7 facts about female masturbation that everyone should know, according to experts

There are certain taboo topics that aren't openly talked about, and masturbation — particularly, female masturbation — has certainly been one of them. “There was a time when it wasn't open for women to talk about it,” Dr. Leah Millheiser, director of the female sexual medicine program at Stanford University Medical Center, tells Yahoo Life.

Russians threaten to fire on a civilian vessel in Ukrainian territorial waters

SATURDAY, 21 MAY 2022, 19:10 The Russian Navy has threatened to fire at a civilian vessel flying the flag of the Republic of Togo which was sailing in the territorial waters of Ukraine. Source: Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Quote: "This morning, the civilian vessel Britta K, under the flag of the Republic of Togo, which was making a transit passage through Ukrainian territorial waters near Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, received a signal from the Russians demanding that it leave the territorial waters of the Russian Federation, otherwise weapons would be used on it."

A Boston mother slammed her son's school for calling her to pick him up when he was having a stroke instead of dialing 911

A Boston mother says her son's school failed to immediately call 911 when her son was having a stroke. Alishia Hicks told local news that the school called her first to pick her son up. A Boston mother said her son's high school called her instead of immediately contacting 911 when he had a stroke, according to multiple reports.

Gas prices: Demand destruction is the only way to stop increases, says trader

Gasoline prices will stop rising once consumer demand destruction kicks in, according to one energy trader. It's become really evident that the only thing that is going to alleviate these price rises is demand destruction,” CIBC Private Wealth U.S senior energy trader Rebecca Babin told Yahoo Finance Live. Gasoline keeps hitting record highs as the national average now sits at $4.59 per gallon.

‘Reunited and it feels so good.’ Watch a Florida panther finally find her lost kitten

Thank you, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission for capturing it and making our weekend. Back in March, after the 4-month-old somehow got separated from her mother in Collier County, staffers launched a search in the area, to no avail. When that didn't work, biologists then tried to attract the Florida panther with her actual baby, by placing the little one in a cage in the same area.

Nude Protester with 'Stop Raping Us' Painted on Chest Interrupts Red Carpet at Cannes Film Festival

A spokesperson for the Cannes Film Festival did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Related video: Shaun White, Nina Dobrev make their red carpet debut at Cannes On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed attendees at the opening ceremony of the French film festival, getting a standing ovation as he spoke about persevering and the power of filmmaking. His remarks come as Russia and Vladimir Putin continue their invasion of Ukraine.

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  Woman strips off on Cannes red carpet to protest alleged Russian rapes in Ukraine

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  Anne Hathaway takes sartorial tip from 'favourite actresses' for stellar Cannes debut

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Larry Summers called inflation. Here's what he sees next.

If Larry Summers was right about inflation, then what does he see happening next? That's what I asked myself as I prepared to speak with the noted, public-facing economist this past Thursday. As you may know, last year Summers sounded the alarm about President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, saying it was the 'least responsible' economic policy in 40 years and that it could engender significant and persistent inflation.

58-year-old missing man found to have had ‘quick and painless passing’ in San Jose

A 58-year-old man who went missing in San Jose, California, was found to have died “peacefully and quickly” last weekend, according to his family. Details about the cause of Lan's death are unclear at this time, but it was confirmed by his son, Kevin Lan, who first shared that his father was missing on Facebook. Peter married at the age of 25 before immigrating to the U.S. from Taiwan and getting a master's degree in computer engineering at Syracuse University.

Putin's leadership is unraveling as he takes regular breaks for medical treatment and is constantly surrounded by doctors, says British ex-spy

Putin has to break from meetings to take medical treatment continually, said one former spy. Christopher Steele told British talk radio station LBC of "increasing disarray in the Kremlin." Steele's comments follow weeks of rumors about the Russian president's health.

Boy who acted in 'Jaws' is named police chief in town where film was made nearly 50 years ago

A scene-stealing kid from the film Jaws is now the police chief on the island where the film was made. Jonathan Searle was selected this week as the police chief of Oak Bluffs, Mass., a small town on the island of Martha's Vineyard. "I'm clearly elated and I'm humbled and honored to have been offered the position," he told local newspaper the Vineyard Gazette.

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  Boy who appeared in 'Jaws' fake shark scene becoming Oak Bluffs police chief

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  Jaws child star appointed police chief of town where movie was filmed

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Popular peanut butter is recalled nationwide. It’s been linked to a salmonella outbreak

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others have been investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella senftenberg infections and they are linked to a product so many of us enjoy daily. In this case, the salmonella outbreaks are linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced at the J.M. Smucker Company facility in Lexington, Kentucky, and distributed nationally, according to a recall alert posted by the FDA on May 20. The CDC's review of epidemiological information indicated that five people who were infected said they had eaten peanut butter and four of the five specifically reported that they ate different varieties of Jif brand peanut butter before they got sick, the CDC said.

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  Some Jif peanut butter products recalled over salmonella outbreak concerns

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  Jif Issues Peanut Butter Recall Over Possible Salmonella Contamination

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Giant Sinkhole in China Reveals Massive Ancient Forest

Song Wen/Xinhua/Getty Cave explorers in the Guangxi region of China have found a secret ancient forest hidden inside a 630-foot-deep sinkhole. As seen in a Twitter video posted by the China state-affiliated media organization CGTN earlier this month, the karst sinkhole — formed by rainwater that dissolves bedrock — exceeds 5 million cubic meters in area. Inside, explorers found a primeval forest with ancient trees measuring 130 feet in height, Chinese outlet Xinhua News reported.

