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As researchers that have supported building evidence around contraceptive safety, effectiveness and interests, we were thrilled when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they had approved Opill – a progestin-only pill (POP) – for over-the-counter use. Finally, after decades of advocacy and research, birth control pills will soon be accessible without a prescription

Patriots The Patriots are forgettable, infuriating, and proving to not be worth much of your attention. But at least they’re not the Jets. A New York Jets fan cheers during Sunday’s Patriots-Jets game at MetLife Stadium. AP COMMENTARY Mac Jones says ‘nothing was intentional’ with hitting Sauce Gardner during Patriots-Jets game JuJu Smith-Schuster explains his

I’m an electrician and project manager who has been in the construction industry for the past six years. Before that, I worked as a laborer and operator at a color pigment factory for four years. Which means that like many other members of America’s working class, I am often subjected to politicians’ weird attempts to

Good morning, Chicago. The federal government is bringing back its offer of free at-home tests for COVID-19. The tests were made available Monday and can be requested at COVIDTests.gov. The orders include four rapid antigen tests, with a limit of one order per residential address. The site’s simple request form asks visitors to share their

The Morton Williams supermarket has served the needs of the Greenwich Village, NoHo, SoHo and East Village communities at its current site on Bleecker St. for more than 60 years. The present threat to its continued existence, and to that of an adjoining community garden, exacerbates the widespread crisis of confidence by the public in

President Biden travels to Michigan Tuesday to join United Auto Workers union members on the picket line, with the strike now in its second week.  It’s an unusual move for a sitting president to make such a visible intervention for striking workers. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insists they’re “not going to get into

A western Michigan woman was sentenced to up to five years in prison Monday for a crash in which her three young sons drowned after her SUV plunged into an ice-covered pond, CBS affiliate WWMT reported. Leticia Gonzales had pleaded no contest in August to operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and three misdemeanor charges

United Nations — The number of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has soared in the past six months, leading several U.S. cities near southwest border entry points to declare emergencies. The United Nations refugee chief believes a pilot program in southern Mexico, while still running on a small scale, could eventually help relieve migration

Two men in Puerto Rico on Monday pleaded guilty of conspiring to commit a hate crime involving a transgender woman who was killed more than three years ago. The men were accused of threatening and using a paintball gun to shoot at the victim, whom police identified as Alexa Negrón Luciano. The men had recognized

Police investigating deaths of woman, teenage girl in East Flatbush, Brooklyn Police investigating deaths of woman, teenage girl in East Flatbush, Brooklyn 01:22 NEW YORK — An investigation is underway after a woman and a teenage girl were found dead in their Brooklyn apartment. Neighbors say last week they called the NYPD after concerning sounds

One of Thailand’s leading pro-democracy activists was convicted of insulting the country’s royal family and sentenced on Tuesday to prison. Arnon Nampa was handed a four-year prison sentence at the Bangkok Criminal Court after being found guilty of insulting the monarch for comments he made during an October 2020 protest. Thailand’s royal defamation laws, which

Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and his former attorney Tuesday, claiming they hacked and manipulated data on an external hard drive associated with his laptop. Giuliani and the attorney, Robert Costello, have frequently acknowledged accessing the hard drive’s data. The lawsuit accuses them of having “dedicated an extraordinary amount of time and energy toward looking

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their aides ask a New York public school to sign a “gag order” ahead of their brief 2021 visit, according to a report. The clause allegedly prohibited anyone at Harlem-based Public School 123 Mahalia Jackson from making negative comments about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “now or in the future,”

Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer ByThe Associated Press September 26, 2023, 6:45 AM FILE – Colombian performer Shakira arrives at court in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2019. Spanish prosecutors

A study published by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in July, and reportedly circulating widely on Chinese social media this week, concluded that as many as 20 species of coronavirus are “highly likely” to cause an outbreak among humans. The study appeared in Emerging Microbes & Infections in July, the South China Morning Post