At the dinner table, Marques perches on Milton’s knee and practices handwriting. “That’s no good,“Marques complains, scratching out the words. Milton takes his son’s hand and traces the letters, then Marques tries it again. “That’s fine,” Regina says. “You’re just learning.” In the Jenkins household, studying is a must because college is the goal. On the fridge, Regina posts newspaper stories about successful black kids. If the children have setbacks, Regina tells them, “Don’t let it be something that makes you turn to drugs, turn to drinking, things that you know are negative....

To see how both the gear and their bodies hold up in different climates, the “human research volunteers” get hooked up to physiological monitors then exercise in the heat and cold. Natick’s climatic chambers range from 70 degrees below to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, though no human has ever been subjected to those extremes. The research is a lot more scientific–and safe–than it was when the center opened in 1952. Back then, two commanders tested out new body armor by one trying it on and the other shooting a revolver at him....

The midfielder played his first game of the season for City when he came off the bench in the second half of Saturday’s 6-0 win over Watford in the Premier League. City 5/4 first Manc club to lose in PL Gundogan made just 16 appearances in all competitions last season, having picked up an injury shortly after his arrival from Borussia Dortmund and latterly suffering a cruciate ligament tear....

The assaults became a major issue in Virginia’s most recent gubernatorial race. A parent of one of the victims has called the ruling “horrific.” On Thursday, Pamela Brooks, a judge in the 20th Judicial District’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court in Virginia, reversed her January decision to place the teen on the sex offender registry. When Brooks first decided to place the publicly unnamed teen on the registry, she noted that she had never placed a juvenile on the registry before, The Washington Post noted....

Since initial experiments don’t always reveal a drug’s dangers, the Food and Drug Administration maintains a system of “postmarketing surveillance.” Doctors and drug companies pass along patients’ complaints, regardless of merit, and the agency watches for patterns. The FDA’s epidemiologists have long worried about the number of Halcion users reporting psychiatric disturbances such as anxiety, memory loss, hostility, even psychosis. In 1989, after two agency studies showed that Halcion was spawning more than its share of such reports, the FDA convened an advisory panel to examine the trend and hear what Upjohn knew about it....

John Cornyn, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Pat Toomey were the only senators to vote against the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act in a 92-5 vote. The PUMP Act was introduced as an amendment to the 2023 fiscal year appropriations package by Democrat Jeff Merkley and Republican Lisa Murkowski and is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden after being approved by the House....

Liberals have recently transformed their environmental campaign into a moral crusade, and they are bringing this absolutist approach to fighting the COVID pandemic. Viewing climate change in apocalyptical terms has left them unwilling to consider lower-carbon transition fuels, like natural gas, or new technologies, like carbon capture. Their faith disavows any concession of offsetting costs like job losses in high-paying fossil fuel industries, higher energy bills and less reliable and convenient energy....

Soleimani was the primary target of a U.S. drone attack early Friday that left 10 people dead. The unannounced strike—for which President Donald Trump did not seek congressional approval—drastically heightened tensions in the Middle East, as Iranian leaders have vowed retribution. The mourners were primarily Iraqi militia fighters and supportive civilians, according to multiple media reports. Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Quds Force, oversaw Iran extraterritorial military operations, including supporting foreign militias such as Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah group....

According to the partner, who took to Reddit to share his upset in a popular post, the fiancée decided to spend one final night with the ex, who has since recently passed away. They were together for six years and split up two years prior to her current relationship. The fiancée has remained “distant” since the funeral and refused to make eye contact, leading the current partner to simply suspect she was grieving the loss of her ex....

In a post shared to the r/TrueOffMyChest forum, the user explained his fiancée has “changed her tune” about their open relationship despite “demanding” it earlier this year. The post has received over 9,000 upvotes, and many Redditors are saying the same thing. The original poster (OP) wrote: “She told me she wanted to explore a side of her and felt safe doing it with me. I was adamantly against it, but she said she contemplated leaving me and I broke down....