Freed California siblings feared opposing rundown housing

Several adult children among the 13 siblings freed in 2018 from virtual imprisonment in their abusive parents' Southern California home found themselves a year later feeling pressured by the county's guardian to move to an apartment in disrepair in a crime-ridden area, court documents showed. Court documents are slowly being released in Riverside County that were previously sealed in the disturbing case that attracted international attention when details emerged showing the parents shackled and starved their children for years. In a 2019 court filing, an attorney for the adult children of David and Louise Turpin wrote that three of the siblings were taken to see the apartment by an employee for the Riverside County Public Guardian's office and were “fearful to object so they indicated that the apartment was okay with the expectation that other apartments would be viewed."

New York girls track team members suspended after sports bra protest

The girls' track and field team at Albany High School in upstate New York received a suspension after they launched a petition calling out gender dress code bias. Several members of the Falcons were asked to leave practice last week by Ashley Chapple, Albany's athletic director, for wearing sports bras instead of shirts, according to The Albany Times Union, and they complied. But one sprinter responded by starting an online petition titled “Stop Gender Biased Dress Codes: Allow the Girls Track Team to wear Sports Bras.

Georgia Republicans who despise Gov. Brian Kemp threaten to stay home this November if Trump-backed challenger David Perdue loses Tuesday's primary

David Perdue is challenging incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in a May 24 primary. Trump has suggested that MAGA world may stay home in November if Perdue loses. MAGA voters denounced Kemp as a "Judas," "betrayer," and "liar."

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  Kemp and Walker look to victory in Georgia as primaries near

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  Georgia voters face final day of early voting as Kemp maintains strong lead over Purdue

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Struggling in Ukraine, Russia paves way to sign up over-40s for army

LONDON (Reuters) -In a sign of Russia's urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners over 30 to sign up for the military. The website of the State Duma, parliament's lower house, said the move would enable the military to utilise the skills of older professionals. Russia has suffered huge setbacks and heavy losses of men and equipment in the 86-day-old war, in which Ukraine has mobilised practically its entire adult male population.

Pelosi's communion ban by San Francisco archbishop over abortion rights support prompts sharp reactions

After a San Francisco archbishop barred Pelosi from receiving communion, reaction from advocacy groups was swift. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone wrote that Pelosi needed to "publicly repudiate" her support for the procedure. The Catholic Church has been unwavering in its opposition to abortion, which it deems a "grave sin."

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  Archbishop: Pelosi will be denied communion over abortion

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  U.S. House Speaker Pelosi barred from Catholic communion over abortion stance

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Ex-deputy gets 18 years after detainees drown in locked van

A deputy in South Carolina whose police van was swept away by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, drowning two women seeking mental health treatment trapped in a cage in the back was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison. A Marion County jury found former Horry County deputy Stephen Flood guilty of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of reckless homicide. Judges ordered Wendy Newton, 45, and Nicolette Green, 43, to be involuntarily committed the day they died in September 2018, but their families said they were not violent.

If your blood sugar, blood pressure is out of control, you may be missing this key mineral

Today's topic is magnesium, the fourth most abundant mineral in the body. Magnesium is involved in 700-800 metabolic processes. It is vital for protein synthesis, nerve and muscle function, blood sugar control, inflammation, stress reduction, sleep and blood pressure regulation.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Causes Collective Spit-Take With 'If I Were President' Tweet

Extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted about being president and received widespread mockery in response. On Friday, Greene vowed, “If I were President right now,” she'd “rip the noose off American businesses & reward people who work” and “radically deregulate, incentivize, and build 100% confidence in our country's businesses - large and small to unleash and rebuild the power of the American economy.” If I were President right now, I'd rip the noose off American businesses & reward people who work.

Handling of Buffalo suspect spurs talk of uneven restraint

When police confronted the white man suspected of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, he was the very poster boy for armed and dangerous, carrying an AR-15-style rifle and cloaked in body armor and hatred. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia that day cited their training and called it “a tremendous act of bravery.” “It's important to emphasize this is not about why aren't police killing white supremacist terrorists,” said Qasim Rashid, a human rights lawyer and satellite radio host who was among those on social media making posts about the subject.

A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence.

SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Musk in 2018, Insider has learned. The attendant worked as a member of the cabin crew on a contract basis for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet. She accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, according to interviews and documents obtained by Insider.

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  Elon Musk was accused of sexual misconduct by a SpaceX flight attendant: report

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  Elon Musk denies sexual misconduct allegations

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Court ruling could upend Pa. Senate race

A little-watched federal court case could upend the neck-and-neck Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania between Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick. On Friday afternoon, a three-judge panel for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a judgment saying election officials should count several hundred mail ballots that were submitted without a date written on their mailing envelopes in a November 2021 county judgeship election, as long as they were otherwise received on time. Oz and McCormick were separated by about 1,100 votes as of Friday afternoon, and the ruling could introduce into the pool an as-yet-unknown number of similarly-situated ballots that would not have initially been counted.

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  In tight GOP Senate race in PA, count will resume Friday as Oz holds slight lead over McCormick

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  PA 2022 primary coverage - Oz still has slight lead over McCormick in US Senate race

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Are you at risk for bladder cancer? One lifestyle change you should make right now

The disease is the fifth most common cancer in Canada and one of the most frequently diagnosed among men. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, it's estimated that in 2022, 13,300 Canadians will be diagnosed with bladder cancer, 2,500 of whom will die from the disease. Because the warning signs of bladder cancer are often mistaken for other health conditions like urinary tract and kidney infections, early detection may not be as clear-cut as other diseases.