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☆ UCLA student sues California doctors, says she was 'fast-tracked' into transgender surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kaitlyn Schwanemann | Kaitlyn Schwanemann Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A UCLA student is suing multiple California health care providers and hospitals for medical negligence, alleging she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then “fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging” puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery, according to her lawsuit. “There is strong consensus among the most prominent medical organizations worldwide that evidence-based, gender-affirming care for transgender children and adolescents is medically necessary and appropriate. Surgical gender-affirming care is rarely performed on minors, and these procedures are illegal in dozens of states, though California is not among them. Research suggests that regretting treatment for gender dysphoria is “extremely rare,” according to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH. Transition-related care for minors has been a divisive political issue, with Republicans in 26 states passing measures to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for minors in recent years, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.

Persons: Kaya Clementine Breen, “, ” Kaya Clementine Breen, Kaya Clementine Breen Breen, ”, Breen, ” Breen, Johanna Olson, Kennedy, Scott Mosser, Susan P, Landon, Olson, . Olson, there’s, ” Mosser, doesn’t, Dr, Moira Szilagyi, “ detransitioners, detransitioned Organizations: UCLA, Court, Center, Transyouth Health, Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, NBC, of San, UCSF Health Community, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Endocrine, NBC News, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, UCSF, American Psychiatric Association, Research, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, National Center for Transgender Equality, Movement Advancement, The New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital Los, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, of San Francisco, San Francisco, Mosser, California, U.S, New York

Maven has expanded from a single Pilates studio to several different businesses and more than 130 commercial tenants. Through the Pilates studio, Arneson met Rocky Donati, who had recently moved to Salt Lake City from San Francisco. Back in 2013, the Pilates studio took in around $200,000 a year, the duo said. Investing in underrepresented startup founders is what motivated Kimmy and Sergio Paluch to launch the venture fund Beta Boom in Salt Lake City. "The potential I see is to fund more diverse businesses, to fund more women, to fund more people of color, and there are opportunities here."

Persons: Maven, Tessa Arneson, Arneson, Rocky Donati, Donati, Maven's, Kimmy, Sergio Paluch, Kimmy Paluch, we're, Beta Boom, Paluch, Susan Petersen, Petersen, of Jesus Christ, I've Organizations: CNBC, U.S Census Bureau, Maven, Beta, Beta Boom, of Jesus, Latter, Saints, Target Locations: CNBC's, Salt Lake City , Utah, United States, America, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Kimmy, Utah

☆ Researchers capture baleen whales for the first time to study their hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The results of the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, surprised whale researchers because they suggest the creatures can hear at much higher frequencies than expected. Scientists had never captured baleen whales and tested their hearing before because the animals are so large it could be dangerous to both the whales and researchers. Scientists know, from recordings and other observations, that baleen whales rely on hearing for social communication and that it’s important to their survival. Minke whales were a good target for audio testing because they’re the smallest baleen whale and a species whose hearing scientists don’t understand very well. He said the Minke Whale Hearing Project is on hold, but he’d like to pursue the topic further if he could secure funding.

Persons: ”, Dorian Houser, “, Susan Parks, —, that’s, ” Houser, ” Parks, Houser, Regina Asmutis, Silvia, ” Asmutis, Asmutis, Brandon Southall, ” Southall, Southall Organizations: Marine Mammal Foundation, Mammal, Syracuse University, Conservation, “ Locations: Norway, New York, Norwegian, Lofoten, North America

"I just thought [Too Good To Go] was the most genius app, and I loved the concept," she says. "[Food waste] a massive, massive issue, and it's important that we solve it fast," Lykke says. Conviction to stay the courseToo Good To Go, which has nearly $158 million in investment funding, isn't the only for-profit company trying reduce food waste. Some app users like Niles, the dumpster diver in Brooklyn, worry that Too Good To Go "greenwashes" the issue of food waste, giving users false impressions of environmental responsibility. But if every food retailer in the U.S. used a similar markdown mechanism, they'd save one million tons of food annually, according to calculations by Chicago-based nonprofit ReFED.

Persons: David Niles, Niles, He's, Mette Lykke, it's, Thomas Bjørn, Stian Olesen, Klaus Bagge Pedersen, Brian Christensen, Adam Sigbrand, Lykke, Armour, Susan Prunty, Dana Gunders, That's, ReFED Organizations: CNBC, Bank, Venture Locations: Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Copenhagen, Europe, North America, Australia, United States, Medford , Oregon, Brooklyn, Chicago

Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine mammals find and eat food. “It’ll help us manage them moving forward.”Drone imagery shows gray whales doing headstands and bubble blasts. Once common across the Northern Hemisphere, gray whales are now regularly seen only in the North Pacific. Gray whales are typically observed alone or in small groups, though large groups may be seen at feeding or breeding grounds. The team tracked 78 gray whales during a total of 160 sightings from 2016 to 2022.

