Many more older people are leaving prison and face unmet needs for housing and health care − as well as a tangle of groups trying to help

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American prisons are rapidly graying. Following decades of mass incarceration, exacerbated by the U.S. war on drugs, the proportion of older people in prison has increased since the early 1990s. Nearly a quarter of people...

What another Lukashenko ‘victory’ will mean for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’ citizenry

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Europes longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term on Jan. 26, 2025. And even before the first vote is counted, it can be stated with a fair degree of confidence...

Meet phosphine, a gas commonly used for industrial fumigation that can damage your lungs, heart and liver

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In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine a chemical used in fumigation to kill pests in and on grain for four days. In the end, one child died....

FDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs – a scientist explains the artificial color’s health risks and long history

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Red 3 also called FDC Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. Youve likely encountered Red 3 before. Its a common additive to many...

Kremlin promotes ‘traditional values’ – but leaves some battles to the governors

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As 2025 begins, Russia ends its official Year of the Family. But the state has been promoting what it calls traditional or pro-family values for more than a decade and looks likely to continue. Traditional values are now...

10 years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, conversations about free speech are still too black and white

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In January 2015, 12 people were killed at the French satirist magazine Charlie Hebdos office after it published controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Ten years later, the tragic events continue to resonate in...

After the fire: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger deadly debris flows – a geologist explains how

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While firefighters work to extinguish the Los Angeles-area wildfires, city officials and emergency managers are also worried about what could come next. The potential for rain the weekend of Jan. 25-26 could help tamp down...