The Daily Populous

Tuesday June 20th, 2017 morning edition

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- A brand new tool for a local search and rescue team helped find two missing hikers and a dog near Devil's Head trail on Thursday evening.

The Douglas County Search and Rescue team first spotted the hikers by using a drone.

The UAV project was launched in the spring, and after field training with drone pilots, the new tool proved to be beneficial in the first few times it was put to use.

After hiking around the Devil's Head trail for several hours, two men and their dog found themselves lost after mistakenly leaving the trail.

Douglas County Search and Rescue volunteer teams responded to the area at approximately 4:15 p.m. to search for the hikers and their dog.

Just after 6 p.m. the drone team made visual contact with the lost hikers.

The Douglas County Search and Rescue team is funded primarily on donations. »

Otto Warmbier: US student sent home from North Korea dies

Authored by bbc.co.uk

The US student held in captivity for more than 15 months in North Korea has died a week after returning home.

North Korea said he had contracted botulism but his family say North Korea subjected him to "awful torturous mistreatment" in detention.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Donald Trump says the US will 'handle' North Korea. »

GOP Data Firm Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly 200 Million American Voters

Authored by gizmodo.com

Deep Root Analytics, a conservative data firm that identifies audiences for political ads, confirmed ownership of the data to Gizmodo on Friday.

Spreadsheets acquired from TargetPoint, which partnered with Deep Root and GOP Data Trust during the 2016 election, include the home addresses, birthdates, and party affiliations of nearly 200 million registered voters in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, as well as some 2016 voters. »

Hot weather is getting deadlier due to climate change

Authored by researchgate.net

Right now, about 30 percent of the world’s population is exposed to deadly temperatures at least 20 days out of the year.

By 2100, that number could reach 74 percent if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, or 48 percent with drastic cuts to global emissions.

There are several carbon calculators that anyone can use to calculate what their personal impacts are on global carbon emissions. »

John Moore, 56; Sued to Share Profits From His Cells

Authored by articles.latimes.com

Within days, Moore's doctors were amazed to discover that his blood profile had returned to normal.

Concerned that Moore's dangerously swollen spleen might burst, surgeons at UCLA Medical Center removed it.

Using new biotechnology, Golde and other researchers developed the cells into a replicating cell that makes the protein in large quantities. »