The cult of natural childbirth – and how epidurals became a battleground for mothers, midwives and doctors Leigh Milner had one requirement for her upcoming birth: she wanted epidural pain relief. “I dreaded being in agony and knew I’d enjoy my pregnancy if I could avoid suffering during labour,” she says. 06/4/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
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Jenn Tran was a surprise pick for the 2024 Bachelorette — here's what to expect from her season Jenn Tran of Joey Graziadei's "Bachelor" season was crowned Bachelorette of season 21, which will premiere in summer 2024. Here's what to know about the cast and plot. 06/3/2024 - 10:40 am | View Link
Australia can fix its broken prison system like Norway did. But first, we must face up to the facts I have spent several months with about a dozen former prisoners at a halfway house in Sydney called Rainbow Lodge. It was a sobering experience, and I'm now thoroughly disabused of my naivety. 06/3/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
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Maybe we can get some MAGAts to volunteer to try out this contraption?
Don Trump Jr can use it for fundraising.
I know some of these Christian Nationalists would do anything for Mr. Vonshitzhispantsfatmansourpuss.
Make them prove it.
GROUP SHAVING MACHINE – this 19th-century machine could shave a dozen men at once. One reason for its commercial failure was that it could not alter its movements according to face shape.
English comedian Eric Sykes tried reviving the 'mass shaving machine' but his TV show never aired.
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Australia’s military is loosening recruitment criteria to enable non-citizens to join its ranks and help address a personnel shortfall in the defense forces.
The move, first announced in the National Defense Strategy released in April, will see the force ease eligibility requirements to allow permanent residents who’ve lived in Australia for 12 months to sign up, according to a statement Tuesday.
New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez filed to run for reelection as an independent on Monday, a move that could be costly for Democrats trying to hold on to what has been a safe Senate seat.
Menendez, who is on trial in New York on corruption charges, could play the role of spoiler if a significant chunk of voters stick with him.
Welcome to the Deion Sanders Era, where the CU Buffs are last in the Pac-12 but first in irony. Because to hear scouts tell it, the notion that Shilo Sanders needs cash is … probably costing him money.
“The bankruptcy and the fact that he has been playing under his father with the last two programs has not (helped),” Dave Syvertsen, longtime scout and senior draft analyst with the Ourlads.com scouting service, told me Monday.
The next time you board a long flight and decide to enjoy an alcoholic drink before taking a nap, you might want to avoid the temptation.
A new study, published in the medical journal Thorax on Monday, found that when people fell asleep after drinking alcohol in a low air pressure environment similar to that on airplanes, their blood oxygen decreased and their heart rates increased.
Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they made a discovery that left them “completely speechless”: a T. rex bone poking out of the ground.
The trio announced their discovery publicly Monday at a Zoom news conference as workers at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science prepare to begin chipping the fossil out of its rock cast at a special exhibit called Discovering Teen Rex.