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REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California Catholic hospital is under fire again for refusing to allow doctors to perform sterilizations on two pregnant women after they give birth, citing r…

(AP) — A Northern California Catholic hospital is under fire again for refusing to allow doctors to perform sterilizations on two pregnant women after they give birth, citing religious reasons. Mercy Medical, which is owned by Dignity Health, says its general policy is not to provide sterilization unless necessary for the "cure or alleviation of a present and serious pathology." The American Civil Liberties Union and the nationwide Physicians for Reproductive Health say California law doesn't allow theology to trump patient health. Читать дальше...

Randstad, the second biggest global staffing company by sales, believes that recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) — where an employer transfers all or part of its recruitment processes to an external service provider — will be the next big trend in HR. In an exclusive interaction with TOI, CFO Robert Jan van de Kraats and Randstad India CEO Moorthy Uppaluri, say India is one of the important sourcing centres for the Amsterdambased company. Excerpts:

Jeremy Schwartz had an epiphany last February on the banks of the Amazon River.

Saudi Arabia is hosting a summit to unify and prepare Syrian opposition figures for negotiations with President Bashar Assad’s government that will hopefully take place in early 2016, US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.

According to Prue, they are trying to determine which of the facilities can be updated and which ones are obsolete. Representatives of the consulting firm hired to do the study are collecting data on everything from traffic to topography to other infrastructure such as parking.

VIENNA (AP) — Once a vociferous critic of Iran's alleged work on nuclear arms, the U.S. is now joining five other world powers in urging the U.N. atomic agency to close the books on a protract…

Players will be asked a series of questions including the name of the venue to help gauge seriousness of their condition if they are hit on head

Gordon Grice was asked to help with a practical problem: An acquaintance's kid kept bringing home crab shells from the beach.

Only a more ambitious – and, ultimately, costly – government building programme will solve this

Last week's shooting in San Bernadino, California, has put a long-simmering debate back on the front burner: Just how closely should social networks work with law enforcement to stop the spread of terrorist messages? This question became relevant once again last week with the revelation that Tafsheen Malik posted about her allegiance to the Islamic State group on Facebook -- a post that was taken down for violating Facebook’s rule against celebrating or supporting terrorism.

AN Apple fan has outsmarted the tech gurus with a hack that speeds up any iPhone without a time wasting reset.

Early selections in the show included Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Good Time” and “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” popularized by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. (Sample Chipmunk lyric: “I love rock ’n’ roll, so feed me another acorn, baby!”)

Maya MacGuineas: Most of the tax extensions under consideration are sensible enough policy--and their merit is an argument for paying for them.

Inspired by his granddaughter, a Bemidji painter offers life lessons and lyrical observations of rural Minnesota in a beautiful volume.

Forget Mark Zuckerberg. Forget Max. Beast Zuckerberg is the member of the Facebook family you should buy stock in

December 10 is human rights day, the 67th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Each year, the anniversary is commemorated by ceremonies and presentations at United Nations (UN) headquarters, recently featuring declarations by officials supporting the human rights of LGBT people. This year, the focus of the presentations will shift to include not just human rights but also economic development. This shift, from human rights to economic and human development, represents a larger... Читать дальше...

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The airline carrier's return to profit shows that there is a place for turnaround funds

Tyson House, an Episcopal and Lutheran ministry group at the University of Tennessee, wants conservative lawmakers to know that Christmas parties are still happening on campus. 

“When did I get ‘it’? Who’s gonna take ‘it’?”

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West have named their newborn son: The couple landed on Saint West. Kardashian announced the news Monday afternoon (Dec...

Amid concern of CBD oversupply, the suburbs in Melbourne's west and north are bracing for a surge of new apartments and townhouses.