Author: Michelle Korhonen
Saturday will mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Although the Russian military initially made broad advances into the country beginning on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian forces, backed by Western support, resisted fiercely, forcing Russia to pull back into eastern and southern Ukraine. Soon, front lines hundreds of miles long were established, and the war evolved into a long and punishing battle of artillery, drones, and close combat across trenches, shattered forests, and ruined villages. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed or injured in the conflict. As Russia continues to launch missiles into…
Dr Phil, America’s controversial prime-time TV psychologist, slammed the medical community this week for rushing to put gender-confused children on hormonal therapy or give them reassignment surgery. Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Dr Phillip McGraw, 73, said he was shocked that America’s leading child doctor group had endorsed the treatments despite countries like the UK and swathes of Europe restricting them due to fears about long-term side effects. He said: ‘It’s interesting they choose words like gender-affirming care. That’s interesting that they call it that but really what they’re talking about is hormonal therapy or sex reassignment surgery on children.‘All…
The decision stems from a case brought by three couples that had pursued in vitro fertilization treatment. Sang Tan/AP hide caption toggle caption Sang Tan/AP The decision stems from a case brought by three couples that had pursued in vitro fertilization treatment. Sang Tan/AP Frozen embryos are people and you can be held legally responsible if you destroy them, according to a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday. The decision could have wide-ranging implications for in vitro fertilization clinics and for hopeful parents. All Things Considered host Ailsa Chang speaks to UC Davis Professor of Law Mary Ziegler,…
Last June, years of organizing in Vermont paid off when the state’s House and Senate passed landmark legislation—overriding a governor’s earlier veto—that invests $125 million a year into its child-care system. The bill expanded eligibility for state assistance to 575 percent of the federal poverty level, meaning that more than 7,000 new families are expected to receive money for child-care expenses. Funding will also become available to help day-care centers recruit and retain teachers and expand capacity; centers will also receive additional money for providing nonstandard hours of care.But now advocates are worried that the wrong people stand to benefit…
Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs has denied gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in his Manhattan recording studio while claiming a photograph of her sitting in his lap ‘isn’t accurate’. The 54-year-old Harlem-born rapper has filed an official legal challenge refuting bombshell abuse accusations made by the alleged victim, who is now in her 30s. She claimed in December that Combs, his longtime friend and rapper Harve Pierre and a third unidentified man flew her to his New York studio before plying her with ‘copious amounts of drugs and alcohol‘ in 2003. He and two pals then took turns violently raping the teen as she drifted in…
Julie Silverman had a very rare condition that went undiagnosed for years. Julie Silverman hide caption toggle caption Julie Silverman Julie Silverman had a very rare condition that went undiagnosed for years. Julie Silverman This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. In 2018, Julie Silverman developed a bad cough. She went to her primary care physician, who sent her to a plethora of other doctors, but no one could diagnose the source of the cough, or figure out…
The Bastille looms large in the revolutionary imagination. When Paris crowds seized the French king’s fortress in July 1789, they unwittingly created a model for every subsequent upheaval. From the Russian Revolution through the “color revolutions” of the early 2000s to today’s calls for an “intifada revolution,” would-be revolutionaries imagine their movements as versions of the one in 1789: brusque, often violent ruptures in a nation’s political life that incise a line of demarcation in time, dividing the old-regime past from a radically new and different future.This vision took shape during the half century from 1775 to 1825, the era…
Soaring immigration could mean the government has to build half a million new homes every year, according to stark new calculations.Concerns have been raised after eye-watering projections last month indicated that the population is now due to hit 70million by 2026 – a decade earlier than previously thought.The Office for National Statistics expects numbers will go from 67million in mid-2021 to reach 73.7million by 2036, with 6.1million of that growth down to net migration.Analysis by the Financial Times estimated that would require 421,000 new homes per year between 2023 and 2036. However, the number could be up to 529,000 if current levels…
More Southern states are talking about expanding Medicaid to cover low-income residents. They’ve resisted the option for a decade, but are now running into competition for healthy workers.
Police hackers left a taunting message telling criminals ‘we may be in touch with you very soon, have a nice day’ after locking a notorious ransomware gang out of their own website. The National Crime Agency – known as ‘Britain’s FBI‘ – and other international partners, broke into LockBit, which was used in a quarter of all ransomware attacks last year.On Monday evening, a message appeared on the Russia-based website stating it was ‘now under control of law enforcement’, with agencies posting a message directly addressing the hackers.‘We have the source code, details of the victims you have attacked, the amount…