The Daily Populous

Saturday May 27th, 2017 morning edition

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USA TODAY. U.S. beekeepers reported they lost 33% of their honey bee colonies over the past year.

America's beekeepers watched as a third of the country's honeybee colonies were lost over the last year, part of a decade-long die-off experts said may threaten our food supply.

The annual survey of roughly 5,000 beekeepers showed the 33% dip from April 2016 to April 2017.

The decrease is small compared to the survey's previous 10 years, when the decrease hovered at roughly 40%.

From 2012 to 2013, nearly half of the nation's colonies died.

"I would stop short of calling this 'good' news," said Dennis vanEngelsdorp, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.

It's hard to imagine any other agricultural sector being able to stay in business with such consistently high losses.". »

Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi 'was banned from mosque after accusing Imam of "talking b*****ks" in anti-ISIS sermon'

Authored by mirror.co.uk

The Manchester Arena bomber was banned from a city mosque after accusing an Imam of "talking b*****ks" during an anti-ISIS sermon, it is claimed.

Before the terror attack, Abedi had allegedly been reported to authorities at least five times over his extremist views, but they failed to stop him.

Mr Ramadan, 49, part of the close-knit Libyan community in south Manchester, said the incident unfolded at Didsbury Mosque. »

Net neutrality: 'Dead people' signing FCC consultation

Authored by bbc.com
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A campaign group has complained to the US Federal Communications Commission over its refusal to erase fake comments from a consultation on net neutrality.

The FCC has voted two-to-one to reverse net neutrality laws enacted in 2015.

Almost 2.8 million comments have been filed on the FCC's plans since the consultation opened at the end of April. »

11 Years Old, a Mom, and Pushed to Marry Her Rapist in Florida

Authored by nytimes.com
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Twenty-seven states do not even set a minimum age by statute, according to the Tahirih Justice Center’s Forced Marriage Initiative.

Such a sexual relationship would often violate statutory rape laws, but marriage sometimes makes it legal.

State legislators must understand that child marriage is devastating in Niger and Afghanistan — and also in New York and Florida. »