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Addicts shoot up, poop on Bronx street just feet from courthouse: ‘Neighborhood is barbaric’

Addicts shoot up, poop on Bronx street just feet from courthouse: ‘Neighborhood is barbaric’

Glass from broken bottles and shattered syringes crunched beneath the dress shoes of attorneys walking along the stonewalled western portion of Franz Sigel Park last week, as they made their way down Walton Avenue toward the Bronx County Courthouse on nearby Grand Concourse.


Kamala Harris illustrates how complex identity is − and the pressure many multiracial people feel to put themselves in one ‘box’

Kamala Harris illustrates how complex identity is − and the pressure many multiracial people feel to put themselves in one ‘box’

Dating back to a 1662 Virginia law, the one-drop rule ensured that a single drop of Black blood assigned minority status to mixed-race individuals.


I ate a salad from Costco while pregnant — and then the most terrifying thing happened

I ate a salad from Costco while pregnant — and then the most terrifying thing happened

Kaiser Permanente, the largest private employer in the state, told The Post that they “strive to create an open dialogue with our patients to partner with them on their care” and “remain committed to supporting the health and well-being of every mother and newborn,” including taking their role as mandated reporters “very seriously.”


After a spate of recent stabbings, is knife crime getting worse in Australia?

After a spate of recent stabbings, is knife crime getting worse in Australia?

So even though official police statistics show knife crime is not getting worse across Australia, the fact knives have been used in some high-profile murder cases could partly explain the growing concerns.


Bikini models by the pool, Ashton Kutcher cavorting — more footage re-emerges from Diddy’s infamous White Parties

Bikini models by the pool, Ashton Kutcher cavorting — more footage re-emerges from Diddy’s infamous White Parties

Fonseca also remembered seeing Chris Brown leave one of Diddy’s parties with Amber Rose in 2009, five months after the rapper was investigated for an alleged domestic violence felony for assaulting then girlfriend Rihanna.


Washington state stockpiling abortion drugs in case of second Trump term, Gov. Jay Inslee says

Washington state stockpiling abortion drugs in case of second Trump term, Gov. Jay Inslee says

Washington has seen the number of out-of-state women traveling there for abortions increase since 2022, when numerous states — including nearby Idaho — implemented bans in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision.


Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples

Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples

Did/does the ER physician whose behaviour escalated to include putting his hand in the back pocket of my jeans when I was on call to both grope me and “check if I had stolen their reflex hammer” feel deep shame?


Chicago school board approves measure to do away with ‘ranking’ schools after ‘longstanding structural racism’

Chicago school board approves measure to do away with ‘ranking’ schools after ‘longstanding structural racism’

They cited to Fox News Digital their effort to “expand pre-school programming, provide interventions like high-dosage tutoring, academic coaches for teachers, school interventionists to help struggling students.”


Man chops-up own penis and stores severed parts in jar of snow after eating ‘magic’ mushrooms

Man chops-up own penis and stores severed parts in jar of snow after eating ‘magic’ mushrooms

Lately, mainstream medicine has caught on to the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin mushrooms as studies show it could help treat patients experiencing psychological distress, such as depression, anxiety, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


Pilot, passenger arrested on drug charges after small plane makes emergency landing on Calif. highway: ‘Can’t write this stuff’

Pilot, passenger arrested on drug charges after small plane makes emergency landing on Calif. highway: ‘Can’t write this stuff’

I think we have narcotics coming into our country in various ways, but I think the surprising part is the emergency landing and how we came across it,” Valdovinos told reporters.


Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

There are several shocking elements of Rex Whistler’s mural, originally commissioned by the Tate as “decoration for the new refreshment room”, including the image of a black child chained to a horse and cart as it moves at speed.


Malcolm Gladwell’s new vision of the world ahead of us: Our lives ‘can be tipped’

Malcolm Gladwell’s new vision of the world ahead of us: Our lives ‘can be tipped’

Consider the case of the Lawrence Tract, Gladwell says, a small housing development in racially segregated 1950s Palo Alto, Calif., whose founders sought to strike a perfect balance of roughly one-third each between black, white and Asian-American residents.