U.S. Senate Dems tie state abortion bans, including Oklahoma’s, to fewer beginning physicians Bans or severe restrictions on abortion access enacted by Republican state lawmakers have led to a downturn in medical students seeking to practice in those states, and a handful of Democratic U.S. 05/21/2024 - 11:30 pm | View Link
Alabama OB-GYN residencies dropped over 21% after Dobbs, state abortion ban, analysis says Alabama’s near-total abortion ban seems to be discouraging medical students ... the first full cycle after the U.S. Supreme Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling in 2022, which allowed ... 05/21/2024 - 11:14 pm | View Link
U.S. Senate Dems tie state abortion bans to fewer beginning physicians Bans or severe restrictions on abortion access enacted by Republican state lawmakers have led to a downturn in medical students seeking to practice in those states, and a handful of Democratic U.S. 05/21/2024 - 6:51 am | View Link
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022 ... 05/21/2024 - 4:10 am | View Link
Americans divided as Supreme Court weighs abortion pill access, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Americans are divided on whether women should have to see a doctor in person before receiving abortion pills, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to reimpose that ... 05/17/2024 - 3:30 am | View Link
The trial of fugitive Chinese mogul Guo Wengui kicks off in New York Wednesday, as federal prosecutors prepare to lay out what they have called a “complex” conspiracy involving elaborate financial schemes, dozens of offshore accounts, and evidence translated from Mandarin. But the heart of the case is a simple and familiar American phenomenon: political grift—a confidence job in which a demagogic leader allegedly translated partisan passion into personal gain.
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US gas utilities are partnering with one of the nation’s most trusted nonprofits as part of a “cynical PR stunt” to combat efforts to curb fossil fuel usage, a Guardian investigation has found.
Local Habitat for Humanity affiliates have teamed up with at least four utilities across 10 states to build “zero-net energy homes,” which are meant to produce more energy than they use.
The houses, which are sold at affordable rates to low-income families, are weatherized and meticulously insulated to boost efficiency and equipped with rooftop solar panels.
American taxpayers have spent considerable treasure to ensure that Yemenis didn’t starve and then had to spend another fortune providing protection against them.