Day's Headlines: It's Princeton, Man; A Bad Week for the Unborn; Zika Beach; Leveraging a Ransom; Turkey Day 2023; and Glass Houses

Friday, August 19, 2016

It's Princeton, Man; A Bad Week for the Unborn; Zika Beach; Leveraging a Ransom; Turkey Day 2023; and Glass Houses

Society

Princeton begins to remove 'man' from official school material foxnews

As first reported Thursday by the conservative campus news outfit The College Fix, Princeton’s Human Resources and Office of Communications issued a four-page memo princeton.edu filled with examples of gender-neutral terminology that must now be used in official school documents...

Abortion

Appeals Court Formally Nullifies Texas Abortion Restrictions houstonpublicmedia.org

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals uscourts.gov on Thursday declared unenforceable Texas requirements that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

Federal judge permanently blocks Florida abortion law usatoday

A federal judge on Thursday permanently blocked parts of a Florida law passed earlier this year that would have stopped funding to Planned Parenthood clinics around the state after Gov. Rick Scott decided not to pursue further legal action.

Pestilence

CDC: Pregnant women should avoid part of Miami Beach affected by Zika usatoday

The new cases bring the total number of infections spread by local mosquitoes to 36, Gov. Rick Scott said. The five latest patients were infected within a 1.5 square mile area of Miami Beach, said Scott, whose state is the first to experience a Zika outbreak from native mosquitoes. The bulk of the USA's more than 2,200 cases of the virus are related to travel.

US-Iran

Iran Payment Used As 'Leverage' In Prisoner Swap, State Department Says npr.org v

The Obama administration is conceding that the $400 million cash payment it made to Iran in January was contingent on the release of Iranian-American prisoners. Officials, though, won't call it a "ransom."

Turkey-EU

Turkey wants to join the EU by 2023, ambassador says aboutcroatia.net

A "fully fledged" EU membership was very important to Turkey, he added. In the long run, not being a member was not acceptable for his country.

Tech

New Russian patent-pending glass 3D printing solution makes glass walls and buildings a reality 3ders.org

The Russian developers are also seriously looking at high quality industries where the superior qualities of glass make it a very potent alternative to concrete. Among others, glass offers far better protection against radiation, while it is comparable to concrete in terms of flexibility, integrity and maintainability – making it a good option for nuclear power plants. As glass is also very isolating, it could be a fantastic option for the inner walls of refrigeration units and warehouses as well – greatly decreasing the costs of cooling processes.

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