Local·17m ago
Should N.Y. Bathhouses Be Allowed to Offer Space for Sex?
Two state lawmakers have proposed repealing a health code that prohibits establishments like bathhouses from allowing sexual activity.
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Local·17m ago
She Cares for Holocaust Survivors. Her Job Will Soon End.
With fewer than 300 of them left at her nonprofit, she’s thinking about her next chapter. Since the ’90s, Rizy Horowitz has put on events and served food to survivors in Brooklyn.
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Health·2h ago
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
PM2.5 from wildfire smoke is up to 10 times more harmful in the short-term, a study in Nature Communications found in 2021, and factoring this into epidemiological models suggests death tolls from short-term exposure to wildfire smoke have been greatly underestimated, a study in the Lancet Planetary Health found last year. At least 10 million people were exposed to more than 250μg/m³, according to the estimates, a level of daily pollution that smog-choked New Delhi saw no more than eight times last year. “It may be that it’s because the smoke is chemically more toxic, or it may be – what I.
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World·1h ago
Child among three killed in Russian missile attacks near Kyiv
The ballistic missile strikes killed three and wounded another three, the head of the regional military administration Timur Tkachenko said, adding that falling debris damaged apartment buildings and cars, while a fire broke out at a separate building. Garages ablaze in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district after the latest Russian strike At least three people, including a child, have been killed in overnight Russian attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a local official said. It came after Ukraine hit two oil refineries deep inside Russia along with Moscow-linked vessels in the Black Sea, which.
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Politics·3h ago
US promises $1bn in security aid to Colombia as new rightwing president pledges drugs crackdown
Trump ally Abelardo De La Espriella vows to start ‘profound transformation’ of country’s destiny as he is sworn in The Trump administration plans to provide $1bn in security assistance to the government of Colombia’s new rightwing president, the US state department announced, soon after Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in and used his inaugural speech to pledge a vigorous fight against drug trafficking, as well as austerity measures to restore confidence in the economy. The US state department said in a statement on Friday: “As a cornerstone of this renewed partnership, the United.
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