Officers closed Christmas event in Haifa, confiscating equipment and also arresting a DJ and a street vendor Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus during a raid on a Christmas party in Haifa, a civil rights monitor has said. Israeli officers closed an event celebrating Christmas on Sunday, confiscating equipment, and arresting the Palestinian Santa Claus, as well as a DJ and a street vendor. In a video, police can be seen pushing the men to the ground and handcuffing them as bystanders watched. Continue reading...

Potential cuts could shut down inpatient, emergency room and operating room services at Fort Gordon's hospital.

A daycare worker was arrested in front of young children on the North Side Wednesday morning, witnesses said.

Texas A&M researchers find nanoplastics exposed to seawater can slip past skin defenses by mimicking natural coatings.

BPA, a synthetic chemical used in production of plastics, found in baby products made by three big European brands A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands. Dummies made by the Dutch multinational Philips, the Swiss oral health specialists Curaprox and the French toy brand Sophie la Girafe were found to contain bisphenol A (BPA), according to laboratory testing by dTest, a Czech consumer organisation. Philips said they had carried out subsequent testing and found no BPA, while Sophie la Girafe said the amount found was insignificant. Continue reading...

Most Ohio school kids already get free meals. Making them free for all students would produce big social benefits, new study says.

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health.

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

A panel of Ohio economists is split on whether a new higher education law dismantling diversity programs and some academic courses, and regulating classroom discussion, will reduce enrollment and…

After issues with toxic fracking waste, the state has established new rules to protect human health and the environment. Those rules haven’t been applied to multiple applications for new southeast Ohi...

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Manufacturers fighting a Colorado health warning law argue gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites have suggested otherwise.

Rural hospitals are less likely to offer labor and birth delivery services after they’ve been acquired by a larger health system, leading to mixed outcomes for mothers and babies, according to new…

The Trump Admin is exploiting Charlie Kirk's assassination as a pretext to blame and target liberal groups. America needs leaders who heal our divisions, not weaponize them to fuel their power grabs.