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Supreme Court turns away challenge to admissions criteria at Boston high schools
By Melissa Quinn December 9, 2024 / 9:55 AM EST Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to race-neutral admissions criteria at three prestigious Boston high schools that aimed to increase the racial and economic diversity of their student bodies. Justice Neil Gorsuch noted that the schools have since changed the admissions policy, which “greatly…
Why these doctors started writing medical ‘prescriptions’ for solar power
December 9, 20245:00 AM ET By Martha Bebinger Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning or keep their refrigerators plugged in. So she worked with her hospital on a solution.…
Border crossings in November fell to lowest level of Biden’s term
The sharp drop in illegal crossings is due to stronger enforcement by both the United States and Mexico, U.S. officials and analysts say. December 19, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. EST By Nick Miroff Illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have continued to drop through the last several months of President Joe Biden’s term, with the number…
Man arrested for child sex trafficking with criminal record of no-shows at court
By Lindsey Ragas and FOX 10 Staff Updated December 13, 2024 5:20pm MST Court documents reveal a checkered past for a 31-year-old man who was arrested in Scottsdale for sex trafficking. FOX 10’s Lindsey Ragas has more. The Brief SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A months-long fraud investigation led to the arrest of a man on federal child sex trafficking charges. This…
California’s jail population will rise due to Prop. 36. So will inmate deaths, advocates say
by Nigel Duara December 17, 2024 In summary California recorded historically high numbers of deaths in county jails for the past six years. Now, counties expect to house more prisoners as Prop. 36 takes effect. According to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, California doesn’t have a crisis in its jails, where record numbers of people have…
Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for positive drug tests
By Shoshana Walter Published December 11, 2024 at 2:33 PM CST Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep…
Texas professors self-censor for fear of retaliation, survey found
By Kate McGee Published December 12, 2024 at 1:02 PM CST University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their jobs, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a First Amendment advocacy group. More than 6,200 professors from across…
Texas conservatives plan to further restrict trans lives this legislative session
Emboldened by the recent election, some Texas lawmakers are already filing bills that would dictate bathroom use, limit gender identity markers on documents and restrict funding for surgeries. By Eleanor Klibanoff Dec. 4, 2024 5AM Central Eight years ago, when conservative state lawmakers tried to restrict what bathrooms trans people could use, moderate Republicans quietly killed the…
Advancing Disability Inclusion in Post-Crisis Recovery
December 3, 2024 By Ioana Creitaru, Programme Specialist, Vanessa Schultz, Programme Analyst and Gloria Ferrara, Intern, UNDP Crisis Bureau As we commemorate the 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it becomes evident that advancing disability inclusion in post-crisis recovery is not just a moral imperative but a strategic priority for building resilient and equitable…