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North Carolina Task Force Pushes For Stronger Gun Storage Laws

North Carolina's Child Fatality Task Force advocates for enhanced gun storage laws and public education to reduce child fatalities from firearms.

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Secret Service Places Several Agents On Administrative Leave In Probe Of Trump Assassination Attempt: Reports

As many as 5 agents have been temporarily put on leave as the investigation continues

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Ignoring reason and evidence: Why new breast cancer guidelines advising against screening women in their 40s are misguided

Despite rapidly rising rates of breast cancer in younger women and overwhelming evidence supporting the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of screening, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has recommended against systematic screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49.

The Conversation

New Guidelines Recommend Mammograms at 40, Biennial Breast Cancer Screening For Women

The new guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lower the screening age to include all individuals assigned female at birth who are at an average risk of breast cancer, extending beyond the previous threshold of 50.

Medical Daily

‘Radhakishan Rao made TF SI escort cash belonging to MLC Venkatram Reddy, others in government vehicles in elections’

Retired police officer admits to using police officers and vehicles for transporting cash during 2023 Telangana Assembly elections.

The Hindu

190 kgs of dry ganja worth ₹1 crore seized in Sangareddy

Task Force police seize 190 kgs of cannabis worth ₹1 crore in Sangareddy, apprehend five smugglers, and recover two vehicles.

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Task Force constable killed as Red Sanders smugglers’ car knocks him down

An armed constable of the APSRSTF was killed by a car smuggling red sanders logs in Rayachoti.

The Hindu

With COVID spike, proposal to set up female foeticide task force remains on paper

Bengaluru police unearth prenatal sex determination racket; State to set up PCPNDT Task Force to curb female foeticide.

The Hindu

Telangana seeks higher share in Godavari-Cauvery link, agrees to project

Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers agrees to sign MoU after addressing issues specific to member States. Telangana seeks higher share of water, minimised land acquisition. 400 hectares of land needed for 1st phase of project. Polavaram suggested as alternative source point. Ken-Betwa, Parbati-Kalisind-Chambal, Kosi-Mechi links discussed. Allocated waters of…

The Hindu

Circle of Trust: How Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III and ‘the cool kids’ gained control of the U.S. Ryder Cup process

This week’s Ryder Cup in Italy is a referendum on whether the Task Force has achieved its stated goal.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Oklahoma prosecutor and sheriff at odds over BTK serial killer link to cold case

Hours after the district attorney said there was insufficient information to pursue charges against serial killer, the sheriff announced a National BTK Task Force to provide assistance in the cold case of Cynthia Dawn Kinney

The Independent UK

Hotter climate means a never-ending fire season for the National Guard

California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.

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48 smuggling operatives arrested, red sanders logs worth ₹2 crore seized in Andhra Pradesh

The Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force on August 14 (Monday) arrested 48 smuggling operatives from the Seshachalam Hills in Tirupati and Annamayya districts and seized 51 logs of A-grade variety worth more than ₹2 crore. Task Force Deputy SP Chenchu Babu told the media that acting on a tip-off about…

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As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

Hurricanes and rising seas are displacing caskets. What do you do when the climate crisis comes for the dead?

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Three North East councils to benefit from share of £1.2m funding to clean up chewing gum from UK streets

Three of the region's councils will be among 56 councils across the UK to receive funding totalling more than £1.2m from the Chewing Gum Task Force to target chewing gum stains

Al Jazeera

First-of-its-kind reparations panel issues report in California

A nine-member task force in the US has published a 1,075-page report identifying ways to redress the harms of slavery.

The Hindu

Seven arrested on charge of poaching in Seshachalam Hills

The Red Sanders Anti-smuggling Task Force personnel on May 23 (Tuesday) night nabbed seven persons on charges of poaching and seized a country-made rifle, gunpowder and pellets in a forest location under the Sanipaya Range of Seshachalam Hills. The Task Force officials said that a combing party from the Sanipaya Range office, which…

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The Independent UK

California lawmakers on reparations panel challenge assumptions about payments to Black residents

A California state senator and member of a historic task force studying reparations proposals for African Americans says it could be tough to pass large payments for eligible residents

AFP

Mammograms should start at 40, says US task force

Washington (AFP) - All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.

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Influential US health body recommends mammograms from age 40

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Women should start getting mammograms at 40 not 50, health panel recommends

Starting breast cancer screenings 10 years earlier could save 19% more lives, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said.

Tribune News Service

Detroit Reparations Task Force gets to work: 'We are stewards of this process'

DETROIT — Many brought up slavery, the razing of the Black Bottom neighborhood to build a freeway, the millions of dollars in over-assessments in property taxes, the thousands of homes lost to foreclosures, and the deep personal injustice their families endured and rose above.

Reason

Massachusetts' Tobacco Ban Went as Badly as You'd Expect

And now the state thinks it needs to crack down even more.

Tribune News Service

A new state agency could implement reparations in California. Here’s what’s proposed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force recently concluded its two-day public meeting geared toward compensating Black Americans affected by the legacy of slavery. But the nine-member body is a long way from the finish line.

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