Hispanic, Latino Americans hit hardest by climate change: More than 70 percent of U.S. Latino adults say climate change is already affecting their local community, according to a new report by the Hispanic Access Foundation. In addition, more than half of the country’s Hispanic/Latino residents live in states with the highest levels of climate-change threats, reports Public News Service.
Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada: With the United States’ prescription drug prices among the highest in the world, the FDA has authorized Florida to be the first state to import prescription drugs from Canada, reports NPR. The pharmaceutical industry is vowing to fight the decision.
Ugandan LGBTQ+ people suffer under new “draconian” law: A new law in Uganda that issues the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and requires citizens to tell law enforcement about suspected homosexuals is causing international concern while earning favor from some fellow African countries, including Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia, reports The Guardian.
Perry school shooter used racial slur just before attack: The 17-year-old who killed a sixth-grader and injured seven others before taking his own life is believed to have used a racial slur on a Discord account just before the morning attack, reports NBC News. In addition, the killer was believed to belong to a Discord group devoted to discussing school shootings.
Future smartphones may become “envirometers:” Your phone may soon be able to measure on-site, in-home air quality and smoke levels (rather than from weather stations), thanks to technology developed by an Israeli company, reports Axios. Worldwide, poor air quality outdoors and indoors contributes to 7 million premature deaths (World Health Organization).
(photo credit: Demonstration in 2018 in London against Uganda’s already-draconian laws against homosexuality, courtesy Alisdare Hickson on Wikimedia Commons)
