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Roads Washed Out, Dozens of Sinkholes Reported as Flash Flooding Slams Upper Midwest
https://weather.com/news/news/2018-06-17-flash-flooding-minnesota-michigan-wisconsin


On May 17, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Aimovig for the preventive treatment of migraines in adults with episodic or chronic migraines.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/health/migraine-treatment-fda-bn/index.html


Secret VA nursing home ratings hide poor quality care from the public
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/17/secret-va-nursing-home-ratings-hide-poor-quality-care/674829002/


Giant Hogweed, an invasive plant that can cause third-degree burns and permanent blindness, has been found in Virginia, according to researchers at the Massey Herbarium at Virginia Tech.
So far, there has been just one confirmed sighting of Giant Hogweed — in Clarke County, Virginia, but the dangerous plant also grows in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, according to CBS.
The plant can easily be mistaken for other harmless plants, such as Queen Anne’s Lace and Cow Parsnip.
http://whnt.com/2018/06/17/plant-that-causes-third-degree-burns-blindness-found-in-virginia/


All about 'plogging': The new eco-friendly workout trend
https://www.nbcnews.com/better/pop-culture/all-about-plogging-newest-eco-friendly-workout-trend-ncna882886


Pittsburgh cartoonist says he was fired after 25 years for making fun of Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/17/pittsburgh-post-gazette-rob-rogers-cartoons


An insect Armageddon is under way, say many entomologists, the result of a multiple whammy of environmental impacts: pollution, habitat changes, overuse of pesticides, and global warming. And it is a decline that could have crucial consequences. Our creepy crawlies may have unsettling looks but they lie at the foot of a wildlife food chain that makes them vitally important to the makeup and nature of the countryside. They are “the little things that run the world” according to the distinguished Harvard biologist Edward O Wilson, who once observed: “If all humankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”
[I have only seen a few fireflies in my yeard for the past few years. Used to be a lot.]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/17/where-have-insects-gone-climate-change-population-decline