In a post on popular Subreddit “Am I the A**hole,” the woman shared her hurt, gaining over 18,000 votes. She explained that she is 37 weeks pregnant and her boyfriend had taken three weeks off work for the birth of the baby in order to help out. “My boyfriend’s mother took it upon herself to schedule a ‘paternity vacation’ for my boyfriend for the last two weeks of his leave....

There’s no precise time frame on mourning the loss of a loved one. Grief affects people in different ways. One study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that bereavement usually peaked at around four to six months after the initial loss, before gradually declining over a two-year period. The sensitive timing might make the soon-to-be-married woman’s actions seem a little unkind. According to a post shared to Reddit by her mourning sibling, writing under the handle backthrow7677, she had been due to get married on August 17, 2021, but her partner “passed away suddenly in a car accident a month before....

In a post shared on Reddit on Monday, the man’s wife, who goes by the username u/Sadiawil977, explained that her husband has a YouTube channel with over 14,000 followers but since the birth of their daughter he hasn’t been able to livestream so much. “He keeps saying that his followers are good for his mental health and that engaging with them weekly makes him become better at socializing and communicating....

FIFA 18’s FUT Birthday bonuses have been revealed by Sony and EA Sports to celebrate its ninth birthday. It’s a huge event every year for FUT players, with new and exciting squad-building challenges and a special Birthday Squad included. Here’s what has been revealed so far. What is the FUT birthday week? The FUT Birthday week celebrates, as the name suggests, the birthday of FIFA Ultimate Team. FUT first came into existence on March 19, 2009 for FIFA 09, and though EA tend to mark the anniversary a little later than that so as not to clash with their St Patrick’s Day promotions, this year they have included the holiday in their celebrations!...

First and foremost, Africa’s new approach is to look beyond immediate crisis to tackle the deeper causes of recurrent catastrophes. It is a strategy born of necessity. Africa’s best efforts at development have been repeatedly dashed by events beyond our control—with climate change the most destructive force. Kenya estimates it is losing 3-4 percent of GDP a year to the multiple impacts of global warming. Other countries are equally impacted....

The singer returned to the platform after a two-week social media hiatus, following backlash she faced for her YouTube series on The Gabbie Show, in which she spoke about her feuds with a host of other YouTubers. And when Hanna returned with a video after several days of social media silence, she said at the end of a lengthy caption: “From here on out, I’m offline entirely.” Hanna appeared eager to shine a light on her music on Tuesday, as she released the video for her acapella performance of “Sorry… I’m Late”—an expletive-riddled track that sees her singing about having done “so much s*** that’s embarrassing....

Two days after Petito’s body was found in Grand Teto National Park on September 19, officials ruled that her death was a homicide. However, the cause is still pending final autopsy results. Petito’s former partner, Brian Laundrie, has gone missing after being named as the person of interest in her murder. Laundrie, 23, also has an active warrant out for his arrest on fraud charges for allegedly using someone’s bank card and PIN around the time Petito, 22, disappeared....

The unofficial holiday, which arrives on the eve of Valentine’s Day, marks a time for women to celebrate and recognize the platonic relationships they share with their girlfriends. Although brunch and mimosas has been associated with Galentine’s Day since it was introduced on a 2010 episode of Parks and Recreation, the main point of the day is for women to spend time with their closest friends and participate in the activities they enjoy the most....

Zlatan stronger after surgery Gameiro chose Atleti over a move to the Catalan giants last summer, in a deal that saw him depart Sevilla for around €30 million. Ibrahimovic fell out of favour with Pep Guardiola after just a season at Camp Nou, following his arrival from Inter Milan in 2009, and the Atleti forward was wary of following the same path. “I had the choice between going to Barca or coming to Atletico,” Gameiro told Le10 Sport....

The Red Devils are 7/4 to lift the Super Cup Mourinho rounded off his first season in charge of United with victory in the Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm, setting up a meeting in the continental season curtain-raiser against the 12-time European champions and his former employers. A productive close-season in the transfer market has seen Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic arrive at Old Trafford to boost the prospects of a Premier League title bid, but Mourinho still feels the gap between Zinedine Zidane’s side and his own is significant by definition....