Persons: ”, Clara Bird, ” Bird, “, Gray, Bird, Susan Parks, ” Parks, Parks Organizations: Oregon State, Mammal, Oregon State University, Northern, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Syracuse University Locations: Oregon, North, Newport

☆ I studied in North Korea for a month. The isolation shocked me the most.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-19 | by ( Paige Bruton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It's been over a decade since I sat in the water of a Pyongyang public bathhouse, fielding questions from several North Korean university students. Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are preserved for viewers to see inside. The show is the world's largest gymnastics display and one of the most important events in the North Korean calendar. What looked like tens of thousands of North Korean children and adults played music, gave traditional dance performances, and conducted intricate gymnastics routines. During my exchange, I spoke to young North Korean people, asking them about their ambitions.

Persons: —, Todor Merdjanov, Kim Il, Merdjanov, It's, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong, we'd, chatted Organizations: Service, University, Bulgarian, Business, North Korean, Korean Studies, North, Sun, Mass Locations: Bulgarian, Pyongyang, North Korea, Seoul, South Korea, North, Sofia, Bulgaria, Beijing, North Korean, East Asia, Kumsusan, Wonsan, Korean

☆ They fell in love on vacation but went their separate ways. Four years later, he called her out of the blue
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“When he gave me his card, he didn’t really have time to talk to me because he had to catch the bus. Susan and Tom GiulianiFor Susan and Tom, timing seemed to have finally aligned. “He arranged for the ring to be put on top of my dessert after dinner at the castle,” recalls Susan. Susan and Tom GiulianiToday, Susan and Tom are retired and living in New Jersey, focused on family and travels. They can’t imagine a world in which they didn’t cross paths in Ireland, didn’t spot one another in JFK airport, didn’t reconnect four years later.

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☆ A boomer couple who retired early to Colombia explains their 'exit strategy' and how much they now pay in monthly expenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

John and Susan Pazera knew their retirement years would look a lot different if they chose to stay in California. In 2001, the couple took a three-year sabbatical and sailed down the West Coast to Central America, where they stopped in Panama. AdvertisementThey said that had they not moved abroad, early retirement would not have been a possibility. Advertisement"If we stay in the US, one of us gets really, really sick with some strange disease, and the insurance company says, 'Well, we don't cover that.' John and Susan are grateful that finances are not a concern for them as they continue to live abroad in retirement.

Persons: John, Susan Pazera, Susan —, —, They're, Susan, Debra Crockett Organizations: Service, Business, Survey Locations: California, Coast, Central America, Panama, Colombia, Medellín, Lower, Turkey

☆ The US needs immigrants to fill jobs, but can't house them. Nowhere makes this more clear than New York City.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

An influx of over 175,000 migrants in New York City has further exposed the city's housing crisis. AdvertisementNo country in the world attracts more immigrants than the US — and no place symbolizes this better than New York City. Pushing migrants out of sheltersNew York City has managed to absorb much larger influxes of immigrants in the past. The New York City comptroller's office says the Adams administration is intentionally making life more difficult for asylum-seekers as a way to force them out of the city. "It is just a system that is meant to really discourage people from getting help from the city and from exercising their rights that they have as residents of New York City."

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☆ Judy Devlin Hashman, Record-Holding Badminton Champion, Dies at 88
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Judy Devlin Hashman, who won the all-England badminton singles championships 10 times, more than any other player, man or woman, died on Monday. Before badminton established a world championship or joined the Olympics, the All England Open Badminton Championships was the sport’s pinnacle. Hashman won the women’s singles title in that event for the first time in 1954 at age 18. Her 10 singles titles are the most for any player. She also won seven women’s doubles titles, six of them with her sister Susan Devlin, later known as Susan Peard.

Persons: Judy Devlin Hashman, Geoff Hashman, Hashman, Susan Devlin, Susan Peard, Judy Devlin, J, Frank Devlin, Grace, Steed, Devlin Organizations: England, Olympics, Badminton, Wimbledon Locations: Oxford, England, Winnipeg, Canada, Maryland

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. A divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to uphold enforcement of the required date on return envelopes, a technical mandate that caused thousands of votes to be declared invalid in the 2022 election. A lower court judge had ruled in November that even without the proper dates, mail-in ballots should be counted if they are received in time. U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter said the envelope date is irrelevant in helping elections officials decide whether a ballot was received in time or if a voter is qualified.

Persons: Susan Paradise Baxter, Judge Thomas Ambro, “, ” “, Ambro, ” Ari Savitzky, ” Organizations: Pennsylvania, Circuit, Electoral College, U.S, Assembly, Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Republican, Republican National Committee Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Pennsylvania, ”

☆ DNA collected from chewing gum leads to arrest and conviction in 1980 cold case murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Andi Babineau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —DNA found in a piece of discarded chewing gum led to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in a 1980 cold case murder in Oregon, prosecutors say. Robert Plympton, 60, was found guilty last week on one count of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Mt. Nineteen-year-old Tucker was “kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and beaten to death” on January 15, 1980, the release states. Witness heard screamingBarbara Tucker Tucker Family/Gresham Police DepartmentWitnesses had seen a woman in apparent distress around the time of the murder, the document from the DA’s office states. DNA pulled from the gum matched the profile from the autopsy swabs and Plympton was arrested on June 8, 2021.

