While John Swinney may be the new First Minister, he comes with significant baggage. As former SNP leader who previously served as wingman for Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, Swinney has been complicit in the SNP’s appalling neglect of public services for more than two decades. His is a party that has been in power for too long, and a First Minister who embodies that stale governance will do very little to fix it. It was in this context that I wanted to offer an alternative, liberal vision for...
People are paying upwards of $100,000 to climb Mount Everest. Author Will Cockrell argues that's not such a bad thing.
End-of-life doulas guide others through the very personal journey of dying.
Whoever said, “when you get older, things tend to slow down,” didn’t meet Immanuel Baptist Church’s senior adults ministry, known as the “Pacesetters.”
California’s reservoirs are not only vital to the state’s complex water systems, providing millions of people and the state’s agricultural economy with needed access to water; they’re also important gauges for how healthy the state is overall. This year’s at-capacity reservoirs have been a boon for a region besieged by drought over much of the past decade, but more work is needed to help ensure a plentiful and water-wise future for the most populous state in America. Enter Sites Reservoir, a...
More than 100,000 young people deal with online sexual abuse yearly, according to Victim Support Netherlands. The verdict in the biggest sextortion case in the country gives the victims “the recognition they need,” a spokesperson for the organization responded.
Investigators from the VC FOCUS unit and Detention Services Classification Unit arrested two people for conspiring to smuggle illegal drugs into the Ventura County Jail, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office (VCSO).
The nationally licensed debt collection agency FBCS suffered a data breach incident that affected 1.9 million people.
People who lose their teeth from poor oral hygiene are more likely to suffer chronic pain in the lower back and buttocks, according to new research.
The 35-year-old used his jeep and jetski to assist with transporting people trapped by the floods to safety and also summoned friends to help the efforts.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said Sunday. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. []