Face the Nation: Frost, Salvanto

[ad_1] Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida has signed a letter urging Congress to return from recess to replenish relief funds, telling “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that although FEMA currently has enough funding, “why would we leave it up to chance” for the remainder of…

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153 unvaccinated students quarantining after measles exposure at South Carolina schools

[ad_1] At least 153 unvaccinated students exposed to measles in South Carolina schools are quarantining, according to local health officials.  In a media briefing on Thursday, officials confirmed these students were exposed contacts without immunity, leaving them to be excluded from school until the period of potential disease transmission has ended.  The schools, Spartanburg County’s Global…

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Alaska hit by severe flooding that carries away homes

[ad_1] The remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and catastrophic flooding to coastal communities in western Alaska on Sunday, pushing entire houses off their foundations.   Rescue aircraft were dispatched to the tiny Alaskan villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, where there were reports of up to 20 people possibly unaccounted for, said Jeremy Zidek,…

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Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate “tipping point,” report says

[ad_1] Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass bleaching events caused by climate change. Now, reefs are the first environmental system on Earth to pass a climate “tipping point,” according to a new report…

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These United States: Bright ideas

[ad_1] David Pogue looks at the pioneering spirit of innovation that Thomas Edison fostered at his R&D facility in Menlo Park, N.J., where his team helped create the light bulb and the phonograph. He also talks with Google’s Steven Johnson and the panel of “Shark Tank” about today’s entrepreneurs and whether an inventor’s ability to…

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