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Permanent drought measures in CA, the president will visit Hiroshima and make history, GMO mosquitoes
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May 10, 2016
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Permanent drought measures in CA, the president will visit Hiroshima and make history, GMO mosquitoes

Permanent drought measures against certain forms of water waste, President Obama will visit Hiroshima, gene-editing mosquitoes to combat the spread of disease.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Permanent drought measures against certain forms of water waste, President Obama will visit Hiroshima, gene-editing mosquitoes to combat the spread of disease.

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Governor Jerry Brown has issued an executive order that will make some California drought regulations permanent.
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A federal judge in Mexico has paved the way for drug boss Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán to be extradited to the US. Guzmán faces charges related to his role as leader of the deadly Sinaloa Cartel.
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Napa Assemblyman Bill Dodd has put forth a bill to require California classrooms to secure bookshelves and other heavy objects in case of an earthquake.
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California lawmakers are discussing a controversial measure to help cut down on drug-related deaths: supervised injection sites.
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Today the White House announced that President Barack Obama will tour the city of Hiroshima, the site of the massive atom bomb drop near the end of World War II.
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Fatal car crashes involving people who had recently used pot doubled in Washington State after marijuana was legalized four years ago, AAA says
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As the Zika virus continues to spread, scientists are looking to gene-editing technologies as a possible tool to fight the disease.
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