Operation London Bridge: Here's what happens after Queen Elizabeth's death

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, ending her longest reign as the British head of state. Her death set in motion "Operation London Bridge," plans that have been put in place since the 1960s and revised regularly over decades. Details about the plan have been revealed over the years shedding light on how the planned ten days between the queen’s death and her funeral will truly look. The plan specifies the process for announcing the queen's death, the period of official mourning in Britain and other nations tied to the British throne and for her funeral, acco

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The aboriginal tragedy and the plague of untreated trauma

This week a 32-year-old aboriginal man on parole allegedly went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan that killed 11 people and wounded 17. He died days later in police custody of self-inflicted injuries. This awful story illustrates how untreated trauma, caused by generational abuse and violence, lurks behind much of the world’s misery, from violent crimes to addiction, mistreatment of others and wars. It also illustrates the ong

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Study finds possible link between stroke rates, refinery pollutants

Residential exposure to pollutants emitted by petroleum refineries could be related to the prevalence of stroke rates across the southern United States, a new study has found. Living near petroleum production sites and refineries was potentially linked to 5.6 percent of strokes among adults surveyed in seven states across the region, according to the study, published on Thursday in Environmental Research Letters. The process of refining petroleum, a co

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DC mayor declares public emergency over busloads of migrants

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Thursday declared a public emergency over busloads of migrants from Texas and Arizona arriving in the nation's capital. Bowser said she was creating a new Office of Migrant Services to assist with the emergency, estimating that 9,400 migrants have been bused to her city since April and hundreds more are expected this fall. "What we're dealing with is a big unknown, and it's an unknown being imposed on us," the mayor said at a Thursday morning

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Queen Elizabeth, longest-serving British monarch, dies

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