Military airstrikes in western Burma killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including children, local media reported, prompting the U.N. chief to express concerns over the escalating violence. According to the reports, the airstrikes took place early on Monday morning and targeted the village of Thada, north of Minbya township in Rakhine state. The strikes also …
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19 March
American Cancer Society finds 'homophobia' and 'discrimination' can 'increase cancer risk' in LGBTQ+ people
A leading cancer research organization released a first-of-its-kind study outlining how LGBTQ+ individuals face an “elevated prevalence” of certain risk factors linked to the disease. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), there are certain “minority stress” factors associated with LGBTQ+ individuals, such as smoking, excess body weight, HIV and access to gender transition surgical procedures that exacerbate their vulnerability …
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19 March
WI Supreme Court sets deadline in recall case against Speaker Vos
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for arguments within two days related to a question over what legislative boundaries should be in place for a potential recall election organized by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The recall targets the state’s top Republican, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, because he refused to impeach the state’s top elections official or …
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19 March
Arizona Dem who almost flipped key US House seat resigns over college sex misconduct claims
An Arizona lawmaker resigned Tuesday, a day after a newspaper reported that he was accused of sexual misconduct in 2015 as a student at George Washington University. ARIZONA DEMOCRAT TO SEEK ABORTION AFTER LEARNING PREGNANCY IS UNVIABLE State Rep. Jevin Hodge, a 30-year-old Democrat, denied the allegations published Monday in the Arizona Republic and initially vowed to continue serving in …
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19 March
US and Japan call for ban of nuclear weapons in outer space
The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a U.N. Security Council meeting that “any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable.” The announcement that the U.S. …
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19 March
Rep Katie Porter says she regrets claiming California Senate primary was rigged after losing to Schiff
Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., said she regrets claiming California’s Senate primary was rigged by an “onslaught of billionaires” after losing to fellow Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff, and she said Tuesday she should have chosen different words. Porter made the claim on social media after losing to Schiff, saying they “had the establishment running scared – withstanding 3 to 1 in …
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19 March
Space CSI investigates murder in microgravity
ATLANTA — There has never been a homicide in space. But Detective Zack Kowalske is conducting research to investigate the first murder in microgravity, not if — but when — it occurs. “Where humanity goes, so too will human behavior,” said Kowalske, a crime scene investigator (CSI) for the police department in Roswell, Georgia, a suburb north of Atlanta. “So, …
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19 March
Massachusetts Gov Healey's 'things will happen' comment on migrant rape case spills into NH gov race
New Hampshire Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte on Tuesday torched Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s recent comments on a migrant rape case in the Bay State. Healey, a Democrat, recently was asked on camera by Boston 25 News about the case against Cory Alvarez, a 26-year-old migrant from Haiti who is charged with raping a 15-year-old disabled girl at the Comfort …
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19 March
Bears' Cole Kmet recalls 'really upsetting' moment he learned Justin Fields was traded
One Chicago Bears player is upset that Justin Fields is no longer on the team. Tight end Cole Kmet got a call from Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, who told him that Fields was going to be traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Eberflus made it a point to call Fields’ close friends, knowing that not everyone on the team was …
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19 March
Trump tells Supreme Court a denial of immunity would 'incapacitate every future president,' in initial brief
Former President Trump told the Supreme Court in his initial brief that he should be immune from criminal charges, arguing that a denial would “incapacitate every future president with de facto blackmail and extortion while in office,” and would create “post-office trauma at the hands of political opponents.” Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and his legal team filed the …
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