A new Hulu documentary looks back on the impact that one 1985 New York Magazine article had on the group of young actors it called the “Brat Pack.”
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA’s approval of mifepristone
The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.
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A jury says Chiquita should pay millions over paramilitary killings in Colombia
The jury awarded plaintiffs $38.3 million in damages saying that Chiquita was liable for killings perpetrated by the AUC–Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia).
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Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says
The U.N. office on refugees found that by the end of last year, 1 in 69 people had been forced from their homes — either within their own country or across an international border.
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Trouble for ecstasy? What MDMA’s FDA setback could mean for psychedelics
Psychedelics researchers and investors are still reeling from last week’s no vote for MDMA by a panel of advisers to the FDA.
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Trump to meet with GOP lawmakers to sketch a plan for a possible second term
Former President Donald Trump is set to meet with congressional Republicans to discuss policy plans for a possible second administration.
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While women outnumber men on campus, their later earnings remain stuck
On college campuses, women are making inroads in male-dominated fields like engineering and business. But that is not eliminating the earnings gaps in leadership and income in the workplace.
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This new brain-mapping device could make neurosurgery safer
A flexible film bristling with tiny sensors could make surgery safer for patients with a brain tumor or severe epilepsy.
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The ‘Inside Out’ movies give kids an ’emotional vocabulary.’ Therapists love that
Pixar’s Inside Out was praised for helping kids understand how emotions affect their actions. Adults learned a few things too. The sequel’s new characters include Anxiety, Embarrassment and Ennui.
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Can seized Russian assets help pay for Ukraine aid?
G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
