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Stringent FAA certification requirements are leading commercial pilots to hide mental health issues like depression..

Guns are used in 35% of murders of women

WASHINGTON — A public lands advocacy group sued the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday over the inclusion of President Donald Trump’s face on the forthcoming National Park annual pass. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that alleges the Department of the Interior […]

Officer Krystal Rivera's family says in the wrongful death suit that Officer Carlos Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he shot her in the back in Chatham on June 5. The post Family of Chicago Cop Killed in Botched Chase Sues Chicago Police Department and Partner Who Shot Her appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.

As companies recognize the competitive advantage of hiring neurodiverse staff, experts advocate for moving beyond standard solutions to create tailored accommodations, sensory-friendly spaces, and a culture that harnesses the unique strengths of neurodiversity in the workplace.

A brief return to L.A.’s speakeasy roots.

Fort Worth and Frisco tied for the top spot in having the worst ozone levels in 2025, data shows.

D.C. lawmakers may change a landmark law that requires state motor vehicle agencies to offer residents the chance to register to vote.

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday escalated their demands that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth publicly release an unedited video of a controversial follow-on strike by U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea that killed two shipwrecked survivors. The Sept. 2 strike has drawn scrutiny and questions over Hegseth’s role in ordering a commander […]

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Andreas, warga Bantul, Yogyakarta, masih ingat kala lihat lihat anjing tetangganya jadi santapan. Caranya tidak masuk di akal, anjing itu dipaksa masuk ke karung lalu dipukuli hingga tewas. Darah rembes ke luar karung seketika setelah gonggongan berhenti. Adegan saat dia masih duduk di bangku SMP itu membuatnya bertekad tidak mau lagi mengonsumsi daging anjing. Saat […] The post Upaya Setop Konsumsi Daging Anjing di Yogyakarta appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

Sinabi ni Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Cristina Roque na sapat daw ang P500 na noche buena para sa pamilyang may apat na miyembro. The post Reality Check: Sapat ba ang P500 pang-noche buena? appeared first on Bulatlat.

(The Center Square) – Arizona continues to see measles cases along the Utah border. There have been 176 total cases for 2025. Of those, 172 are associated with the outbreak on the Arizona-Utah border, specifically in Mohave County. “For the last two weeks, we have seen an increase of 22 cases,” said Shane Brady, deputy state epidemiologist with the Arizona Department of Health Services. “We are at six hospitalizations.” Sixty-six percent of cases involve people under age 18. A majority of those people - 97% - are unvaccinated. “Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and your family from measles,” Brady told The Center Square Wednesday. “One dose is about 93% effective, and two doses provides 97% protection, so it is really important to make sure that everyone stays up to date on all their vaccines, including measles, as it is the best way to protect yourself from disease.” Measles is a contagious virus that officials say can remain airborne up to two hours after an infected person has exited a room. Symptoms are known to start seven to 14 days after exposure and include high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes and rash. Navajo County is the only other county in Arizona where measles cases have been reported this year. Coconino and Apache County do not have any cases, and like Navajo and Mohave County, they are also on the border with Utah. When asked why other Arizona counties do not have cases, Brady said that could be due to a number of factors. “We do know that vaccination rates we’re talking about are childhood vaccinations,” said Brady. “For school data in terms of the 2024-2025 school year, 88.7% of kindergarteners were fully vaccinated for measles, and in Mohave County, that’s 78.4%.” Brady added that the statewide average is lower than the 95% needed to prevent outbreaks, leading Brady to state that Arizona is “very fortunate that we have not spread outside of Mohave County” for this outbreak. That, said Brady, is why Arizona is encouraging people to make sure that they are vaccinated to prevent further spread. “Some people who get vaccinated will have a breakthrough infection,” said Brady. “Typically, breakthrough infections are less severe. That is not necessarily always the case, but we know that a vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and prevent the disease in the first place.” In a November story for The Center Square, Nicole Witt, Arizona’s assistant director for public health preparedness, said the current outbreak is the largest Arizona has seen since the 1990s.

Authorities prevented fisherfolk from holding a symbolic action outside the court, underscoring what CEED’s Gerry Arances later described as the difficulty marginalized sectors face in making their voices heard. The post Fisherfolk file class suit over MT Princess Empress oil spill appeared first on Bulatlat.

