Yesterday Morning, a Holiday Party in Southern California Turns Deadly: A man who worked as an environmental inspector for the county health department in San Bernardino left a holiday party held at the Inland Regional Center, which provides services for people with developmental disabilities, in anger after a dispute. He Returned with His Wife, Assault […]
Kathleen Richards
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Federal Judge Orders Kim Davis Jailed for Refusing to Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
Associated Press From the New York Times: A federal judge here on Thursday ordered a Kentucky clerk jailed for contempt of court because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County, was ordered incarcerated after a hearing here before Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District […]
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What Every Menstruating Woman Should Know
Sasimoto/Shutterstock.com One-hundred-percent cotton tampons are the safest. Have you read this Vice story about a young woman who was nearly killed by toxic shock syndrome (TSS)? The horrifying details: After suffering from flu-like symptoms, 24-year-old Lauren Wasser collapsed with a 107-degree fever, was rushed to the hospital where she was placed in a medically induced […]
Posted inTech
What the Hell Is Ello? And Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About It?
ELLO.COM Although it’s invite-only, it’s fairly easy to sign up for Ello. In the last few days my Facebook feed (and I’m assuming yours, too) has been clogged with posts about Ello, a new social networking site that’s aiming to be the anti-Facebook (its tagline is “simple, beautiful, & ad-free“). Initially, my instinct was to […]