Underworld Turns

RFK Jr. Wants to End the “War” on Unproven Treatments Like Stem Cell Therapy

About a decade ago, when Doris Tyler was 76, she still had her eyesight. She’d quit driving, but she could see well enough to cook, do laundry, and clean her Central Florida home. But when the treatment for her macular degeneration stopped working, she began exploring other options. Stem cell therapy—whereby patients receive injections of […]
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Trump’s Latest Visa “Pause” Targets 75 Countries He Thinks Are Lazy

Last Wednesday, the Trump administration “paused” immigrant visa applications for people from 75 countries, mostly in the Global South, on the supposed grounds that people from those countries are of “nationalities at high risk of public benefits usage.” Since the 19th century, the United States has used “public charge” rules to restrict entry, alleging that […]
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‘Graffiti-proof’ ivy was installed along a busy Los Angeles freeway. It didn’t work so well 

If you’ve ever been on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, you’ve definitely seen the graffiti-covered walls that line the road as it snakes through the city near its southern terminus with the 5 and 10 freeways. There was an attempt to cover the graffiti – and hopefully prevent it – undertaken this weekend as artificial ivy was installed on the walls. Video posted on […]
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Kanye West apologizes for antisemitic, racist remarks in WSJ ad: ‘I said and did things I deeply regret’

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has issued a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal apologizing for antisemitic and racist remarks he’s made in recent years. The ad appeared in the publication and is titled, “To Those I’ve Hurt.” In the lengthy message, the Grammy-award-winning artist cited his 2002 West Hollywood car […]
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Kaiser workers walk out, citing staffing shortages and workload

An estimated 31,000-plus Kaiser Permanente workers in California and Hawaii are on strike Monday morning after union leaders said Kaiser officials failed to bargain in good faith. Leaders with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, or UNAC/UHCP, say they want Kaiser Permanente to address staffing shortages and workload standards. KTLA’s Jacqueline […]
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