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Woman alleges NYPD counterterror cop ex-husband used influence to get her unjustly arrested
NEW YORK — The ex-wife of an NYPD officer involved in policing mass events and protests alleges in a complaint filed with internal investigators that the cop had her unjustly arrested by fellow officers and held for more than a day as a tactic in their contentious child custody and visitation rights battle.
Sharon Maynard, a speech ...Read more
ICC seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on war crimes charges.
Karim Khan said in a statement that the charges relate to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group, and to the Israeli military ...Read more
Wikileaks' Assange gets another shot at extradition appeal
The extradition of Julian Assange was delayed again after London judges gave the Wikileaks founder another chance to bring an appeal.
After more than a decade of legal wrangling, British judges gave Assange some hope of a reprieve. It means the Wikileaks founder, who has been in prison or in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, will not...Read more
With Trump in court, former advisers are quietly drafting his economic policy
As Donald Trump spends his days on trial in a New York City courthouse, a clutch of former advisers are quietly drafting his economic policy over phone calls, emails and drinks.
These competing factions of outside advisers are offering sometimes conflicting plans on tariff hikes, China, health care and taxes, according to people with knowledge ...Read more
Rescuers found no signs of life at Iran crash site
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, widely seen as a candidate to become the country’s next supreme leader, was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
His death, along with that of Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, was announced by state media early on Monday after rescuers spent hours trying to locate and reach the accident site in a...Read more
Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them
More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder – the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism – in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.
The condition is characterized by a pattern of heavy alcohol consumption with loss of control over drinking despite negative social, ...Read more
Young Hondurans’ desire to migrate is influenced by factors beyond poverty and violence
Why are so many young Hondurans heading north?
Research by me and two colleagues, published in the peer-reviewed journal International Migration, delved into the factors that motivate young people – those ages 16 to 29 – to leave the central American country and migrate to the U.S.
We found that resilience, which we define...Read more
‘Mary gardens’ bring Catholic piety to the garden
Each spring, some Catholics plant flowers around a statue of the Virgin Mary, reviving a tradition that goes back to medieval England when holy figures were remembered and shared through plant and flower names.
In Mary gardens, plants and flowers have specific Marian names or religious names in addition to their botanical and common ...Read more
Student anger over the Vietnam War erupted into violence in the ’60s − a terrorism expert explores if the same could happen today
Following a wave of pro-Palestinian protests led by students at universities across the country, a few schools, like Brown University, say they are considering divesting from companies that support or work in Israel.
In most circumstances, with summer on the horizon, the friction between protesting students and university ...Read more
How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II
Palestinians in Gaza have begun receiving humanitarian aid delivered through a newly completed floating pier off the coast of the besieged territory. Built by the U.S. military and operated in coordination with the United Nations, aid groups and other nations’ militaries, the pier can trace its origins back to a mid-20th century U.S. Navy ...Read more
Medicaid 'unwinding' decried as biased against disabled people
Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a job. Every weekday for four years, Saa, 43, has relied on a home health aide to help her cook, bathe and dress, go to the doctor, pick up medications, and accomplish other daily tasks.
She received coverage through Florida’s Medicaid program ...Read more
Virtual medicine: How has telehealth improved the lives of people with substance disorders?
From the driver's seat of his parked truck, Lewis recalled what it felt like to take opioids.
He was prescribed Vicodin after getting his wisdom teeth removed at age 15, he says, which jumpstarted an addiction he's battled for nearly two decades. (Lewis' last name has been omitted for concerns regarding his medical privacy.)
"I just remember ...Read more
In rural Calif., serenity threatened by planned battery facilities, costlier fire insurance
ACTON, Calif. -- On five acres in Acton, Christina Weyer and her husband care for rescued senior and special-needs equines. At the moment, six horses and 13 donkeys, along with a dog and a clutter of feral cats, share the property.
In this dry, windswept rural landscape dotted with homes and ranches about 50 miles from downtown Los Angeles, ...Read more
Landfill study shows flawed detection methods, higher methane emissions in Illinois, other states
CHICAGO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s method of detecting methane leaks at landfills is flawed, and emissions of this powerful heat-trapping gas are likely much higher than what is being reported, according to a new study analyzing landfills in Illinois and seven other states.
Released Thursday by the environmental nonprofit ...Read more
Colorado is about to wipe 100,000 criminal convictions from the public record
The way Jeffery Kytle tells it, he came to Colorado for vacation and left on probation.
Twenty-one years ago, the Iowa resident bolted out the back of a Keystone condo when police busted in the front.
He was in town for a ski vacation, to blow his buddy’s recent $20,000 casino jackpot, the now-66-year-old said this month. But there were ...Read more
Why one New York health system stopped suing its patients
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jolynn Mungenast spends her days looking for ways to help people pay their hospital bills.
Working out of a warehouse-like building in a scruffy corner of this former industrial town, Mungenast gently walks patients through health insurance options, financial aid, and payment plans. Most want to pay, said Mungenast, a ...Read more
Will North Korea be a bigger threat under Biden or Trump?
SEOUL, South Korea — Faced with other more pressing developments in Ukraine and Gaza, the Biden administration has largely kept the threat of North Korea's nuclear program on the back burner.
But tensions around the Korean peninsula have been ratcheting up for years, opening a new and uncertain chapter in a pitched standoff that, just six ...Read more
Iran president dead in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of the country.
Rescuers on Monday found the helicopter that had been carrying the president and other officials including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who also died, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. It crashed on Sunday near ...Read more
Iran crash: President Raisi’s fate raises concerns in Tehran over potential loss of loyalist
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who remains missing after the helicopter he was in crashed on May 19, 2024, is a consummate loyalist whose death would be a blow to the country’s conservative leadership.
While search and rescue teams – hampered by rain, fog, forests and mountains – searched for wreckage, Iran’s Supreme Leader ...Read more
China hits Boeing Defense, two others with symbolic sanctions
China sanctioned three U.S. defense contractors in a mostly symbolic move that signals its unhappiness with U.S. arms sales to Taiwan the same day the island installs a new leader.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. were added to an “unreliable entity” list for ...Read more
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