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Local political leaders asked Physician Assistant Nick Lawyer to resign after extremists disrupted their meetings

Organizing online, Covid skeptics drive public health professionals from their jobs

At the same time Montana hospitals are seeing record numbers of Covid patients, county health officers are resigning or being forced out by elected officials who don't follow public health guidance.

In this 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday.

In A First, Iran's Sole Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Emergency Shutdown

An official from the state electric company Tavanir said over the weekend that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last "for three to four days."

People use the Wells Fargo's ATMS in Calexico, CA.

Fewer banks and rising temps are a dangerous mix in Imperial County

The region is at risk of becoming another type of desert — a banking desert.

The Trump administration has suggested buying a prescription drug is like buying a car — with plenty of room to negotiate down from the sticker price. But drug pricing analysts say the analogy doesn't work.

How Does Drug Pricing Work? Hint: It's More Like Designer Handbags Than Cars

The Trump administration compares drug list prices to car sticker prices. But drugmakers can price medicines as high as the market will bear. And consumers have little bargaining power.

A nurse preparing the COVID-19 vaccine at San Diego State University's Viejas Arena, March 23, 2021.

San Diego County Reports Most COVID-19 Cases Since Early February

San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency is seeing a significant spike in new COVID-19 cases, with 1,264 new cases reported Friday, the highest number since Feb. 5.

Joyce Chen, an associate professor of development economics at Ohio State University, has had to put her research on hold this year to oversee her children's virtual schooling. Chen is also teaching virtually this fall.

Even The Most Successful Women Pay A Big Price

The unequal division of household work leads to the "mom penalty." For highly educated, high-income women, it could mean losing promotions, future earning power and roles as future leaders.

Remington Gun-Maker Files For Bankruptcy Protection For 2nd Time Since 2018

The company, which has been making guns in the U.S. since 1816, filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal court in Alabama as it seeks to restructure amid ongoing legal and financial challenges.

Joyce Chen and her children Campbell, 7, Bryn, 12, and Emerson, 10.

Even The Most Successful Women Pay A Big Price In Pandemic

The unequal division of household work leads to the "mom penalty." For highly educated, high-income women, it could mean losing promotions, future earning power and roles as future leaders.

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, is seen in Egypt's Great Bitter Lake in late March. An Egyptian court has lifted a three-month long judicial seizure of the hulking shipping vessel, which blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.

The Ever Given Has Set Sail From The Suez Canal, Months After It Blocked The Waterway

The skyscraper-sized vessel was on its way to The Netherlands in March when it slammed into the bank of a single-lane stretch of the canal, shutting down the key global trade route for days.

Despite Job Boom, More Men Are Giving Up On Work

The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years.

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