Ohio plastic surgeon Shahryar Tork, MD, has sued a surgery center for alleged negligence after one of his patients died following a “tummy tuck.” Tork alleged two nurses gave the patient a fatal overdose of opioids after he left the facility. (WLWT) A Connecticut family is suing a local hospital over their son’s death, alleging…
WhatsApp is finally getting a long-awaited privacy feature that allows you to display a username rather than your phone number, which will remain hidden from other users. This feature has been in the works for more than a year, with few details released as to its functionality and ETA. While it’s still not rolling out…
Emperor penguins could go extinct by 2100 Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com Two of Antarctica’s most iconic species, the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), have declined so dramatically and rapidly that they have been classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List. A third Antarctic species, the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina),…
Sahaj is off this week. The following first appeared May 9, 2024. Dear Sahaj: I am having a very hard time putting my husband’s one year of emotional cheating with his old college flame (from 58 years ago) behind me. It’s been two years since I found messages on his phone, and I’m still thinking…
A harrowing recent ProPublica report tells the stories of two Black women in Florida who were forced to have cesarean sections despite clearly stating they didn’t want them – a reminder that medical coercion is alive and well in the American healthcare system. In the case of Cherise Doyley, the state had filed an emergency…
Pledging allegiance to ice hockey, Celine Dion and poutine has just become easier for U.S. citizens. Late last year, the Canadian government amended the Citizenship Act to grant Canadian citizenship to a wider pool of people seeking dual citizenship through their family lineage. Before the revised law went into effect on Dec. 15, the country…
It was Scottish farmers in the 1980s who pioneered the practice of spraying glyphosate on their wheat just before harvest. Struggling in the damp glens to get their crop to dry evenly, they came up with the idea of accelerating the process by killing it a week or two before harvesting. Glyphosate, then a revolutionary…
In three processing plants, more than four tons of raw materials and finished products were blocked from sale. Published: April 09, 2026, 12:05 am Hungarian authorities have uncovered food safety and hygiene violations during inspections of three retail establishments. The National Authority for Trade and Consumer Protection (NATCP) said it took action in each case…
A woman at an abortion-rights protest in New York in 2023 holds a pregnancy test. The U.S. teen pregnancy rate in 2025 was 11.7 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 19, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle…
Dear Eric: My 15-year-old daughter has a host of diagnoses that my husband and I are trying to navigate. We are receiving service and advice from a psychiatrist, a therapist, an occupational therapist and a speech therapist. My problem is that I am constantly receiving rude comments and unwanted advice about my daughter. These fall…
