Posts by Sophie Clearwater
RFK Jr. and the CDC Disagree on a Major Autism Study
[ad_1] On its face, the April 17 report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was nothing short of alarming. According to a nationwide survey conducted in 2022 across 16 localities in the U.S., one in 31 children studied had been diagnosed with autism. That’s a significant increase from the one-in-36…
Read MoreEnding crashes, pedestrian deaths is the goal for construction on Burnet Road Corridor
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — With construction bids on a segment of the Burnet Road Mobility Program opening in a few weeks, the City of Austin’s already started advertising for the improvements it says will make the major road safer for drivers and pedestrians. The first phase of the program established a Corridor Mobility Plan for…
Read MoreNew Pornographers drummer Joe Seiders arrested for child pornography as ‘horrified’ band severs ties
[ad_1] New Pornographers drummer Joe Seiders has been arrested on child pornography charges. The rocker, 44, was taken into custody on April 9 after a restaurant employee called police about a man “entering and exiting the restroom with juvenile males,” per a press release by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Seiders was taken into custody…
Read MoreTexas hemp farmers fear full THC ban would nip industry in the bud
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[ad_1] (The Texas Tribune) — Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019. Amid considerable hype and excitement that followed the recent federal legalization of hemp, Hill tried to warn farmers that the…
Read More9-1-1 Star Pens Emotional Letter After Character Is Killed Off During Shocking Episode
[ad_1] Warning: This article contains major spoilers for 9-1-1’s April 17 episode “Lab Rats.” Peter Krause is singing his swan song. After the actor’s 9-1-1 character Bobby Nash was killed off in a shocking twist of the Ryan Murphy procedural drama’s April 17 episode, he shared an emotional farewell letter to his time on the…
Read MoreRHOSLC’s Monica Garcia Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby No. 5
[ad_1] Monica Garcia is a mother of five. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum—who shares daughters Bri, 19, Jaidyn, 14, West, 8, and Kendall, 7, with ex-husband Mike Fowler—has welcomed her first baby with boyfriend Braxton Knight, one year after suffering a devastating miscarriage. “Getting pregnant at 40 was never the plan, but just like the last couple years of…
Read MoreOne Fine Show: ‘Nancy Holt, Power Systems’ at the Wexner Center for the Arts
[ad_1] Nancy Holt, Electrical System, 1982; Steel conduit, lighting and electrical fixtures, light bulbs, electrical wire and electricity, dimensions variable. Courtesy Holt/Smithson Foundation and Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles © Holt/Smithson Foundation Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know…
Read MoreThe Single Best Type of Apology
[ad_1] Sorry to overwhelm you, but there are lots of different types of apologies. Some are heartfelt; others are inflammatory. Some are just meaningless uses of the word “sorry”—a language habit we should all try to fix so that true apologies carry more weight. “Understanding these different types of apologies helps us become more discerning…
Read MoreFSU shooter’s biological mom kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid bitter custody battle decade before deadly rampage
[ad_1] The biological mother of accused Florida State University shooter, Phoenix Ikner, kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid a bitter custody battle a decade before the deadly shooting, court documents reveal. Anne-Mari Eriksen took her then 11-year-old son to the Scandinavian nation in March 2015 in violation of the custody agreement she had with…
Read MoreActivists to 'resist' military presence on border with marches, public engagement
[ad_1] EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Community activists are launching a public engagement campaign to counter what they perceive as the growing “militarization” of the Texas-Mexico border. It includes a two-week span of marches and community meetings called “Journeys of Resistance” in El Paso, Laredo, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Austin from May 3-17.…
Read MoreInside Tom Cruise’s Relationship With Kids Isabella, Connor and Suri Cruise
[ad_1] Tom and Nicole adopted their eldest child, Isabella, when she was born on Dec. 22, 1992. Admittedly “scared to death” the first time he changed a diaper, Tom told VF in 1994 that he and Nicole “talked about children from time to time, but there was always the work. But then we went, When is it ever going…
Read MoreThe untapped Yankees power of Jazz Chisholm Jr.: ‘Never put a ceiling on it’
[ad_1] The sky is the limit with Jazz Chisholm Jr., his manager said a few hours before this season began. “I mean,” Aaron Boone said with a grin, “you can ask him.” It’s true. Over the course of Yankees spring training, Chisholm shared some of the lofty expectations he had for himself, which included being…
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