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DC region is home to two of the nation’s best children’s hospitals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

When parents in the D.C. area need the best advanced medical care for their children, they don’t have to look far.Both Children’s National Hospital in D.C. and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland, have landed on the Top Ten Honor Roll of U.S. News and World Reports Best Children’s Hospitals.It’s the 16th year U.S. News has released the rankings, meant to help families and doctors make informed decisions.“I saw a study today that indicated that there are about 1,500 hospitals that provide pediatric services in the country. So the top 10 are better than the top 1% of those 1,500 hospitals. So, the fact we have two of those in the Baltimore-Washington region is pretty extraordinary,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and a managing editor of U.S. News.Hospitals are evaluated in 10 different pediatric specialties. Both Children’s National and Hopkins ranked high across the board.Children’s National’s ...

Aaron Rodgers is set to speak at a psychedelics conference

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Months after Colorado’s voters decided to join Oregon in decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms, Denver will host a conference this week put on by a psychedelic advocacy group bringing together an unlikely cohort of speakers — including an NFL star, a former Republican governor and a rapper.The conference and the thousands expected to attend it is an indication of the creep, or perhaps leap, of cultural acceptance for psychedelic substances that proponents say may offer benefits for things like post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism. Still, medical experts caution that more research is needed on the drugs’ efficacy and the extent of the risks.NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who’ll soon debut with the New York Jets after years with the Green Bay Packers, has been open about his use of ayahuasca in the past and is slated to speak Wednesday. Rapper Jaden Smith, the son of Will Smith who has publicly shared the “ego dissolution” he felt when using psychedelics, ...

La desaparición, quiénes son los tripulantes y cuánto oxígeno les queda: lo que sabemos sobre el submarino desaparecido del Titanic

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

(CNN) — Un submarino que transportaba a cinco personas para ver los restos del Titanic en el fondo del Océano Atlántico Norte sigue desaparecido a pesar de una operación de búsqueda masiva, y según los informes, se escucharon golpes en el área.El avión canadiense P-3 detectó ruidos submarinos este martes, pero la Guardia Costera de EE.UU. no pudo identificar la fuente del sonido, dijo la agencia.Mientras tanto, un memorando interno del gobierno este martes dijo que los equipos de búsqueda habían escuchado golpes en intervalos de 30 minutos, y una actualización posterior dijo que “retroalimentación acústica” había indicado “esperanza continua de sobrevivientes”.CNN se comunicó con OceanGate, la Guardia Costera de EE.UU. en Boston y las autoridades canadienses para obtener comentarios. Rolling Stone fue el primero en informar la noticia este martes por la noche.El sumergible Titán se dirigía a los famosos restos del naufragio, frente a la costa de St John’s, Newfoundland, ...

Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill under investigation for alleged assault in Haulover Park

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, who is about to start his second season, is under investigation for an alleged assault that occurred in Haulover Park over the weekend, according to the Sun Sentinel. The Miami-Dade Police Department said they are investigating the allegation of assault and battery involving the 29-year-old athlete that occurred on Sunday. Hill posted a video of himself with his agent fishing on a boat over the weekend with a caption that said he was in a 45-minute battle with a shark and quite “good times.” The post has since been taken down, one source said.What happened before or after the video is at the forefront of the investigation by Miami-Dade County Police. The star athlete has dealt with legal issues in the past when he was with the Kansas City Chiefs and when he was in college. His most notable legal battle was back in 2019 when he was named in a child abuse report, but he was never charged in that case. The Miami Dolphins late Tuesday nig...

Pharrell Williams’ Louis Vuitton star-studded debut sparked joy

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

Paris (CNN) — Pharrell Williams’ debut as men’s creative director for Louis Vuitton was nothing short of spectacular, heralding a new era for the storied French fashion house.The American polymath, whose appointment was announced in February, closed down the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris on Tuesday, where the show was held at sunset with a full orchestra, gospel choir and over 70 looks modeled by some familiar faces including designer Stefano Pilati and Pusha T and No Malice of the hip-hop duo Clipse.The famous faces didn’t stop there — Williams’ celebrity friends cheered him on from the front row. Among them were Rihanna, the brand’s latest campaign model and A$AP Rocky who snuck in late, Jay-Z who performed at the afterparty, Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, Jared Leto, Lenny Kravitz who came with Naomi Campbell and brand ambassador Zendaya with former stylist Law Roach by her side.When Williams was named as the successor to the late Virgil Abloh, some debate ignited over the validity of his ...

