What to know about abortion in Arizona under the near-total 1864 ban
The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions
South Korea’s opposition party secures landslide victory in parliamentary vote
South Korean voters delivered a rebuke to President Yoon Suk Yeol and his People Power Party in midterm parliamentary elections, official results confirmed Thursday, lifting the Democratic Party to a landslide.
1 killed, 5 injured including children in shooting in Washington, D.C.
One man was killed and multiple people, including two children, were injured Wednesday evening at an apartment complex in Washington, D.C., after two shooters got out of a car and opened fire, according to police.
A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence
A report from a senior doctor in England says children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate
Irving, Doncic power streaking Mavericks past Heat
Luka Doncic accessed his array of acrobatic jump shots while Kyrie Irving was a dribbling and finishing fiend, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 111-92 rout of the Miami Heat on Wednesday in Miami.
In some classrooms in Senegal, deaf and hard-of-hearing students now study alongside everyone else
A new approach in Senegal is mixing a small number of hard-of-hearing students into public classrooms
Trans folks are peeing in bottles & avoiding water to dodge harassment under Florida’s bathroom law
Both trans folks and gender-nonconforming cis folks say they face rampant harassment in public restrooms under Florida’s anti-trans Safety in Private Spaces Act.The law, which took effect last July after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it in May 2023,
UK will investigate adult trans health clinics following controversial review on trans youth
A controversial new report on gender-affirming healthcare has compelled the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) to demand data from all seven of its adult gender clinics. The NHS has also ordered the clinics to deny services to any clients younger
Coastal salmon fishing banned for a second year amid steep population declines
Officials have decided to ban salmon fishing on the California coast for a second year. Salmon populations have dropped after the state's last drought.
Surrogate otter mom at Long Beach aquarium is rehabilitating pup 'better than any human ever can'
The pup could become Aquarium of the Pacific's first surrogate-raised otter to return to the wild — if she masters the skills needed to hack it in the ocean.
Explosive levels of methane have been detected near a Berkeley landfill-turned-park
Environmental regulators have found explosive levels of methane in a popular Berkeley park. Regulators and the city are sparring over the source of the gas and what to do about it.
US Should Adopt the Mearsheimer Plan
During a recent panel discussion sponsored by the Neutrality Studies YouTube channel and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord, the distinguished political scientist John J. Mearsheimer proffered what at first glance might appear to be a radical solution to the
The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo
Guantánamo? Remind me, what’s that? Oh, wait, how could I have forgotten? It’s that all-American offshore prison of injustice, opened in January 2002, that became the holding area for this country’s prisoners in its “war on terror,” many of whom
How Big a Factor Is Iran in the War on Gaza?
In both Ukraine and Gaza, the Biden administration has adopted the dangerous doctrine of war management in which, while not stopping a war diplomatically, it attempts to contain it and prevent it from becoming a wider war into which the