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Saturday June 8th, 2019 evening edition

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(CNN) For the first time ever, Wisconsin's government is raising the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag at the state's Capitol.

On Friday, Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order stating that the pride flag will be flown over the State Capitol Building for the rest of June, coinciding with Pride month world-wide.

The order came the same week that New York's state government also raised the rainbow flag over its Capitol for the first time.

The Wisconsin order also allows any state building to follow suit.

"Publicly displaying the Rainbow Pride Flag sends a clear and unequivocal message that Wisconsin is a welcoming and inclusive place where everyone can live without fear of persecution, judgment, or discrimination," Evers said in the order.

"With a historic number of out LGBT legislators and our biggest, most bipartisan Equality Agenda this session, it's only fitting that the pride flag should fly over the Capitol this month.

With a historic number of out LGBT legislators and our biggest, most bipartisan Equality Agenda this session, it's only fitting that the pride flag should fly over the Capitol this month. »

Bloomberg pledges US$500m to fight climate change

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NEW YORK: US billionaire Michael Bloomberg pledged half a billion dollars on Friday (Jun 7) to fight climate change, saying "our lives and our children's lives depend on it.".

Bloomberg, in a commencement speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), took aim at climate change sceptics in the Trump administration.

"We will get deeply involved in elections around the country because climate change is now first and foremost a political problem," he said. »

A Posture Tweak Can Make Your Food Taste Better, Say Marketing Researchers

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Physical stress “associated with maintaining standing postures, even for a brief period, can reduce sensory sensitivity,” they write.

“Additionally, we show that this decreased sensory sensitivity has implications for food and beverage taste evaluation, food temperature perception, and overall consumption volume.”.

This study suggests that the physical stress of standing while eating reduces sensory sensitivity, which reduces the enjoyment of food. »

NASA is opening the space station to $35,000-a-night visits. A tourist who paid Russia $30 million to get there a decade ago says it's a 'seismic shift.'

Authored by businessinsider.de
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NASA rolled out a new, multi-part plan on Friday that could open the doors of International Space Station (ISS) to commercial companies, facilities, and even private astronauts.

One big change in NASA's five-part vision is to enable "private astronauts to conduct approved commercial and marketing activities on the space station.".

NASA now says it will allow private astronauts — two per year — to stay up to 30 days each on the space station. »

James Olley auf Twitter: "Southgate on #eng fans booing Van Dijk: "I'm happier they are booing their players rather than ours... looks like we are making progress!""

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