Adult woman attended Boston schools as student during year, 5 Investigates reports

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

BOSTON (WCVB) — Boston police were investigating the fraudulent enrollment of an adult woman who used falsified identification and paperwork to register as a high school student over the academic year, according to a letter from the Boston Public Schools superintendent obtained by 5 Investigates.Sources tell 5 Investigates the woman is in her 30s.According to the letter, at various points during the 2022-2023 school year, the woman attended the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School and English High School utilizing the student transfer process and enrolling under multiple pseudonyms.The district says a Boston Public Schools staff member noticed irregularities in the paperwork on file and reported it to district leadership, who contacted Boston Police.A Boston police report says red flags were raised by administrators at English High School on June 14.According to the report, a man who was not identified went to the school and told administrators that he would be ...

China hits back at Biden: ‘Extremely absurd’ to call Xi a dictator

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

China on Wednesday hit back at U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent comment that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was a dictator.“It is a blatant political provocation. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition,” said Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, at a regular press briefing, AP reported.“The U.S. remarks are extremely absurd and irresponsible,” Mao added.China’s response comes a day after Biden, speaking at a campaign event in California, likened Xi to a dictator when referring to the U.S. downing a Chinese spy balloon in February.“The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment is he didn’t know it was there,” Biden said. “That was the great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn’t know what happened.”The row is likely to complicate efforts to improve already strained Sino-American relations. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State An...

EU Parliament VP breaks from national party, with sweeping consequences

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

Czech lawmaker Dita Charanzová will no longer run as a member of the European Parliament for the ANO 2011 party of former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. In an interview with a Czech daily newspaper, Charanzová, who’s a Parliament Vice President with the liberal Renew Group, expressed her discontent with the campaign Babiš ran leading up to the Czech presidential elections earlier this year, which he lost to Petr Pavel. “I didn’t identify with that and I couldn’t explain it to my colleagues in the European Parliament,” she said.Babiš himself drew the ire of the ALDE Party, the political party affiliated with the Renew Group, by participating in early May in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Hungary, an offspring of a U.S. event, alongside Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Babiš has been suspended from attending ALDE events. An evaluation of ANO’s commitment to the party’s values is ongoing. “I am a liberal with l...

Air National guardsman charged with leaking classified documents set to be arraigned

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents will be arraigned in federal court on Wednesday.Jack Teixeira, 21, has been charged under the Espionage Act with unauthorized retention and transmission of classified national defense information.He has not yet entered a plea..Teixeira is accused of sharing highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other top national security issues in a chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers. The stunning breach exposing closely held intelligence has sparked international concern and raised fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard its secrets.The Air Force has also taken away the intelligence mission from the Air National Guard 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Cape Cod, where Teixeira served, pending further review.Court records unsealed last week revealed how billing records the FBI obtained from Di...

SCOTUS to look at law barring accused domestic abusers from buying guns

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:16:33 GMT

(CNN) — As the Supreme Court justices race to finish up the current term, they will meet behind closed doors on Thursday to consider whether they should add a blockbuster Second Amendment case to the docket for next term.The focus is a federal law that bars an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm.It has only been a year since the Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion that marked the broadest expansion of gun rights in a decade. Since then, lower courts have been reconsidering thousands of firearm restrictions.In the case at hand, the conservative-leaning 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals cited the Supreme Court’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen decision in holding the domestic violence-related gun law unconstitutional, a move that critics say will make it easier for alleged abusers to obtain firearms.Under ordinary circumstances, once the Supreme Court releases a major opinion, they reje...