Duke University on Monday enacted stricter mask and vaccine policies after a surveillance test returned hundreds of positive results for COVID-19 among its overwhelmingly vaccinated student and staff population. Duke, which required COVID-19 vaccination for all students coming or returning to its Durham, North Carolina, campus this fall, reported that 304 undergraduate students, 45 graduate…
Duke University Enhances Restrictions After COVID-19 Surge on Mostly Vaccinated Campus
Patrick Cantlay Outlasts Bryson DeChambeau, Wins BMW in Playoff
Patrick Cantlay made a litany of must-have putts, culminating in a 17 1/2-foot birdie on the sixth playoff hole that carried him to a victory over Bryson DeChambeau at the BMW Championship outside Baltimore. The astonishing victory at Caves Valley Golf Club gave Patrick Cantlay 2,000 FedEx Cup points, enough to move into first place…
Birds of Prey Face Global Decline From Habitat Loss, Poisons
WASHINGTON—Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories—like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America—birds of prey are in decline worldwide. A new analysis of data from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and BirdLife International found that 30 percent of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or…
Private Property: The Indispensable Key to Political Freedom, Social Cooperation, and Economic Progress
Commentary Imagine a society with no property rights: No law or officer of the law would prohibit you or punish you for taking whatever you want from whomever you want. Such a society would be chaotic, hostile, and poor. In such a dog-eat-dog scenario, all but the most powerful and their allies would have little…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Aug. 31)
Utility workers rush to get power back on in Louisiana. And rescuers continue their efforts to make sure everyone’s okay. NTD hears from some survivors. The GOP is demanding an evacuation plan and reports on Americans still left in Afghanistan. This, while many Biden officials praise the State Department’s handling of the evacuation. A story…
Hurricane Ida’s Aftermath: No Power, No Flights, Scant Drinking Water
NEW ORLEANS—Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiriting prospect of weeks without electricity in the oppressive, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with…
Home Price Growth Surges to Record High: Case-Shiller Index
Two new reports released Tuesday show home prices continuing their skyward vault, with supply shortages and strong demand putting upwards pressure on prices. U.S. single-family home prices in 20 key urban markets rose 19.1 percent in June from a year earlier, marking the largest annual price increase in the 20-year history of the 20-city composite…
Widower and His Daughter Recreate Maternity Photos He Took With His Late Wife
In a touching commemorative photo shoot, a widower and his toddler have recreated the pictures he took with his late wife when she was pregnant with their daughter. On Aug. 11, 2020, James Alvarez, 37, and his wife Yesenia, 23, who was 35 weeks pregnant at the time, were out on their daily walk when Yesenia…
New Office to Bring COVID-19 ‘Lessons Learned’ to Climate Change and Public Health
Following through on one of President Biden’s executive orders, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched the new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE). HHS officials claimed it would adapt “lessons learned” from the government’s COVID-19 response to address the effect of climate change on public health, in a message…
Hong Kong’s Strict Quarantine Rules Threaten to Erode Allure of Financial Hub
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s government is facing growing pressure from business lobby groups to open borders or risk losing executives and investments as it shows no sign of easing one of the world’s strictest quarantine programs. Working on billion-dollar deals while locked in hotel rooms for three weeks is becoming common for bankers in Asia’s financial…
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