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'If you protest, you die': drug gangs recruit Ecuador's fishermen
AFP News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWith its idyllic, hotel-dotted coast, Ecuador's beach town of Salinas is the setting of a brutal war...
Georgia slave descendants submit signatures to fight zoning changes they say threaten their homes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 days agoElected commissioners in Georgia's McIntosh County voted in September to weaken zoning restrictions...
Factbox-How much has US-built Gaza aid pier helped get aid into Gaza?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAid workers and others have long questioned the project, saying delivering aid by land is the only...
The History of the Rise of the College Application Essay
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 1975, a small group of mostly East Coast colleges came together to form the Common App — today...
Conservationist details nature preservation efforts on Salish Sea islands in new book
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA long-time conservationist on B.C.'s west coast has penned a new book highlighting the importance...
Temperature Gets So Hot That Motorcyclist Dies Mid-Ride
Futurism via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCalifornia's notorious Death Valley has claimed another victim after record soaring temperatures...
Ex-navy man recounts bringing home four Combattante-class patrol boats from France in ‘73
Twentytwo13 via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA former Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) man recounts the mission of bringing home four Combattante-class...
A 4-year-old Gazan with a ‘one in a million’ illness has been offered a lifeline out of the...
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJulia has a rare disorder that causes episodes of paralysis and life-threatening seizures. She is...
Anger mounts in southeast Texas as crippling power outages and heat turn deadly
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFrustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power...
Mexico's navy warns dual use chemicals are boosting meth production
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMexican navy officials running the country's biggest port are increasingly concerned about the rising flows of unregulated "dual use" chemicals used to produce synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine ...