Why a Muslim airport ammenity open since 2024 has the ire of Texas Republicans

Now, a place to clean the body and mind is the latest thing to attract controversy from Texas Republicans.  The ablution room ...

Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claiming retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

Disney has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights. The suit comes after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ...

Ukrainian convicted of espionage in Germany gets prison as 2 others are acquitted

A Ukrainian national has been convicted in Germany on espionage charges and sentenced to a year and three months in prison. He was accused of sending packages with GPS trackers to Ukraine through ...

Putin hosts Myanmar's leader for talks on deepening their relationship

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted the head of Myanmar’s military-backed government, who visited Moscow on a trip intended to further boost cooperation between the countries. Speaking ...

They’re content creators with thousands of adoring fans – so why do they feel so terrible?

Audience entanglement plagued creators from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender or nationality. It struck musicians and illustrators, YouTubers and Instagrammers, self-pr ...

Florida lost 450,000 ACA enrollees in 2026 as premiums rose an average of 37% nationally, new data shows

ACA enrollment rose in only one state, New Mexico, where it increased 14%. Enrollment was unchanged in Illinois. States that had enacted policy changes to financially support ACA premiums, such as ...

Josh Howerton's podcast gets big conservative media deal — who is he?

Josh Howerton, the senior pastor at Lakepointe Church in Dallas, announced last week that he's partnered with TheBlaze, a ...

A Hindu soldier and a Muslim poet show how religious identities overlapped in 19th-century India

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Many youth athletes quietly struggle with eating disorders – Colorado mandates new training that could turn things around

Colorado requires middle, junior high and high school coaches in public and private schools to attend training on mental health. Currently, training is required to cover concerns specific to young ...

Elite sports are laboratories of health and performance innovation, but not every experiment belongs in your routine

Elite sports are natural testing grounds for new approaches to health and performance. Teams pursue small advantages and often have the staff, data and resources to evaluate new i ...

What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects

Research from several teams has shown that when people with Medicare Advantage plans administered by insurers that own hospitals get most of their care at those hospitals, they require fewer prior ...

Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia, study finds – and the harm lasts for years

These effects add up over time. A total of 11,744 opioid overdose deaths were officially recorded in rural Appalachia from 2000-2017. By comparing overdose rates in flooded and nonflooded counties, we ...