked a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The Obama-era finding is the legal underpinning of nearly all climate regulations under the... Read More

Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether to approve Moderna’s new flu vaccine after all, resolving a dispute that had blocked the company’s application for the first-of-its-kind shot.

Moderna announced the change Wednesday, about a week after revealing that the FDA’s vaccine chief was refusing to review the new vaccine, made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology.

The dispute centered over a 40,000-person clinical trial that concluded Moderna’s new vaccine was more effective in adults age 50 and older than one of the standard... Read More

Many Democrats are still down on the Democratic Party, a new AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024.

Only about 7 in 10 Democrats have a positive view of the Democratic Party, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. While the overwhelming majority of Democrats still feel good about their party, they're much less positive than they've been in the past.

The... Read More

Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting

TYLER, Texas (AP) — It was an unfamiliar setting for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday night: walking out to the applause of supporters at his first campaign rally since the Republican announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate 10 months ago.

Paxton's appearance before about 100 supporters in a bar in east Texas is part of his stepped-up campaign to unseat four-term Republican Sen. John Cornyn and add a “Make America Great Again” devotee to the Senate, a bid that has set up one of this year's most contentious GOP primaries.

Until Monday, Paxton had waged a... Read More

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'Ridiculous' plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino's eyesight in Africa

Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute

Many Democrats are still down on the Democratic Party, a new AP-NORC poll finds

Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting

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