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When the state of New York became the first in the nation to require all public schools to test their drinking water for lead in 2016, Keyry Broncano learned that water drawn from 68 different taps at her high school contained dangerously high lead levels. Whenever states, counties or school districts have decided to test the water in their schools, lead has often been discovered. Despite aging pipes and vulnerable children, schools face no national requirement to test for lead.
Kids drink contaminated water at schools, but testing for lead isn’t required
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In recent years, a growing body of research has affirmed that dogs can smell when humans are stressed. A new study shows how it affects them. As many dog owners can attest, our stress is contagious. “Dogs can pick up on our stress, and we wondered what effect that had on the dogs,” said Zoe Parr-Cortes, lead author of the study, which was released late last month.
Dogs can smell human stress, and it bums them out, study shows
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“Age assurance” checks are increasingly popular among lawmakers trying to wall kids off from the open internet. But they rely on a style of surveillance that ranges “from ‘somewhat privacy violating’ to ‘authoritarian nightmare.’”
A booming industry of AI age scanners, aimed at children’s faces
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“As the International Olympic Committee, the 200-plus participating nations and all of us sports fans ponder the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, we have a chance to think bigger — to bring this quadrennial spectacle more fully into the 21st century,” Daniel Pink writes in Opinions. “Imagine if the next Olympics invited all those smartphone-toting people to compete in the Games and represent their countries.” 📬 Read and subscribe to the latest “Why Not” newsletter:
Why not shake up the Olympics?
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Wendy Sherman joins Washington Post Live to discuss the escalating tensions in the Middle East, the repercussions of the historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States and the state of American foreign policy.
Wendy Sherman on Mideast crisis, Russia prisoner swap and U.S. foreign p… Wendy Sherman joins Washington Post Live to discuss the escalating tensions in the Middle East, the repercussions of the historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States and the state of American foreign policy.
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Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) and Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) join Washington Post Live for a bipartisan conversation about the state of election security, fears about political violence and the rise of disinformation.
Arizona and Pennsylvania’s top officials on election security, disinform… Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) and Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) join Washington Post Live for a bipartisan conversation about the state of election security, fears about political violence and the rise of disinformation.
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris hired a battery of new senior advisers to her campaign this week, moving swiftly to replace lifetime loyalists of President Biden with Democratic campaign veterans, including multiple leaders of Barack Obama’s presidential bids, according to people briefed on the campaign shifts.
Kamala Harris hires new senior strategists to campaign, expands portfolio of others
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Employers added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate spiked to 4.3 percent, reflecting a weaker-than-expected labor market that is stoking fears that interest rates have been too high for too long.
Weaker labor market stokes fears of a downturn, spurs market sell-off
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As part of a wide-ranging proposal that has not been previously reported and would be the first of its kind in college athletics, Howard’s Kenny Blakeney is seeking investors for a 33 percent stake in the Bison.
This basketball coach wants to sell his program for $100 million. Seriously.
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