Summa Faeryologica, Pt 1 – The Big Study
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With an opening nod to Thomas Aquinas, the Professor begins a set of “soft conclusion” musings upon What Faery Is and Means. From more than a thousand accounts the Professor has distilled fifty-ish “anchor cases” sufficient as a group to establish a legitimate faery anomaly, and suggests “perhaps a couple hundred more” are solid and […]

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School teacher who self-quarantined at Connecticut home for three weeks vanishes after going for a walk in early May
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Gil Cunha was last seen just after midnight on May 7, 2020, at his parents’ home on Overlook Avenue in West Haven, Connecticut. Later that morning, Gil’s parents figured he was out for one of his daily walks. He never returned. Gil had been self-quarantining in his room the prior three weeks due to COVID-19 […]

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Miami-Dade teachers union ratifies new contract. Starting teachers to get big raise
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Despite technological difficulties with electronic voting — and with the 2019-20 school year behind them — Miami-Dade teachers approved Monday a new labor contract that benefits new educators by increasing the minimum salary by $6,500 but shorts mid-career teachers, who will receive almost the same base pay as rookie teachers.

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Huntsman at risk of shocking defeat in Utah
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After a decade away from Utah politics and a weeks-long fight with the coronavirus, the former governor is locked in a tight race for his old job.

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Groups in wine, real estate, and technology have scrapped the word 'master' from their standard lingo
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Some groups have revised their official terminology in a reckoning of systemic racism across industries in the US.

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Investors shouldn't chase a potential COVID-19 vaccine winner: Analyst
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ROBO Global Senior Research Analyst Nina Deka joins Yahoo Finance’s On The Move panel to address the dangers of chasing coronavirus vaccine stocks.

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WHO says 'the worst is yet to come' amid surge of COVID-19 cases
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New COVID-19 cases are surging in the U.S. as WHO warns ‘the worst is yet to come’. Yahoo Finance’s On The Move panel discusses.

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Tesla Overtakes Exxon’s Market Value in Symbolic Energy Shift
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(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc.’s market value has surpassed Exxon Mobil Corp.’s in a sign that investors are increasingly betting on a global energy transition away from fossil fuels.Elon Musk’s Tesla, now at $201 billion in market capitalization, is surging on the billionaire founder’s optimism that his company can avoid a second-quarter loss. Exxon, which dropped […]

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BOC Aviation cancels 30 Boeing 737 MAX but backs grounded jet
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The lessor, which is based in Singapore and listed in Hong Kong, will also defer the delivery of some other Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, it said in a statement. BOC is the latest lessor to strike deals with Boeing to cancel 737 MAX orders as the jet remains grounded pending regulatory approval following two crashes. […]

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Campaigners warn 'overwhelming majority' of rapists are going free
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Campaigners from End VIolence Against Women say that 1.5% of rapes result in a charge, leaving the ‘overwhelming majority’ to walk free because of prosecution collapses in England and Wales.

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