Census Bureau Wants to Test Sex Orientation, Gender Identity Questions on Biggest Survey
The U.S. Census Bureau asked the Biden administration Tuesday for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country.The statistical agency wants to test the…[#item_full_content]
Report: VA Videos Tout Abortion as Preferred Option
The Veterans Administration reportedly is training health providers that work with the agency to promote abortion as the safest option for pregnant veterans.[#item_full_content]
From suit and tie to ‘Anything Goes’: The Senate dress code has unraveled before
Apparently you can wear anything you now want in the U.S. Senate. Smile or no smile – but with a caveat. If you are a legislative aide, a parliamentarian, a clerk, or work for the sergeant-at-arms, you must still suit up to enter the Senate chamber. But senators may dress however they’d like. FETTERMAN SAYS […]
Serial Killer of 22 Elderly Women Killed in Prison
A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two, was killed Tuesday morning by his cellmate at a Texas prison, an official said.Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in his cell, said Texas Department of Criminal…[#item_full_content]
Wall Street Slips Ahead of Fed Decision on Rates
Stocks slipped as Wall Street waits for the Federal Reserve’s latest decision on interest rates.[#item_full_content]
European Commission authorizes GSK’s HIV prevention drug
The European Commission has authorized GSK’s HIV-focused unit ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir long-acting injectable and tablets, the British drugmaker said on Tuesday. EUROPEAN COMMISSION CHIEF URSULA VON DER LEYEN ASSURES AID TO FLOOD-STRICKEN SLOVENIA DURING VISIT Cabotegravir is recommended in combination with safer sex practices for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of sexually-acquired HIV-1 […]
EU regulator backs AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s lung cancer drug
AstraZeneca said on Friday its and Daiichi Sankyo’s cancer drug Enhertu was recommended by the European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee as a monotherapy to treat patients with a type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The recommendation is based on the mid-stage data where Enhertu showed a confirmed objective response rate of 49% and […]
Israeli Army commander sentenced to military prison over mistaken shooting of innocent Palestinian driver
Israel on Tuesday sentenced an army commander in the occupied West Bank to 10 days in military prison after an investigation into his shooting last week of a Palestinian motorist who was found to be innocent. The Israeli military said that security forces stationed at the Israeli settlement of Rimonim, east of Jerusalem, had received […]
McConnell says Republicans ‘always’ lose when government shuts down, ‘never’ produce a policy change
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday government shutdowns “have always been a loser for Republicans politically” and that they’ve “never produced a policy change” amid ongoing division in Congress about government . “I’m not a fan of government shutdowns,” McConnell told reporters following the GOP conference’s weekly luncheon. McConnell said the upper […]
UK could become an ‘EU lite’ member of bloc, suggests Franco-German report
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