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US plans to breed flies to fight beef-eating pest. Here's how it will work
Hindustan Times
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July 2, 2025
The US government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of aeroplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. This is more effective and environmentally friendly than spraying the pest into...
Livestock trade with Mexico set to resume July 7 after screwworm scare
El Paso Times - Texas
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The U.S.-Mexico border will reopen for livestock passage after a month-long closure due to New World Screwworm concerns. The USDA announced a phased reopening of ports of entry for cattle, bison, and equines starting July 7th. The USDA is working...
Federal government plans to air-drop sterile flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
Buck Wehrbein, NCBA President and rancher, sounds the alarm on the return of the screwworm and urges action from Mexico while crediting strong pressure from the Trump administration and Secretary Rollins for recent progress. NEWYou can now listen...
U.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest
NBC News
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July 2, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the...
US to breed billions of flies and dump them out of aircraft in bid to fight flesh-eating maggot
The Guardian
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July 2, 2025
The US government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government’s plans for...
UN drought report offers grim picture
Energy Live News
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July 2, 2025
The silent catastrophe creeping across the globe isn’t a war or pandemic – it’s drought. While we’ve had a heatwave during the spring and early summer, parts of Europe are in full on drought under a ‘heat dome.’ But is this just part of the new...
US plans to begin breeding billions of sterile flies to drop from airplanes
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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An adult New World screwworm fly. (Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP) TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a...
Local golfers Shipley, Goetz, Jackson moving up ranks on respective pro tours
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 2, 2025
It has been a productive summer for golfers Palmer Jackson, Neal Shipley and Mark Goetz. The trio are playing one level below the PGA Tour and the DP World (European) Tour. Jackson, the Murrysville native and Franklin Regional and Notre Dame grad,...
Britt Baker Sparks AEW Exit Rumors With Aquatic Instagram Post
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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July 2, 2025
Posted in: AEW, Sports, TV | Tagged: britt baker, wrestling Comrades! Dr. Britt Baker's cryptic water bottle Instagram post has El Presidente's sources buzzing about a potential AEW exit! Is WWE her NeXT destination? Britt Baker posts cryptic...
Global Drought Hotspots Report Reveals Severe Impact and Economic Losses from 2023 to 2025
Bioengineer.org
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July 2, 2025
In a stark reminder of the escalating environmental crises triggered by climate change, a comprehensive UN-backed report released today reveals that the world is currently experiencing some of the most severe and devastating droughts ever...
Exporting the Convict Clause: Slaves of the State in the Canal Zone
JSTOR Daily
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June 30, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States in 1865. There was, however, a fateful exception: slavery or involuntary...
Experts concerned about New World screwworm outbreak as threat gets closer to Texas
KXII - Texas
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July 1, 2025
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - In Central Texas and across the state, officials are preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite currently plaguing cattle in Mexico and South America. While the screwworm, which looks like a fly, may seem...
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight New World screwworm
KSHB - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the...
The first Democrat to declare for a House seat from Virginia's fifth congressional district
WVTF - Virginia
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July 2, 2025
A small crowd gathered in the shade of a picnic shelter at Crozet Park near Charlottesville to hear from a man who’d like to represent them in Congress – but from the moment he spoke it seemed people were not quite ready for that election....
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest
KTBB - Texas
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July 2, 2025
Posted/updated on: July 2, 2025 at 8:09 am TOPEKA, KS. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a...
Food Imports Are As American As Apple Pie
Forbes
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Chloe Sorvino with Brooklyn Delhi founder and CEO Chitra Agrawal, Ori Zohar, CEO and cofounder of Burlap and Barrel, and tariff lawyer Leah Scarpelli Burlap and Barrel Even after walking thousands of steps these past few days in and out of aisles...
Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report
BBC
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Tim DoddClimate and science reporter ShareSave Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in...
Obituaries — July 1, 2025
Bradford County Telegraph - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Chase Anthony It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Chase Anthony, 17, who went home to be with his Lord on Friday, June 27, 2025. . He was the son of Deborah Anne Rozier; biological parents, Kerri Hilton and Terry Lee...
A Purple Heart vet who self-deported to Korea says he feels his PTSD is now worse
NBC News
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July 2, 2025
A Purple Heart veteran who self-deported to South Korea last week after being targeted with detention and deportation says that he believes his diagnosed PTSD has worsened since arriving in a country he hasn’t been to in decades. Sae Joon Park,...
US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight pest. Here is how it will work
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 2, 2025
The US government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government's plans for...