GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts over the last year. Related Articles Groups … Continued
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs Tuesday in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva, where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place, asking nations to show courage … Continued
SAND WASH BASIN, Colorado — Robin Wadhams reviews the list of wild horses that still need to be darted this summer before she sets up for target practice. Each mare has a name: Angel, Bisbee, Calamity, Dust Devil, Eeyore, Kamchatka. … Continued
By Jess Mador, WABE, KFF Health News Now that the Republicans’ big tax-and-spending bill has become law, new bureaucratic hurdles have emerged for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for health coverage. A provision in the new law dictates … Continued
Amid furious debate among supporters of President Donald Trump over the H-1B visa for foreign workers, federal authorities are making in-person interviews mandatory for renewals in visa holders’ home countries. Technology companies say the visas — intended for workers with specialized … Continued
Aggressive immigration practices, including detention, deportation, and workplace raids are causing widespread emotional trauma among children. So says a study by a team of mental health professionals at UC Riverside’s School of Medicine. The report, published July 25 in Psychiatric … Continued