(The Center Square) – The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved the largest settlement in a death related to a police action in the U.S. since George Floyd. The council voted 8-0, with one member absent, to pay a $30 million settlement in the lawsuit that Steven Lee Wilson filed against the city over the death of his 16-year-old son, Koana Wilson. Koana, who was running out of the downtown Santa Fe train station at 8:51 p.m. Jan. 28, died after being shot in the back by a San Diego police officer. The city is paying the $30 million from its Public Liability Fund, according to a city staff report. Koana was running on the west platform of the Santa Fe train station in the 1100 block of Kettner Boulevard in downtown San Diego, according to a San Diego Police Department video, which features surveillance footage showing what appears to be another juvenile firing a gun at Koana. The surveillance footage shows Koana running, and an officer's body camera shows the officer firing at Koana when the boy runs toward him, then turns into the street. Viewer discretion is advised for the police department's YouTube video because of its graphic images and language. You can access the video at this link. According to the lawsuit, San Diego Police Officer Daniel Gold fired two shots at Koana “instantly, without warning." Koana, who the family said was running away from another shooting before being shot, was taken to University of California, San Diego Health Medical Center and pronounced dead less than an hour later. City Councilmember Henry L. Foster III commented on the settlement at Tuesday's meeting. After expressing his condolences to the Wilson family, Foster said, "Koana's life was taken while fleeing from gunshots. He found himself running into the arms of a police officer, and his life ended. This should not have happened. "This should not have happened," Foster repeated, shaking his head. "Koana should have been safe from danger." Foster noted San Diego was making national headlines with a settlement exceeding the $27 million that the city of Minneapolis paid to Floyd's family in March 2021. That came during a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the four officers involved with his death. Officer Derek Chauvin, who placed his knee on Floyd's neck as Floyd said, "I can't breathe," was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in April 2021 by a Minnesota jury and later sentenced to more than 20 years in prison on state charges. He received an additional federal sentence for civil rights violations. "We find ourselves in another terrifying predicament when the life of a Black child has been taken at the hands of police," Foster said. "Where's the progress? Where's the 'protect and serve'? Better yet, where's the accountability? "There's no way to put a number on the loss of a life, to repair the harm and hurt to a family losing a loved one," Foster said. "As a father of a young Black man, this hurts. "This could be my son," Foster said. "If only you can understand the fear I often have when my son leaves the house." "As a city, we have to do better," the council member said. The police department's video that includes footage from Gold’s body camera shows Koana running around the corner and straight at Gold, then turning into the street as Gold fired shots. Afterward on the video, Gold yells, “San Diego police!” Then Koana falls onto the ground, and the video shifts to text explaining police and the San Diego Fire Department administered medical aid including CPR. “When officers began providing medical aid, a firearm was located concealed under clothing in the juvenile’s right thigh area,” San Diego police said in a caption in the video. The video shows police removing a handgun and later includes a photo of the gun. San Diego police said it investigated the first shooting at the Santa Fe Depot, the one that Koana was running away from, and identified and arrested the shooter, who’s a 16-year-old juvenile, on Feb. 6. The shooting by Gold is being investigated by the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, San Diego Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit, the Shooting Review Board and the Commission on Police Practices, according to the San Diego police video. The county District Attorney's Office said it is working to determine whether to file criminal charges against Gold, who police say is currently limited to desk duty. San Diego police said the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office have monitored the investigation. The Center Square reached out Wednesday to San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, the San Diego Police Department and the Wilson family's attorney, Nick Rowley, for comment, but did not get a response.

(The Center Square) – A coalition of states led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and another coalition of teacher unions filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, alleging it violated federal law by excluding certain organizations from a student loan forgiveness program. Under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness, the administration’s updated rule disqualifies employers that it says have “a substantial illegal purpose." The administration has applied that phrase to organizations that provide gender-affirming care, support immigrants, or promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Now two lawsuits are challenging that rule. The lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of 22 jurisdictions says that the Public Service Loan Forgiveness is “a decades-old bipartisan Congressional promise to support those who choose to dedicate their careers to public service.” Created to help government and nonprofit workers, the program was intended to forgive student loans for employees considered to be serving the public. In October, the administration said it was “rightsizing the program to ensure that PSLF benefits go only to borrowers employed by organizations that genuinely serve the public,” according to the U.S. Department of Education. James responded in a post on X, accusing the administration of “weaponizing” the loan forgiveness program “illegally.” Her office said the new rule could deem entire state governments, hospitals, schools and nonprofits ineligible if the federal government determines they engage in activities the administration opposes. “The coalition argues that the sweeping new rule is unlawful, politically motivated, and targeted to punish states and organizations that the administration does not like,” James’ office said in a statement. Currently 40 million Americans hold student loans, and the debt is over $1.6 trillion. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who is leading the union coalition, noted the program’s bipartisan origins, saying it “was created by a Republican president and Democratic senators to help attract and retain teachers, nurses, firefighters and so many others who’ve dedicated their careers to helping others.” She said the administration is imposing “an ideological litmus test on millions of public servants and their employers that’s antithetical to American values and contrary to the statute at hand. “ It is an “illegal attack” on those relying on the program, she added. The New York Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Department of Education did not respond to The Center Square's request for comment. Joining James in filing this lawsuit are the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Joining the American Federation of Teachers in this lawsuit are the National Council of Nonprofits, city of Boston, city of Albuquerque, city of Chicago, city and county of San Francisco, county of Santa Clara, Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, Legal Aid Society of the District Of Columbia, Oasis Legal Services, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, National Education Association, and National Association of Social Workers.

В среду утром служащие американской береговой охраны при поддержке морских пехотинцев задержали неподалеку от побережья Венесуэлы танкер The Skipper, принадлежащий нигерийской фирме, которая контролируется компанией, имеющей связи с Виктором Артемовым владельцем нескольких танкеров, по данным украинских СМИ, гражданином Украины. В заявлении министра юстиции США Пэм Бонди говорится о "захвате нефтяного танкера, использованного для перевозки венесуэльской и иранской нефти, являющейся объектом...

Thirteen plaintiffs who successfully challenged Montana’s energy-permitting policies in Held v. Montana are now asking the state Supreme Court to weigh in on a trio of climate- and environmental review-related bills state lawmakers passed in 2025. The plaintiffs argue that the challenged bills don’t uphold their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment,” which courts have interpreted to include a “stable climate system.” The post Held v. Montana plaintiffs sue state over bills passed by the 2025 Legislature appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Es un conflicto que lleva años y vuelve a encender las alertas de las comunidades wichi. Desde 2023, el empresario agrícola Claudio Ferrari intenta apropiarse de una porción del monte que rodea a Misión Chaqueña, una comunidad de poco más de 2.000 habitantes ubicada a 48 kilómetros de la ciudad de Embarcación, en Salta. […]

A proposed city fee update would have dramatically increased how much people have to pay to appeal approvals of new housing projects.