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Hundreds gather as the group Missouri for Constitutional Freedom launches a signature collecting event for a constitutional amendment that would legalize abortion up until fetal viability on Feb. 6 at The Pageant in St. Louis. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio Hundreds gather as the group Missouri for Constitutional Freedom launches a signature collecting event for a constitutional amendment that would legalize abortion up until fetal viability on Feb. 6 at The Pageant in St. Louis. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio Missouri abortion rights supporters have faced a grueling road over the…
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.At what point does a “long-shot candidacy” tip into a pure vanity spectacle? Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota refuses to suspend his Democratic-primary campaign against President Joe Biden. Does Phillips know something we don’t—or does he have a different 2024 plan in mind? First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.Vanity Campaign or VP Campaign?Seemingly nobody wants a 2020 rematch, yet both Biden and…
The relatives of musician Cat Janice, best known for her song Dance You Outta My Head, announced that she died from cancer on Wednesday morning. In a statement, shared to Instagram, the 31-year-old performer’s loved ones revealed that she passed away in her childhood home ‘surrounded by her loving family.’ ‘Catherine peacefully entered the light and love of her heavenly creator,’ the post began. ‘We are eternally thankful for the outpouring of love that Catherine and our family have received over the past few months.’They continued: ‘Cat saw her music go places she never expected and rests in the peace of knowing that she will…
A dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. When an unvaccinated person is exposed to measles, public health guidance if for them to get vaccinated within three days. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images A dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. When an unvaccinated person is exposed to measles, public health guidance if for them to get vaccinated within three days. Joe Raedle/Getty Images In mid-February, a measles outbreak started at the Manatee Bay Elementary School in Broward County in South Florida. There are now at least nine cases in the county and…
Dour, somber Mitch McConnell was gleeful, if such a thing can be imagined. Surveying the aftermath of the January 6 riot, the longtime Kentucky senator concluded that Donald Trump was finished. “I feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally, totally discredited himself,” he told a reporter. “He put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.”That was a little more than three years ago. Today, McConnell surrendered to Trump. The Republican leader announced that he will step down from his leadership post in November, meaning that if Trump wins the presidential election, as he currently seems favored…
For almost two decades since Emma Caldwell’s remains were discovered in dark, secluded woodland many miles from home, her family’s world teetered between overwhelming despair and brief flashes of hope.Hope that the man responsible for her murder might one day face justice; despair at the lack of progress in cracking the case as the years slipped by.Yet, when justice finally came, any relief must have been tempered by the agony of so much needless suffering – from a profoundly flawed police investigation.No one listening to the harrowing evidence of Iain Packer’s many appalling crimes laid bare by prosecutors at the…
The $1 billion donation from Ruth Gottesman to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the largest-ever charitable gifts to an educational institution in the United States. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The $1 billion donation from Ruth Gottesman to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the largest-ever charitable gifts to an educational institution in the United States. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will no longer have to pay tuition after the school received a $1 billion donor gift. Ruth Gottesman,…
In 1963, the monk Thich Quang Duc soaked himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire to protest the government of the Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem. Within a few years, dozens more had killed themselves the same way. A Quaker named Norman Morrison stood outside Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara’s office, handed off his 1-year-old daughter to a stranger, and cremated himself. Back in Vietnam, a nun named Nhat Chi Mai wondered to a friend whether the tactic had lost its power through overuse. “Fasting and even self-immolation no longer wake people up,” she said. “We have to be…
Credit: CC0 Public DomainThere lies a paradox in sleep. Its apparent tranquility juxtaposes with the brain’s bustling activity. The night is still, but the brain is far from dormant. During sleep, brain cells produce bursts of electrical pulses that cumulate into rhythmic waves—a sign of heightened brain cell function.But why is the brain active when we are resting?Slow brain waves are associated with restful, refreshing sleep. And now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that brain waves help flush waste out of the brain during sleep. Individual nerve cells coordinate to produce rhythmic waves…
In this Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, a bottle of Eli Lilly & Co.’s Prozac is pictured at a company facility in Plainfield, Ind. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption toggle caption Darron Cummings/AP In this Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, a bottle of Eli Lilly & Co.’s Prozac is pictured at a company facility in Plainfield, Ind. Darron Cummings/AP The monthly rate of antidepressants being dispensed to young people increased about 64% more quickly during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers used the IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Database to examine a sample of about…