Rachel Dolezal: Caitlyn Jenner’s story ‘resonated’ with me
The former NAACP leader at the center of a controversy surrounding her race says she cried when reading about the transgender former Olympian’s transition.
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Transgender movement may not have to wait long for its day in court
Russia does not want arms race with US: Putin aide
Russia does not want to enter a costly new arms race with the United States, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin said it was boosting its nuclear arsenal. “Russia is trying to react to possible threats with some sort of means but that’s it,” Yury Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide, told a briefing. “We are against any arms race because it naturally weakens our economic
Police get 1,200 tips as manhunt for New York inmates enters 12th day
After more than 1,200 tips from the public, authorities on Wednesday expanded a manhunt for two killers whose brazen escape from an upstate New York prison was discovered 12 days ago. State police reopened Route 374, a main road from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, to Plattsburgh, which had been closed since police sniffer dogs picked up the scent of Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat,
Balcony collapse kills six, most of them Irish students, in California
An apartment balcony crowded with birthday revelers collapsed early on Tuesday near the University of California at Berkeley, killing five college students from Ireland and an American friend, and injuring seven others, authorities said. The victims, most of whom were working in the San Francisco Bay area on temporary visas for the summer vacation, had been celebrating a friend’s 21st birthday on the fourth-floor balcony when the accident occurred, according
India's Cipla expects to double respiratory drug sales by 2020
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian generic drugmaker Cipla expects sales from its respiratory portfolio to more than double by 2020 and remains on track to launch its potentially lucrative inhaler in Britain, its chief executive said. More than a decade after it made headlines globally for offering to make AIDS drugs costing less than $1 a day, the company that was a pioneer in India’s development as a
6 Tips for a Summertime Sugar Detox
There is a lot of buzz about sugar lately and how it can impact wellness, but why exactly is sugar problematic and how can you reduce sugar to boost health? I am pleased to help decode how sugar impacts your health and vitality, and offer quick and easy steps to reducing sugar intake for a summertime detox that will leave you feeling strong,…
AP sources: GOP leaders to brief lawmakers on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders are ready to update rank-and-file GOP lawmakers about their proposals for responding to a Supreme Court decision that could abruptly halt federal health care subsidies for millions of people.
Economists predict shockwaves if Obamacare subsidies are nixed
By Sharon Begley and Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether people in 34 states can continue to receive Obamacare health insurance subsidies, economists are projecting billions of dollars in lost healthcare spending for hospitals, drugstores and drugmakers if the justices say the payments are illegal. The immediate consequences of such a ruling would fall on the 6.4 million people who
Special Report: Military knew about bizarre methods of doctor hired to train troops
The doctor, John Henry Hagmann, often required that those who took or helped teach his courses sign non-disclosure agreements. In 2005, for instance, the commander of U.S. Special Forces became so alarmed by what his aides observed during one of Hagmann’s training courses that the commander ordered all such private training halted, according to interviews and military documents reviewed by Reuters. In his order, General Bryan Brown wrote that aides