Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Incels need more mental health help - Swansea University report (www.bbc.com)
Research says involuntary celibate men make "fundamental errors" about what women want in a partner.
Elton John becomes 19th person to achieve EGOT status with Emmy Award win for 'outstanding variety special' (www.cbsnews.com)
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World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer (www.theguardian.com)
Bill O’Reilly Outraged After School District Pulls His Books Under Florida Law He Supported: ‘It’s Absurd’ (www.mediaite.com)
As opioids devastate tribes in Washington state, tribal leaders push for added funding (apnews.com)
States With The Least Healthy (And Healthiest) Populations (www.forbes.com)
Good health can allow you to fully participate in the activities you enjoy and live life to the fullest. Yet many Americans struggle with chronic health conditions that hamper their quality of life. Six in 10 American adults have at least one chronic disease and four in 10 have two or more, according to the Centers for Disease...
Fate of Infamous Dublin, California Women's Prison Now in Hands of Federal Judge (www.kqed.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/federal-oversight-of-dublin-wom…
Iowa Republicans who’ve changed their minds this cycle are searching for a Trump alternative (www.nbcnews.com)
Most likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers say they have supported the same candidate throughout the entire election cycle, a contributing factor to former President Donald Trump’s maintaining a massive lead heading into Monday night....
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids (www.washingtonpost.com)
The governors have given varying reasons for refusing to take part, from the price tag to the fact that the final details of the plan have yet to be worked out. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ( R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths “when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.” Nebraska...
Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists (www.theguardian.com)
Rufo described Jonatan Pallesen as “a Danish data scientist who has raised new questions about Claudine Gay’s use – and potential misuse – of data in her PhD thesis” in an interview published in his newsletter and on the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal website last Friday....
Federal scientists recommend easing restrictions on marijuana (www.boston.com)
America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time (www.vox.com)
Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives....
State trooper plunges into icy Vermont pond to save 8-year-old girl (apnews.com)
A Vermont state trooper plunged into a frigid pond and pulled out an 8-year-old girl who had fallen through the ice while playing with siblings. The child survived and fully recovered after a brief hospital stay....
The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit production of the 737 Max 9 (www.kpbs.org)
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase its oversight of Boeing and its suppliers, and will re-examine the longstanding practice of allowing company employees to perform some safety analysis of its planes....
No joke: Feds are banning humorous electronic messages on highways (apnews.com)
It’s no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country....
A rare male pygmy hippo born in a Czech zoo debuts his first photoshoot (apnews.com)
PRAGUE (AP) — A rare male pygmy hippopotamus born in a Czech zoo debuted his first photoshoot on Monday to the delight of spectators. He is considered a valuable addition to the conservation efforts of the endangered species.
Brutal arctic blast blanketing much of the US is set to deliver record-breaking low temperatures as the South braces for snow (www.cnn.com)
In Egypt, Wang Yi calls for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian statehood (www.scmp.com)
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital.”...
ESPN returns 37 Emmys, disciplines employees after a decades-long scheme is unearthed (www.yahoo.com)
I’m not into sportsball, or the Emmys for that matter, so this has me very confused. Isn’t this a scandal for the Emmys as much as it is for ESPN? If you’re giving awards to people that don’t even exist, you clearly aren’t doing any due diligence to see if they deserve the award. And did the people getting these...
Mississippi quits child food program amid Republican ‘welfare state’ attack (www.theguardian.com)
Critics condemn ‘cruelty’ of state opting out of federal problem to feed children from low-income families during summer break...
A boomer retirement bomb is about to blow up America's economy (www.businessinsider.com)
The great baby-boomer retirement wave is upon us. According to Census Bureau data, 44% of boomers are at retirement age and millions more are soon to join them. By 2030, the largest generation to enter retirement will all be older than 65....
Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings (apnews.com)
After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston....
A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls (apnews.com)
A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group’s conference at the last minute after a protest group claimed the coalition was promoting Hamas, terrorism and antisemitism....
Houses set alight as lava from volcano eruption reaches Icelandic town (www.theguardian.com)
Seismic activity intensified overnight near Grindavík, the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in two years...
