6 h. ago Why does RFK Jr want to put my family on an ‘autism registry’? | Deborah Bloom

I’m scared about the health secretary’s vow to find the cause behind the so-called ‘autism epidemic’I always knew my parents operated on a different wavelength than most.For one, they are both exceptionally smart. My mother is a former mathematician, who studied the various levels of infinity as part of her master’s thesis. My father is a computer programmer who, at 17 years old, was one of the youngest people to ever be able to communicate with ships in morse code. They met at a party for members of Mensa, a club for the highly intelligent. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago AI helped write bar exam questions, California state bar admits

The bar says it will ask the state supreme court to adjust scores after test-takers also faced platform crashesThe state bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence.The legal licensing body said in a news release Monday that it will ask the California supreme court to adjust test scores for those who took its February bar exam. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago SNP Government demands urgent meeting with Westminster following Supreme Court gender ruling

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary plans to make a statement at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday’s judgment next week.

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7 d. ago Scottish ministers want urgent meeting with UK Government on gender ruling

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary plans to make a statement on the judgment at the Scottish Parliament next week.

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8 d. ago Wes Streeting vows not to 'cut and run' to a safe seat at the next election

The Health Secretary won his Ilford North constituency at last July's general election with a majority of just 528 votes.

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8 d. ago John Swinney guarantees families will receive two child benefit cap payments in April next year

EXCLUSIVE: The First Minister made the promise amid concerns there could be a hold up.

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8 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hails ‘good progress’ on minerals deal talks

Ukrainian president says legalities almost finalised and officials signal US concessions in talks that are progressing ‘quite fast’; deadly Shahed strike on Dnipro. What we know on day 1,149Minerals deal negotiators have made “good progress”, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday. A senior official with knowledge of the negotiations told Agence France-Presse that newer drafts of the US-Ukraine accord appeared not to recognise previous US military aid as a debt owed by Ukraine, adding that talks were moving forward “quite fast”. That assessment echoed a report by Bloomberg News that said Washington had eased a demand that Kyiv pay for aid already delivered since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.“The basic legal stuff is almost finalised, and then, if everything moves as quickly and constructively, the agreement will bring economic results to both our countries,” Zelenskyy said in his daily address on Wednesday. The Trump administration has demanded some sort o...

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1 week ago There’s no Bar to helping Advocates with mental and physical wellbeing

Stressed-out legal eagles now have access to expert aid

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1 week ago Foreign Secretary David Lammy vows to challenge China over 'deeply concerning' decision to bar British MP from entering Hong Kong to visit newborn grandson

Wera Hobhouse, 65, flew to the Hong Kong, which was a British territory until 1997, on Thursday but was held back by authorities before being sent back to the UK.

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2 w. ago Brexit to blame for London suffering biggest exodus of millionaires in the world, Lisa Nandy claims

The Culture Secretary vowed to secure ‘a far better deal with the European Union’ after a damning report found the capital is no longer one of the world’s top five wealthiest cities

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3 w. ago Deputy stomped on genitals of mentally ill man who suffered agonizing death in custody, say prosecutors

A mentally ill man had his genitals forcefully stomped on by abusive police before being left to die in agony in jail, according to prosecutors.

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3 w. ago No more £100million bat tunnels! Environment Secretary vows to slash 'green tape' and quangos blocking infrastructure projects

Steve Reed warned green quangos to stop burdening key infrastructure and building projects with massive costs that can lead them to be delayed or even abandoned.

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3 w. ago US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children in the United States

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4 w. ago Scotland's Justice Secretary vows death in custody families guaranteed free legal aid

The families of Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown met with Angela Constance.

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4 w. ago UK politics live: Business secretary calls for ‘cool heads’ after Reeves vows not to ‘escalate US trade wars’

A 25 per cent tariff on vehicles imported to the US will come into effect on 2 April, the US president announced

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4 w. ago Families of Polmont custody death youths to meet Justice Secretary

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont YOI, run by the Scottish Prison Service.

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