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Supreme Court case about 'crisis pregnancy centers' highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
(THE CONVERSATION) The latest Supreme Court case related to abortion is not technically about the legal right to have one. When the court heard oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2025, the word "abortion" came up only three times. The first instance was more than an hour into the 82-minute hearing.
Instead, First Choice Women's ... (full story)
Sports
New Zealand skier Alice Robinson is Mikaela Shiffrin's top challenger during the Olympic season
In the Northern Hemisphere's winter, she competes on the Alpine skiing World Cup circuit in the Alps.
In the Southern Hemisphere's winter, she trains at home in New Zealand.
Alice Robinson hardly ever gets to put her flip-flops on and enjoy summer.
And that's just fine with her.
"It's just been my yearly routine ... (full story)
Silver says NBA is taking gambling scandal seriously, may look into Heat relief over Terry Rozier
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It is critical for the NBA to be perceived as having integrity, Commissioner Adam Silver said recently, adding that the gambling scandals that led to the arrests of Miami guard Terry Rozier, Portland coach Chauncey Billups and others are being taken with the utmost seriousness.
Silver's comments in a news ... (full story)
How reliable is the VO2 number on your smart watch?
Over the past couple of years most of us have become familiar with the term VO2 max, and that’s because it’s become a hot topic in the fitness community what with health and wellness specialists advocating it as an important predictor of one’s longevity.
Now let me deviate for just a second for those of you wh ... (full story)
State
US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
The U.S. government admitted that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.
It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades.
The official res ... (full story)
Bit by bit, small US groups chip away at historic levels of social isolation
Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways.
It sounds simple — building relationships. But they're up against powerful cultural forces.
By many measures, Americans are socially disconnected at historic levels.
They're joining civic group ... (full story)
4 months in, activists say President Trump's operation in Washington show one-third of all arrests are immigrant-related
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump launched a law enforcement operation in Washington, D.C., four months ago, he billed it as a mission to fight rampant crime.
But activists and local leaders say that description belies what has emerged as a simultaneous crackdown on immigrants, who have grown increasingly conce ... (full story)