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Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military
The new regulations provide “access to the military in one’s self-identified gender provided all appropriate standards are met,” the Defense Department said in a statement, and “provide a path for those in service for medical treatment, gender transition, and recognition in one’s self-identified gender.” Continue Reading Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military
Flu And Colds Are Down. Should We Continue Wearing Masks Beyond The Pandemic?
A study released this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, led by researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, found that across 44 children’s hospitals, the number of pediatric patients hospitalized for respiratory illnesses is down 62%. Deaths have dropped dramatically too, compared with the last 10 years: The number of flu deaths among children is usually between 100 and 200 per year, but so far only one child has died from the disease in the U.S. during the 2020-2021 flu season. Continue Reading Flu And Colds Are Down. Should We Continue Wearing Masks Beyond The Pandemic?
NFL Expands Regular Season To 17 Games Per Team In Long-Expected Revenue Boost
National Football League owners voted Tuesday to approve an enhanced schedule that will bring the number of regular-season games to 17 per team starting this year. The long-discussed change is expected to bring additional revenue to the NFL, which finalized a new round of broadcast rights agreements earlier this month. Continue Reading NFL Expands Regular Season To 17 Games Per Team In Long-Expected Revenue Boost
Arrest Made In Attack On Asian Woman In Manhattan, As Bystanders Watched
A 65-year-old Asian American woman was physically and verbally attacked by an unidentified man in Midtown Manhattan on Monday in an incident police say they are investigating as a hate crime. Continue Reading Arrest Made In Attack On Asian Woman In Manhattan, As Bystanders Watched
President Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender
President Biden announced his first judicial nominations Tuesday, including Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals seat vacated by Merrick Garland when he became U.S. attorney general. Jackson is considered a potential Supreme Court contender. Continue Reading President Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender
Federal Report Says Radioactive Cleanup Work At Idaho Nuclear Site Is Working
Ongoing Superfund cleanup work of radioactive and other contamination at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho has been successful at protecting humans and the environment, U.S. and state officials say. The five-year review by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality also said that potential exposures in areas that aren’t yet cleaned up are being controlled. Continue Reading Federal Report Says Radioactive Cleanup Work At Idaho Nuclear Site Is Working
WHO Report: Wildlife Farms, Not Market, Likely Source Of Coronavirus Pandemic
The highly anticipated World Health Organization report on the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a global pandemic is due out Tuesday. NPR has obtained an early copy. According to the report, data suggests that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was not the original source of the outbreak. Continue Reading WHO Report: Wildlife Farms, Not Market, Likely Source Of Coronavirus Pandemic
CDC Director Fears ‘Impending Doom’ If U.S. Opens Too Quickly
Amid growing optimism about the rising pace of vaccinations in the U.S., the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has one request for the American people: Don’t act as if the pandemic is over – it’s not. Continue Reading CDC Director Fears ‘Impending Doom’ If U.S. Opens Too Quickly
Trial Begins For Derek Chauvin, Former Minneapolis Officer Accused In Killing Of George Floyd
The prosecution and defense made opening arguments in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday morning. The trial is starting in earnest 10 months after George Floyd’s killing triggered outrage and protests against racial inequality across the United States. Continue Reading Trial Begins For Derek Chauvin, Former Minneapolis Officer Accused In Killing Of George Floyd
Federal Eviction Moratorium Extended Just 2 Days Before Expiration
With many Americans behind on their rent during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is extending an order aimed at preventing evictions through June. Continue Reading Federal Eviction Moratorium Extended Just 2 Days Before Expiration
President Biden Says ‘Nothing Has Changed’ But Child Migrants Crossing Border At Higher Pace
It is true, as Biden states, that numbers often rise during the early months of the year when temperatures begin to warm. But the number of children arriving today without their parents is considerably higher than at the same time in 2019 and 2020. In fact, the number of unaccompanied children being apprehended by the Border Patrol were higher in February than they’ve been any previous February since 2014, according to data shared with NPR by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. Continue Reading President Biden Says ‘Nothing Has Changed’ But Child Migrants Crossing Border At Higher Pace
Why Nearly All Mass Shooters Are Men
A staggering 98% of these crimes have been committed by men, according to The Violence Project, a nonpartisan research group that tracks U.S. mass shooting data dating back to 1966. Continue Reading Why Nearly All Mass Shooters Are Men
