Health

Gun Deaths Rising Sharply Among Children, Study Finds

  • October 5, 2023
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Julvonnia McDowell was making dinner one evening when she got a call saying that her 14-year-old son, JaJuan — a gentle boy who loved animals, who was so generous that he gave a pair of shoes to a classmate who was being teased — had been shot. He was visiting a relative’s home when another […]

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Kaiser Permanente Workers Poised to Strike

  • October 5, 2023
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The high levels of burnout have exacerbated the staffing shortages, said Ethan Ruskin, a health educator at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, Calif. Patients have to wait longer than usual for appointments, he said, only to face more delays in the waiting rooms. “If they see something on your mammogram and send you for a […]

Cocoa bean trader who lost $100,000 to FTX was first witness in Sam Bankman-Fried trial

  • October 5, 2023
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Sam Bankman-Fried Trial appears at Federal Court in New York on Oct. 4th, 2023. Artist: Claudia Johnson Marc-Antoine Julliard typically trades cocoa beans. But in the spring of 2021, the London-based commodities broker decided to diversify into cryptocurrency trading. His platform of choice was FTX. Two years later, Julliard stood as the prosecution’s first witness […]

Quick Charge Podcast: October 4, 2023

  • October 4, 2023
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee […]

Here’s how renewables have grown so far in 2023

  • October 4, 2023
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Wind and solar are mushrooming globally, but drought is throwing a wrench in the works – here’s what renewable growth is looking like in 2023. Emissions from global electricity generation plateaued in the first half of 2023, with a slight increase of 0.2% compared to the same period last year, according to a report published […]

Toyota to power new EVs in the US with big LG battery supply agreement

  • October 4, 2023
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Toyota has found a battery supplier to power its next wave of electric vehicles in the US. LG Energy Solution and Toyota signed a long-term battery supply agreement Wednesday for upcoming EV models assembled in the US. Starting in 2025, LG Energy Solution will supply Toyota with 20 GWh of battery modules annually. According to […]

RaceTrac finally opened its first-ever EV charging station

  • October 4, 2023
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The US Southeast’s 570-store service station chain RaceTrac finally got its first EV charging station. Atlanta-based EV charging provider EnviroSpark has partnered with RaceTrac to install its first-ever EV charging station at 204 Grace Street in Oxford, Alabama. It’s got two 180 kW fast chargers that are compatible with all EVs, and they, along with […]

Nissan’s sales woes in China worsen as slow EV shift proves costly

  • October 4, 2023
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Japan’s hesitancy toward EVs is taking its toll on automakers in China. Nissan’s sales are plummeting after failing to keep up with EV leaders like Tesla and BYD. Slow EV transition is costing Nissan in China Nissan is struggling to keep up in the largest EV market globally as sales continue to slide. The Japanese […]

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CVS Health Ventures leads Cortica’s $40M Series D extension

  • October 4, 2023
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Cortica, a hybrid provider that develops care programs for individuals with autism, announced it closed a $40 million strategic Series D extension, bringing its total Series D raise to $115 million. The round was led by CVS Health Ventures, with participation by Ascension Investment Management, LRVHealth and the University of Wisconsin Foundation.  WHAT IT DOES […]