Oklahoma correctional officials in January used the wrong drug to execute Charles Warner, who said his body was “on fire” after the injection was administered, according to his autopsy report released Thursday. Click Here: cheap Cowboys jersey The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner revealed that officials had used potassium acetate to stop Warner’s […]
Read MoreSupima Design Lab promotes US-farmed cotton in Paris
Click Here: cheap Cowboys jersey Paris Fashion Week may have ended but Supima Design Lab was still on Paris time on Thursday. The US cotton company which represents cotton harvested in Arizona, California, Texas, and New Mexico organized a digital fashion show and roundtable to celebrate the ascent of their long-haired fiber within the upper […]
Read MoreHuman Exploitation of Nature Has Driven Planetary Health to the Edge
To put it bluntly, humanity has been trashing the planet like never before. And unless immediate changes take place, the prognosis for global health and the natural systems on which civilization depends is bleak. So finds a new report from The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health, written by 15 leading academics and policymakers. Entitled […]
Read MoreIgnoring Calls by Human Rights Experts, Medical Community, Israel OKs 'Legislative Foundation for Torture'
The Israeli parliament on Thursday passed a law allowing for the force-feeding of prisoners. It has been criticized as providing “a legislative foundation for torture.” Medical organizations, including the Israeli Medical Association, have denounced force feedings as violating human rights and medical ethics. The bill passed the body, known as the Knesset, 46-40. According to […]
Read MoreAs Social Security Reaches 80, Americans' Love for Program Remains Strong
An overwhelming majority of Americans supports Social Security’s contribution to the common good, a new AARP survey has found. The findings (pdf), released on the eve of program’s 80th anniversary, show how vital the program continues to be. “As we celebrate Social Security on its 80th anniversary, our survey found that it remains as important […]
Read MoreMaryland Launches New Effort to End Racial Profiling by Police
Maryland on Tuesday took a significant step to curb racial profiling and other discriminatory policing tactics, releasing broad new rules that aim to limit law enforcement officers from targeting individuals based on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, among other characteristics. The state’s Attorney General Brian Frosh issued a nine-page memorandum to police departments statewide outlining […]
Read MoreAs Europe's One Percent Flourishes, Millions Sink into Poverty
On a continent that is home to some of the world’s richest people, most profitable businesses, and most valuable assets—including 342 billionaires—more than 120 million people are at risk of poverty, exemplifying the “unacceptable” levels of inequality sweeping Europe in 2015. That’s according to Oxfam, whose new report, (pdf), warns that the excessive influence of […]
Read MoreGermany's Superhighway for Bikes Offers Hope for 'Transformative' Transportation
While the United States closed 2015 with a record high number of auto sales, Germany offered a potentially “transformative” transportation alternative by opening a stretch of a highway for bikes that is slated to take tens of thousands of cars off the road every day. The stretch of the Radschnellweg RS1 open now, thanks to […]
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Read More'America’s Gun Violence Epidemic' Continues with Mass Shooting in Oregon
Thirteen people are reportedly dead, and 20 are wounded, after a shooting on Thursday at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon. The mass shooting at Umpqua Community College (UCC) took place around 10:40 am PST. Police units from multiple jurisdictions responded, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. “We arrived to find multiple patients in […]
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