BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for prayers in the wake of Monday's deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that "there will be a time to talk about the legislation." "I am calling on the people of Tennessee to pray. For the families of victims, for the Covenant family, for those courageous officers, for the family of the shooter, for those who are hurting and angry and confused," Lee, a Republican, said in a video address on Tuesday evening.

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President Biden recently spoke about what his Administration is doing to protect communities from extreme heat. The post Biden: Protecting Communities From Extreme Heat first appeared on myMotherLode.com (V) .

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YUMA, Arizona – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has in recent days been holding up to 28,000 migrants at its facilities, far beyond its stated capacity and in what appeared to be a record, two federal officials requesting anonymity and the Border Patrol's union said. The busiest border detention facilities are in the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso in Texas and two areas in Arizona, according to union President Brandon Judd. This week, the number of people caught crossing illegally surpassed 10,000 per day.

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BigCommerce ( NASDAQ:BIGC – Get Rating ) had its target price reduced by Piper Sandler from $10.00 to $9.00 in a report released on Friday, The Fly reports. Piper Sandler's price objective would suggest a potential upside of 23.80% from the stock's previous close. Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on BIGC. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price objective on shares of BigCommerce from $14.00 to $12.00 and set a 'buy' rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 24th.

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The prefects at Gisborne Girls' High School believe in community spirit and altruism. They are demonstrating this belief by launching a Givealitle fundraising campaign to raise $5000 by the end of the month, to sponsor a room at the Waikato Cancer Society Lions Lodge for Gisborne patients travelling to Hamilton for cancer treatment. Helen Evans believes they are the first prefects group to initiate this sort of fundraiser. Helen and key organisers Lola Talmage and Ella Whibley are mindful that many relatives of prefects have had to go to Hamilton for treatment.

https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/news/gisborne-girls-high-school-prefects-practising-philanthropy

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BitcoinBR ( BTCBR ) traded down 26.4% against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 18:00 PM E.T. on June 28th. BitcoinBR has a total market cap of $4,941.91 and approximately $0.48 worth of BitcoinBR was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One BitcoinBR token can now be bought for about $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last week, BitcoinBR has traded down 49.9% against the US dollar. Here's how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded up 0.

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Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. decreased its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated ( NYSE:UNH – Free Report ) by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 7,450 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock after selling 33 shares during the period. Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co.'s holdings in UnitedHealth Group were worth $3,581,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of UNH.

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My Legacy Advisors LLC trimmed its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF ( NYSEARCA:IVLU – Get Rating ) by 10.7% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 29,717 shares of the company's stock after selling 3,544 shares during the period. My Legacy Advisors LLC's holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF were worth $738,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company.

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Milestone Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Virtus Terranova U.S. Quality Momentum ETF ( NASDAQ:JOET – Get Rating ) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 75,808 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,026,000. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC owned 1.90% of Virtus Terranova U.S. Quality Momentum ETF as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of JOET.

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Using laboratory-grown cells from humans and genetically engineered mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have evidence that modifying a specific protein in immune white blood cells known as CD8+ T cells can make the cells more robust, potentially opening the door for better use of people's own immune system T cells to fight cancer. The findings were published Oct. 3 in the journal JCI-Insight . "Maximizing the effectiveness of T-cell-based therapies remains a critical challenge," says David Kass, M.

https://www.miragenews.com/super-t-cells-created-through-protein-mutation-1096485/

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Scientists from the University of Rhode Island and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center have made significant progress in understanding the stranding locations of cold-stunned sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Their research, published in PeerJ Life & Environment titled "Developing bottom drifters to better understand the stranding locations of cold-stunned sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts," sheds new light on the critical issue of juvenile sea turtles' vulnerability to rapidly declining water temperatures during the fall season.

https://www.miragenews.com/drifters-aid-understanding-of-sea-turtle-1082898/

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by computer scientist Stephen Thaler to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's refusal to issue patents for inventions his artificial intelligence system created. The justices turned away Thaler's appeal of a lower court's ruling that patents can be issued only to human inventors and that his AI system could not be considered the legal creator of two inventions that he has said it generated. Thaler founded Imagination Engines Inc, an advanced artificial neural network technology company based in Saint Charles, Missouri.

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MANILA, Philippines—A testament to his iron will, LA Tenorio is keen on making his PBA return as early as October amid his battle with cancer. Tenorio is undergoing chemotherapy in Singapore every two weeks after announcing he has been diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer last March. 'Matagal pang proseso ito pero positive ako dahil so far maganda ang mga feedback ng mga doktor at syempre patuloy ang pagdarasal natin sa Diyos na mas bumilis pa ang paggaling ko,' the Barangay Ginebra guard said in the pilot episode of San Miguel Corporation's latest vlog called Sa'n Si Miguel.

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A United Methodist Church court acquitted a California bishop Friday of all charges in the first trial of one of the church's bishops in nearly a century. Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the first Latina bishop in the denomination and a prominent voice on behalf of immigrants, faced four charges of violating church law. They were for alleged harassment, fiscal malfeasance, disobedience to the order and discipline of the UMC and the undermining of another pastor's ministry. The jury reached its verdict after a few hours of deliberation Thursday evening.

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The intense focus on research over teaching is not unique to the Philippines and has become a global trend. Universities worldwide strive to publish extensive research to improve their global standing and reputation. This trend has created global competition for recognition and a higher slot in the World University Ranking. In this context, publishing research, particularly in Scopus-indexed journals, is incentivized by the financial rewards it brings. However, this 'publish or perish' policy can lead to problems for state university academics, where failure to meet publication requirements can prevent them from getting tenure.

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SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Major music publishers has accused Twitter of failing to stop 'rampant' copyright infringement on the platform. The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and its members, in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday, June 14, argued that the social media company should pay as much as $150,000 per work infringed, with the potential tab climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars. 'Twitter stands alone as the largest social media platform that has completely refused to license the millions of songs on its service,' NMPA chief executive David Israelite said in reply to an AFP inquiry.

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Neuberger Berman Group LLC cut its holdings in Moody's Co. ( NYSE:MCO – Get Rating ) by 8.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 937,527 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 90,862 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC owned about 0.51% of Moody's worth $227,924,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/11/neuberger-berman-group-llc-has-227-92-million-stock-position-in-moodys-co-nysemco.html

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