The Girl Scouts of America has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts, saying the group’s gender-neutral efforts to include girls is confusing and has led to membership losses. The 50-page lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday accuses the BSA of trademark infringement, dilution and unfair competition. Both groups […]
“It’s striking to see the major discrepancy between prescribed amount and the amount patients actually take,” said study senior author Dr. Joceline Vu. Surgery patients typically use only one-quarter of the opioids they’re prescribed for post-operative pain, a new study finds. And those leftover pills pose a risk […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. : A woman who shot Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller and attacked abortion clinics in several states in the 1990s has been released from prison in Oregon, prompting concern in clinics across the country, according to a published report Wednesday. Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon was released […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. : A Missouri landlord stumbled upon an unwanted house guest while evicting a tenant: a large alligator in a hot tub. The tenant described the 150-pound reptile as “gentle as a puppy” after animal control workers were called to the Kansas City home on Wednesday. […]
COMPIEGNE, France : Adolf Hitler went in wartime for revenge. Angela Merkel plans a pilgrimage in the name of peace. Two German chancellors, with opposite aims and the same destination: a train car in a French forest. Hitler tried literally to rewrite history in 1940 when the Nazi […]
NEW YORK : Google is planning a major expansion in New York City, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . The newspaper reported Wednesday that the company plans to add space for more than 12,000 additional New York workers. The Journal cited anonymous people familiar with the […]
Toxic smog shrouded the Indian capital as air quality plummeted to hazardous levels Thursday after tens of thousands of people set off a multitude of firecrackers to celebrate the major Hindu festival of Diwali. With schools closed for holidays, many young children stayed indoors to escape the pollution […]
Asian markets were mostly higher on Thursday after the U.S. midterm elections went as expected, soothing fears of a sudden shift on trade and economic policies. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rallied 1.8 percent to 22,486.92, even as machinery orders slid a record 18.3 percent in September […]
Growth in Chinese exports to the United States ticked up in October as traders rushed to beat a new tariff hike in a battle over Beijing’s technology policy. Shipments to the U.S. market rose 13.3 percent over a year earlier to $42.7 billion, up from September’s 13 percent […]
The personality looming over the 2018 midterms was President Donald Trump. The issue was health care, the top concern for voters as they decided how to cast their ballots. This week’s election showed a nation increasingly — if belatedly — in step with former President Barack Obama’s approach […]
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