The Daily Populous

Monday February 24th, 2020 night edition

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Al Gore also won his first three Democratic primary contests, Iowa, New Hampshire and Delaware, but only faced one opponent, New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley.

"No campaign has a grassroots movement like we do, which is another reason why we're going to win this election.".

The candidate's history-making popular vote victories in each of the first three early voting states has awarded him 31 delegates.

Along with the senator himself, Sanders' supporters and campaign volunteers reveled in his third straight popular vote victory Sunday.

We just took him to break historical records by being the first candidate from either party to win the popular vote of the first three states.

"Bernard Sanders is the only candidate in history (in a competitive primary) to win the popular vote in the first 3 states," remarked the People for Bernie Sanders Twitter account Saturday evening, after the announcement of his victory.

in 2016, Sanders lost both Nevada and Iowa to then-Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton, but he held on to his neighboring state of New Hampshire. »

Man accidentally kills roommate, shoots her while negligently handling gun

Authored by abcnews.go.com

Man accidentally kills roommate, shoots her while negligently handling gun The woman was dead by the time the authorities arrived.

A man accidentally shot and killed his roommate when he was negligently handling a gun and shot her.

Anthonny Mendez, 23, of Kissimmee, Florida, was arrested after allegedly accidentally shooting and killing his roommate on Feb. 21 after negligently handling a gun before it discharged. »

70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes

Authored by cleantechnica.com

CITE Research recently conducted a survey for Vivint Solar and found that 70% of Americans would support a nationwide mandate requiring that solar panels be installed on all newly built homes.

The survey was conducted online, and 2,000 U.S. adults age 25 and up participated in the study from June 13 to 16, 2019.

It is one of the nation’s largest solar installers in terms of installed solar capacity, alongside Sunrun and Tesla/SolarCity. »

Exploring how deaf people 'hear' voice-hallucinations

Authored by ucl.ac.uk

However, the collection and interpretation of data had relied on non-native signers or hearing researchers using sign language interpreters.

Deaf people frequently use signs such as 'heard', 'shout', 'voices' and 'talk' without necessarily bestowing the auditory qualities assumed in English.

The methodology demonstrates that the diversity of voice hallucination experience reflects the variety of experience with language and hearing loss among deaf individuals. »

The absurdly high cost of insulin, explained

Authored by vox.com

He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives.

Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1.

And by next year, all diabetes patients on Cigna plans will be able to join, according to the Washington Post. »