Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in the New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses X-rays. read more
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter's release from federal custody after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother, hoping through delays for their safe reunion. Only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered alleged sexual abuse at the foster home where she'd been placed after immigration officials separated her from her mother. read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The late Ted Bundy, one of the most famous and prolific serial killers in U.S. history, has claimed another victim. New DNA testing confirmed Bundy was responsible for the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Utah girl who disappeared after leaving a party alone on Halloween night, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday. Laura Ann Aime was found dead on the side of a highway in American Fork Canyon about a month after her abduction. She was bound, beaten and without clothing. read more
The Georgia General Assembly ended its annual session early Friday without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state's voting system ... read more
Devastated Families: The families of some patients in [operator Joseph Schwartz'] nursing homes have been awarded millions of dollars from lawsuits. But they haven't been able to collect from him. read more
"Actions . . . have consequences - in this case a population flight. Do look at recent news and see the flight to freedom is ongoing." --Msgt
Cf. the Great Migration.
From Wikipedia (the link messes up):
African American "Great Migrations":
The original Great Migration (African American) from the southern United States to the northern United States (c. 1910"1930), sometimes called the Great Northward Migration
The Second Great Migration (African American) from the southern United States to the northern and western United States (1941"1970)
The geographic cure often comes with unforeseen consequences.