African American employee’s office vandalized inside Education Department The office of an African American employee of the U.S. Department of Education was vandalized earlier this week, and other employees have expressed concern that the attack may have been racially motivated. African art figurines were found beheaded, with their limbs removed, and a school desegregation poster […]

Microsoft Confirms Update Warning For Windows 10, Windows 8.1 And Windows 7 Users The latest Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft included several critical security fixes. Unfortunately, as Microsoft has now confirmed, it also borked some things. If you haven’t applied that August 13 update and are running on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, […]

Illinois sues company after lead found in village’s water Illinois alleges that a company that provides water to a Chicago suburb made changes without permission from state regulators that caused lead to contaminate the village’s drinking water. Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Friday against Aqua Illinois, the company that supplies water to residents […]

Farmers Celebrate Ag but Are Seriously Concerned about a ‘nightmare’ of a year Cooper Garlisch, age 2 ½, was not about to lose the Cutest Little Farmer contest. Climbing atop his red toy tractor, he scooted himself across a stage at the Illinois State Fair with gusto, drawing cheers from an audience that seemed to […]

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These Are the 20 Best Hospitals in the U.S. When people think of the best medical facility in the U.S. — if not the world — one institution typically comes to mind: the Mayo Clinic. That reputation for excellence is well-deserved, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest Best Hospitals rankings. The publication says […]

US Can’t Ignore That Climate Crisis Will Force 120 Million People Into Poverty “Mainstream discussions of the global emergency, writes a top U.N. official, are remarkably out of touch with the scale of the crisis and the economic and social upheaval it will bring” Climate change is making headlines this summer with record temperatures, devastating […]

New Yorkers, Adult Homes “Adult homes warehoused mentally ill people for decades” Part II of this exposee’ Change, Challenged: In 2013, state legislators passed a law requiring large adult homes to reduce the number of mentally ill people living in their homes beneath 25%. Under the settlement, the Department of Health would have to collect […]

New Yorkers, Adult Homes Get Second Chance “Adult homes warehoused mentally ill people for decades until a court order gave residents a chance to move. The embattled institutions were in danger of closing when the state threw them a financial life raft — the elderly.” Five years ago, New York City’s long-troubled adult home industry […]

Healthcare For The Masses: Why Tele-Health Is A Game-Changer For The Middle East “Technology stepped into the healthcare system to make it more effective and efficient” Sarah, a new mother, realized at 2 am that her baby had a serious skin rash. She was left with having to make a decision between either driving to […]