Persons: Robert Plympton, Barbara Tucker, Tucker, “, Plympton, Stephen Houze, Jacob Houze, Barbara Tucker Tucker Family, Witnesses, ”, Claudio Grandjean, ” Swabs, CeCe Moore, ” Moore, Barbara, Moore, surveilling, Susan Pater, I’d, ” Pater, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, Hood Community College, Attorney’s, Plympton, Gresham Police, Police, KATU Locations: Oregon, Mt, Multnomah County, Gresham, Virginia, surveilling Plympton

☆ Apple's Vision Pro was used in surgery to help perform spinal operations
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's Vision Pro headset has been used in spine surgery procedures. A surgical team member at Cromwell Hospital in London wore the device to assist with the procedures. AdvertisementA surgical team at a UK hospital used Apple's Vision Pro headset to help execute a medical procedure. Aftab, a consultant orthopedic spinal surgeon, said, "Working with eXeX to use the Apple Vision Pro has made a huge difference to the way we deliver care to our patients. The software is seamless and has improved efficiency within the Complex Spine team."

Persons: —, Bupa, Surgeons Fady Sedra, Syed Aftab, eXeX, Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics, Susan Prescott Organizations: Cromwell Hospital, Service, Business, Surgeons, Daily Mail, Aftab, Apple, Apple's, Surgery, Apple Vision, CNBC, Kettering Health Dayton, Universal Health Services Locations: London, Sinai, Ohio

☆ Technology - The Latest Tech News, AI, Personal Tech, iPhone and Android Coverage and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | Susan Pinker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sam Altman has returned and the company is to expand its board and explore governance changes, but who won and who lost in its new power structure? 12 hours ago 7 min read

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☆ Does Working With Robots Make Humans Slack Off?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Susan Pinker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Robots can perform surgery, shampoo someone’s hair, read a mammogram and, of course, drive a car. A chatbot could probably write my column, if I let it. Now that machines can do nearly everything humans do, the question is what effect they have on human motivation. Do they make our lives easier and more efficient, or do they turn us into slackers? Anyone who has worked in a team knows that one or two people usually carry the load while the others sit back and watch; researchers call this “social loafing.” It turns out that people treat robots the same way.

Organizations: Robotics

☆ The Long-Term Benefits of Hands-On Fathering
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Susan Pinker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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NEW YORK (AP) — Historical novels by Jayne Anne Phillips and Paul Harding and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian prison novel “Chain-Gang All-Stars” are among the nominees on the National Book Awards long list for fiction. The judges, who include authors, critics and booksellers, will narrow the lists to five next month, and winners will be announced Nov. 15 during a dinner ceremony in downtown Manhattan. The foundation also will present honorary awards to poet Rita Dove and bookseller Paul Yamazaki of the famed City Lights store in San Francisco. Drew Barrymore had been scheduled to host the ceremony but was dropped by the foundation after she resumed her talk show in the midst of the Hollywood actors and writers strike. The foundation has not yet named a replacement.

Persons: Jayne Anne Phillips, Paul Harding, Nana Kwame Adjei, Phillips, Harding, ”, Mona Susan Power's multigenerational, ” Eliot Duncan’s, Hanna Pylväinen’s, Tania James’s, Justin Torres, Aaliyah, LaToya Watkins, “, Jesmyn, James McBride's “, Lauren Groff's “, Wilds, Jamel Brinkley's, Rita Dove, Paul Yamazaki, Drew Barrymore Organizations: National, Foundation, of Dolls, Book Foundation, Hollywood Locations: Manhattan, San Francisco

☆ The Saving Reach of Social Connections
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Susan Pinker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ After a Long and Painful Absence, Writing Her Way Home Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Leah Greenblatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By her early 30s she had earned a law degree from Harvard, an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a PEN/Hemingway Award for her lauded debut novel, “The Grass Dancer.” Then Mona Susan Power’s world went dark. But depression, anxiety, and what she would later learn to identify as complex P.T.S.D. led her to withdraw almost completely from a life she felt increasingly ill-equipped to handle in the wake of “The Grass Dancer’s” success. If you’re not prepared for it, if you don’t really believe that you deserve it … the whole impostor syndrome thing, it just got worse.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, tugged, Hemingway, ”, Mona Susan Power’s, Nellie, Bear Gates, Susan Kelly Power Organizations: Academy, Harvard, Iowa, ’, PEN, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minn, “, of Dolls Locations: Chicago, St, Paul, “

☆ NY State Reopens Park as No Widespread Lead Contamination Found; Broader Testing Continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Susan Pulliam | Coulter Jones | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Shield Public From Abandoned Lead Cables
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Shalini Ramachandran | Susan Pulliam | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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AT&T, Verizon and other telecom giants have left behind a sprawling network of cables covered in toxic lead that stretches across the U.S., under the water, in the soil and on poles overhead, a Wall Street Journal investigation found. As the lead degrades, it is ending up in places where Americans live, work and play.

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