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Lindsay Clancy trial highlights need to rethink postpartum care, advocates say: “The duty is on the system”

The trial of Lindsay Clancy over the killings of her three young children is driving conversations outside the courtroom about postpartum healthcare — and gaps in the system.  Clancy’s defense says she killed her three children after suffering from postpartum psychosis, a severe condition affecting someone’s sense of reality, while the prosecution argued she planned…

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At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired

The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality. Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the nation’s top law enforcement agency. In June, the…

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Fauci discussed potential risks, benefits of COVID vaccine for pregnant women in 2021 texts released by GOP senators

Two Senate Republicans released a set of early 2021 text messages that show Dr. Anthony Fauci and other federal health officials discussing how to “weigh the potential risks against the benefits” of pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccines. The 11 text messages that were made public Monday were among more than 34,000 that the Department of…

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Secret Service warns of sharp rise in threat levels ahead of rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Days ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Secret Service officials warned nationwide threats have reached an unprecedented level — with agents opening roughly 10,000 protective intelligence cases since January, a nearly 40% increase from the same period last year. “The numbers are numbers that this agency and certainly I have never seen in…

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