Many people are praising the former NBA star’s bold new look and parenting skills. Source
Author Archives: Stonecom Interactive
Patients at increased risk of being seen by health care professionals misusing opioids
An alarming new report highlights the problem of opioid addiction among health care professionals. The report out Tuesday shows more than 44 million doses of legally prescribed opioids were stolen last year. That’s an increase of 126 percent from 2017. Errol Barnett spoke to a patient and a doctor about the impact of so-called drug diversion. Source
Six Flags to reopen first of 26 closed theme parks
Outdoors attraction Frontier City set to resume operations June 5 with new safety protocols and reduced attendance. Source
Afghans free 900 Taliban prisoners in hope of extended ceasefire
A truce called for the Muslim holiday of Eid has held, and the insurgent group is raising hopes it may be extended. Source
Cuomo says “you’re going to see pain” as economy reopens
The governor said Monday that though hospitalizations, intubations and other metrics are down, there were still an additional 96 coronavirus-related deaths. Source
Weather outlook for SpaceX launch continues to improve
By Tuesday, the outlook had improved to 60% “go” for a launch Wednesday afternoon. Source
White woman makes distress call to police after black man asks her to leash dog
A New York City woman was caught on camera calling the police on an African American man at Central Park, falsely claiming that he was threatening her life. The man initially asked the woman, Amy Cooper, who he did not know, to leash her dog in an area of the park that did not permit them to walk untethered. Police did not make any arrests. Cooper later apologized and was also put on administrative leave by her employer. In Tuesday’s “What to Watch” segment on “CBS This Morning,” Gayle King, Anthony Mason, Tony Dokoupil and Vladimir Duthiers reacted to the incident. Source
Summer camp resorts to “virtual campfires” during pandemic
Even during a “normal summer,” camps have to prepare for challenges running from poison ivy to severe weather to emotional challenges like homesickness. Source
The rise of Wikipedia as a source of medical information
For years the encyclopedic website, written and edited by anybody, was seen to be rife in misinformation; today, thanks to editors and writers at WikiProject Medicine, it is the first place many people check for the latest details about COVD-19 Source
Why so many tipped workers are denied unemployment aid
About 60% of service-sector workers applying for unemployment get denied, according to research from the advocacy group One Fair Wage. Co-founder Saru Jayaraman explains why tipped work is often so precarious. Source