During a House Judiciary Committee hearing several days ago, Congresswoman Becca Balint (D-VT) called out FBI Director Kash Patel on his and the Trump Administration's double standard, as their ...
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Shale wells decline fast, forcing constant drilling—the “Red Queen” effect—with many losing 70–90% of output in three years. The IEA says global fields are depleting faster than thought, so most ...
From left: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Becca Balint and Sen. Peter Welch. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation on Wednesday, for the first time ...
During a tense Judiciary Committee hearing, Representative Becca Balint questioned FBI Director Kash Patel on how the bureau handles investigations into political violence. Balint began by ...
Rep. Becca Balint, whose grandfather was murdered in the Holocaust, also used the term for the first time Wednesday. Bernie Sanders has become the first U.S. senator to label Israel’s conduct in Gaza ...
Flatback syndrome occurs when the lower spine loses its curve and becomes straight. A flat back causes symptoms such as persistent back pain and an inability to stand upright. The human spine has ...
A little known condition can cause terrifying and incurable skin growths, with many having no choice but to face amputation. The rare condition, known as epidermodysplasia verruciformis, is only known ...
Texas has executed four people so far this year – a low number, considering the state often executed that many per month during the 1990s and 2000s. No executions were scheduled at all this summer and ...
A 13-year-old boy with Tourette's syndrome killed himself over brutal bullying after he accidentally shared a nude video with his classmates, according to his family. Gabriel Palacios died by suicide ...
Basima A. Tewfik, an assistant professor at MIT Sloan, ran two field studies and two experiments examining employees who have “impostor syndrome”—commonly thought of as the feeling of being inadequate ...
Tumor lysis syndrome is a pathophysiological state that occurs when the ability of the body to maintain electrolyte–uric acid homeostasis is overwhelmed as a result of the destruction of malignant ...