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Black Democratic chair gets lynching threat over Trump essay
Read full article: Black Democratic chair gets lynching threat over Trump essayThe first Black chair of Iowa’s Democratic Party says he received a series of racist messages, including a lynching threat, after writing a newspaper op-ed criticizing former President Donald Trump and the state Republican officials who stood with him at a recent rally in Des Moines.

Rare bee loses 96% of its population
Read full article: Rare bee loses 96% of its populationResearchers fight to bring the rare rusty patched bumblebee back from the brink of extinction. HAMPTON, Ill. - A research team in the Quad Cities is fighting to bring a native bumblebee back from the brink of extinction. Fish and Wildlife Service has a list of plants the rusty patched bumblebee likes to feed off of. They're also studying the bee population and documenting how it changes over the years. He hopes the population of the rusty patched bumblebee found at Niabi Zoo earlier this start a new colony at Illiniwek.