Science, Medicine, & Education

ADL: White supremacists making campus push

  NEW YORK (Press Release) — White supremacists, emboldened by the 2016 elections and the current political climate, are currently engaged in an unprecedented outreach effort to attract and recruit students on American college campuses. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has cataloged 104 incidents of white supremacist fliering on college campuses since the school year began

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Siblings of disruptive children avoid following suit

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study published in Child Development finds that the disruptive behavior of an individual child does not encourage similar behavior in their brothers and sisters. On the contrary, Dr. Ella Daniel of TAU’s Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education finds that siblings, predominantly older siblings,

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Cubs players have heads shaved to raise money for cancer research

MESA, Ariz. — John Lackey “didn’t come here for a haircut.” He came here for jewelry, he said. The Cubs right-hander, who spoke those words last season when asked why he joined the team, will receive his ring in early April for the last year’s World Series victory. But he’s still on haircut hiatus. Lackey

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2 Missouri students arrested in harassment of Jewish student

Two University of Missouri students were arrested for alleged anti-Semitic intimidation of a Jewish student. Campus police arrested Erich Eastman 18, and Noah Rogers, 19, both of Columbia, Missouri, earlier this week. They were released after each posting $1,500 bail. According to the alleged victim, Eastman and Rogers have been harassing him for six months,

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Rand Paul: Told to ‘take it or leave it’ on Obamacare strategy

Sen. Rand Paul on Friday said conservatives are being told to “take it or leave it” when it comes to the emerging House GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, setting up a major clash with leaders hoping to mark up legislation as soon as next week. Republicans are trying to repeal and replace as

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Trump praises students, educators at Catholic school in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — President Donald Trump chatted with students and praised educators at a private Catholic school in Orlando on Friday, part of a trip focusing on a scholarship program for low-income families. Trump’s visit also drew about 100 protesters angry at what they described as an “anti-public schools agenda.” The president arrived at St.

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GOP’s Obamacare replacement plans would provide less financial help, analyses show

WASHINGTON — As congressional Republicans move to solidify their Obamacare repeal-and-replace legislation, concern is mounting that their strategies will leave millions of Americans with less financial assistance and more expensive coverage. A new analysis on Wednesday from the Kaiser Family Foundation projects that the HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace’s average premium subsidy — which people use to

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Emergency plans should provide for people with disabilities

By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi ROCKVILLE, Maryland — As we are all aware, recently there has been a significant increase in hate crimes and bomb threats across the entire country. Minorities, including people with disabilities, are especially at risk not only for attacks and threats, but also for the stress and anxiety that can result from seeing

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Trump Embraces Key GOP Healthcare Proposals

In his much-anticipated first address to Congress, President Trump backed away from a key healthcare promise he made just last month. Trump told the Washington Post in January that his goal of healthcare reform was “insurance for everybody,” but on Tuesday night in the Capitol, the president added an important modifier, arguing the country should

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Male competitors more likely to believe in winning streaks

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Research conducted at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has determined that psychological momentum significantly affects performance among men but not among women, which may account for exaggerated risk-taking in financial and business endeavors among males. Psychological momentum is defined as a state-of-mind where an individual or a team feels things are

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Eric Canin, Cal State lecturer, suspended for hitting College Republicans member

A faculty member at California State University, Fullerton has been suspended after striking a College Republicans member during a campus protest earlier this month. The altercation occurred Feb. 8 as pro-Palestine students and counter-protesters marched peacefully through campus. Anthropology part-time lecturer Eric Canin reportedly approached the group of counter-protesters – many of them being CSUF

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump: ‘Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised the nation’s governors Monday that his yet-to-be-revealed replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act would give states greater flexibility and thanked some Republicans in the room who advised him on health care. “It’s an unbelievably complex subject,” he said. “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.” The

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