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Russian hybrid threats: EU agrees first listings in response to destabilising activities against the EU, its member states and partners
16 December 2024 13:30 For the first time ever, the Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against 16 individuals and three entities responsible for Russia’s destabilising actions abroad. These measures are in response to Russia’s malicious actions and its lack of respect for a rules-based international order and international law. The relevant framework for restrictive measures was…
Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Influence Operation Relied on Influencers, AI-Generated Content, Paid Social Media Advertisements, and Social Media Accounts to Drive Internet Traffic to Cybersquatted and Other Domains Note: View the affidavit here. The Justice Department today announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed…
New Illinois Program Will Offer Free Test Prep Services for Professional Exams
Amanda Vinicky | December 21, 2024 1:19 pm Passing the bar, nurse licensure test or real estate certification exam is a crucial step to becoming an attorney, RN or real estate broker. State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) said it’s in the state’s best interest to make sure that those aspiring professionals succeed. Ford is behind…
Trump Wants To Deport Them. Chicago Is Scaling Back Help. Meet The Migrants Stuck In Limbo
The over 51,000 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since 2022 face a dwindling safety net and backlogs in work permit and immigration cases. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s border czar said deportations will start “right here in Chicago.” by Mina Bloom and Francia Garcia Hernandez Updated December 19, 2024 CHICAGO — Maria and her two young children huddled together for warmth…
Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KEVIN S. VINEYS Updated 12:47 PM CST, December 28, 2024 Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. It’s now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.…
For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes January 2, 2025 BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border. For Shyanne McCoy, 23, that meant the closest hospital with an obstetrician on staff when she…
The Amazon One Medical lawsuit paints a troubling picture of the future of telehealth
A wrongful death case case serves as a reminder that we cannot afford to sacrifice patient safety for the sake of rapid innovation. Dec. 28, 2024, 11:00 AM CST By Dr. Owais Durrani, emergency medicine physician in Houston, TX The recent lawsuit against Amazon’s telehealth clinic One Medical is a wake-up call about the pitfalls of prioritizing corporate growth over…
Federal health care dollars are helping to house homeless Californians. Trump could stop that
By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters Published Dec 15, 2024 5:00 AM Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration unveiled a new plan to help solve the homelessness crisis: It began using health care providers, funded through Medi-Cal, to help people get and stay housed. Now, with President-Elect Donald Trump about to take office, some health care organizations,…
Maternal mortality factors highlighted in federal agency map
FCC Chairwoman on crisis: ‘If we want to solve this problem, the first thing we have to do is measure it.’ By: Lorena O’Neil – December 14, 2024 5:14 am The Federal Communications Commission has launched an overhauled, comprehensive maternal health map that overlays data about broadband internet access with maternal health outcomes and indicators including food insecurity, gestational diabetes…