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Mahmood Mamdani’s Uganda

Books & the Arts / In his new book Slow Poison, the accomplished anthropologist revisits the Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni ...
From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.
(WJAR) — The CodeRED emergency alert system is down following a cyber breach. But Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency says it won't impact their job to share critical information in case of an ...
From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to designate fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction,” dramatically escalating his fight against the drug. Trump hosted an event in the Oval ...
For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...
Trump used U.S. deaths from fentanyl to justify the drug's new designation, estimating that up to 300,000 people die annually from the drug; that number is exaggerated. In the 12 months through April ...
President Donald Trump granted Washington’s request for an emergency declaration in response to this week’s devastating flooding, unlocking federal help with the state’s initial recovery. Gov. Bob ...
Two suspects in an “anti-capitalist, anti-government” extremist group have both been charged with one count of conspiracy to ...
Governor Bob Ferguson announced Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem informed him Friday morning that the president signed the request. “I expressed my thanks to Secretary Noem on behalf of the ...
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