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The city catching US tourists in dating trap
BBC Tou Ger Xiong is one of several Americans whose deaths in Colombia have been linked to dating apps A series of mysterious deaths involving American men in Colombia has been linked to dating apps. Relatives of those killed are now searching for answers, writes Austin Landis in Medellin. Tou Ger Xiong loved coming back …
2nd City Zoning
2nd City Zoning is an interactive map that lets you: find out how your building is zoned learn where to locate your business explore zoning patterns throughout the city To make Chicago’s zoning code digestible by humans, we took inspiration from one of our favorite games: Sim City 2000. It started with the color scheme: …
India Approves $7B Electric City Bus Scheme
India’s federal government has agreed to chip in $2.4B of a $7B scheme to roll out 10,000 electric buses across 100 large cities, India officials said on Wednesday. The program for the e-buses will be implemented using the Public Private Partnership model. The goal of the scheme is to relieve the shortage of public transportation …
NYU School of Global Public Health Joins Global Initiative to Improve Heart Health Equity in New York City
The NYU School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) has joined a global initiative to reimagine how cities tackle heart health inequities using artificial intelligence—starting in New York City. The AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network—created by the Novartis Foundation in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health—aims to use innovative data science techniques to provide health authorities, …
This Week in History: City health report looked good in 1923 | News, Sports, Jobs
99 years ago in 1923 The health of the city of Warren was fine. If citizens were not run down by automobiles or street cars or trains they had little chance of being cut down by contagious diseases. The city health board in regular meeting was told by Health Officer G.N. Simpson that …
City Council OKs renovations for Canton City Public Health
CANTON − Canton City Public Health offices in the Sears Building at 420 Market Ave. N are set to get an upgrade. City Council on Monday authorized the mayor or public service director to enter a $108,800 contract with Motter & Meadows Architects for the design and construction oversight. Council also will have to approve …
City of St. Louis, St. Louis Mental Health Board Open American Rescue Plan Funding Opportunities for Early Childcare Providers
Childcare providers delivering high-quality care in the City of St. Louis are encouraged to apply for this one-time grant. August 18, 2022 | 2 min reading time In collaboration with the City of St. Louis, the Saint Louis Mental Health Board (MHB) has opened an application process for childcare providers in response to the COVID-19 …
New Orleans City Council votes on safeguards for facial recognition technology
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Before the city council voted on Ordinance 33,809, local advocates spoke out about their concerns with how the NOPD is now allowed to use facial recognition software. “Right now there are almost no protections in place around the use of the tech and we are relying on the NOPD to follow …
New York becomes second major US city to declare health emergency over monkeypox
“We estimate that approximately 150,000 New Yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure,” Mayor Eric Adams and Dr. Ashwin Vasan, commissioner of the city’s health and mental hygiene department, said in a joint statement. “This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a …