Doctors at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would be barred from performing abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, under new rules proposed by the Trump administration. The draft regulations, which also forbid providers from counseling female veterans about terminating a pregnancy, have generated nearly 20,000 comments in the federal register from conservative activists, abortion rights supporters …
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The Champions League Rule Change Forced by Barcelona and Arsenal
The beginning of the Champions League 2025–26 league phase is drawing nearer and excitement is building for the return of Europe’s premier competition. Thirty-six teams will duke it out during the league phase to earn a coveted position in the knockout round of the Champions League, an arena in which the characteristic chaos of the competition reaches even dizzier heights. …
Read More »Trump’s Appointees Could Rule the Fed for Decades
Note: Powell was appointed as governor by Obama and nominated as chair by Trump. When President Trump took office in 2025, just two of the seven seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors were held by his appointees. He had also elevated Jerome H. Powell to the chair position during his first term. Note: Powell was appointed as governor …
Read More »Plus-size travelers face new rule for extra seat on Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who can’t fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance, part of a string of recent changes the carrier is making. The new rule goes into effect Jan. 27, the same day Southwest starts assigning seats. Currently, plus-size passengers can either pay for an extra seat in …
Read More »The Rule of Law in the US Just Took Its Last Breath
Trump and Bolton on April 9, 2018. Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images Imagine the rule of law as a stand-in for a sheriff in a vintage Western film. Donald J. Trump is the villain. Trump lifts and points a pistol in the cliffhanger scene. The first shot cracks like thunder, a bullet punching into the sheriff’s …
Read More »Trump's redistricting push could bring decades of Republican rule to the US House – Reuters
Trump’s redistricting push could bring decades of Republican rule to the US House Reuters Frustrated voters caught in redistricting war: ‘This isn’t how a well-run republic runs’ USA Today Fresh off Texas Senate’s approval, new congressional map is target of lawsuit The Texas Tribune How Redistricting Wars Could Give the G.O.P. Up to 7 Seats The New York Times Donald Trump The Guardian Source link
Read More »100-year-old chemistry rule proven false, textbook updates needed
You know that feeling when everyone tells you something is impossible, so you never even try? That is what happened in chemistry for a hundred years. Students memorized a rule, one called Bredt’s rule, and then everyone obeyed it. Professors taught it. Nobody questioned it. And it was wrong. The team of chemists behind this study didn’t set out to …
Read More »P Diddy’s Twin Daughters Kicked Off Rollercoaster After Refusing to Follow a Simple Rule
It was a public embarrassment at the Orange County Fair when Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ teenage twin daughters were marched off a rollercoaster for refusing to put away their mobile phones. The removal, caught on video and widely shared on social media, stunned onlookers who watched Jessie James and D’Lila Star Combs, both 18, being escorted from the ride moments before …
Read More »Bailey yet to rule on status of football players, but NCAA lawyer claims Robinson is academically ineligible
There was no ruling Tuesday from U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey during a hearing in the Jimmori Robinson et al v. National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Northern District Court of West Virginia. However, a lawyer representing the NCAA revealed potentially fateful news regarding Robinson — one of four players seeking eligibility on the Mountaineers in 2025 — when …
Read More »Scientists just proved a fundamental quantum rule for the first time
Researchers at Tampere University and their collaborators from Germany and India have experimentally confirmed that angular momentum is conserved when a single photon is converted into a pair – validating a key principle of physics at the quantum level for the first time. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for creating complex quantum states useful in computing, communication, and sensing. Conservation …
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