Santa Cruz County prosecutors seek to block release of man convicted of 2015 assault, murder of 8-year-old “Maddy” Middleton

SANTA CRUZ — County prosecutors are petitioning the court to prevent the release of a man convicted of kidnapping, murdering and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in 2015. Pictures of the slain 8-year-old Madyson Middleton were staked on the lawn …

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Have we defeated malaria?

The roll-out of a new affordable vaccine, combined with breakthroughs in the genetic modification of mosquitos, means that a world free of malaria is “finally within sight,” Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of India-based drugs manufacturer the Serum Institute, has said. …

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