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From sports camps to running around on the playground, kids can log long hours in the summer heat. Many don't stop to drink water. A few simple moves by camps, coaches and parents can help.

Maggie Miley’s plans to construct its new outdoor patio adjacent to the east of its current building at 126 E. Beaufort St. It’s currently a vacant lot that was previously used for parking and outdoor dining during the pandemic.

Commentator David Brooks says he's heard that Liberals are thrilled with the possibility of Bob Dole being the Republican presidential candidate. But he warns them not to party too soon, for they are the real losers. He says he's sorry to say it, but the Liberal agenda has completely vanished from the political map in 1996.

The search for clues in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 continued in the Florida Everglades today. On Sunday, investigators began using ground-mapping radar to help locate objects in the murky swamp where the plane crashed. Noah speaks with Tom Fenner, geologist and sales director with Geophysical Survey Systems, the company that sent the radar, about the difficulties search crews are experiencing at the crash site.

One of the advances heralded by the mapping of the human genome moves a step closer this week. Differences in the way people respond to particular drugs is determined by the presence or absence of certain genes. NPR's Richard Harris reports that the identification of one of the genes responsible should make it possible to predict in advance who will benefit from a certain treatment and who will not.

Laura Sydell of member station WNYC reports on the oddly shaped Congressional district in Queens which is represented by Nydia Velaquez. (NID-e-uh vel-LAZ-kez) When drawn on a map, it's said to remind people of Bullwinkle. The majority Hispanic district is the most recent to be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional because it was constructed along racial and ethnic lines.

The first annual meeting since Normal township experienced a complete turnover of trustees included plans to celebrate the Activity and Recreation Center's 10th anniversary.

Critics worry it will mask the risks of buying cryptocurrency.

The Army is working with private industry to create a coronavirus vaccine, but also working on its own. The military service has a history of creating vaccines and making medical breakthroughs.

Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the industry's bonanza.