HealthYahoo Life7 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.
HealthMiami HeraldPopular 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.
WorldINSIDERPutin'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.
BusinessYahoo FinanceGas 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.
WorldPeopleNude 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.
U.S.NextShark58-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.
BusinessYahoo FinanceLarry 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.
U.S.The New York TimesBodies Pulled From Parched Lake Mead Stir Wise-Guy Ghosts of Las Vegas
It's the mob guy who went missing after skimming from the Stardust casino. Ever since the bodies started turning up this month in Lake Mead — the first in a barrel, the next half-buried in sand, both exposed by plunging water levels — theories in Las Vegas are flourishing about who they are, how they wound up in the country's largest man-made reservoir, and what might surface next. Lynette Melvin found the second body with her sister while paddleboarding.
U.S.Miami Herald‘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.
U.S.Associated PressFreed 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."
WorldPeopleGiant 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.
WorldINSIDERPelosi'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."
WorldReutersStruggling 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.
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Monsoon storms bring heavy rain, flooding to Arizona
The Arizona monsoon brings to the desert heavy rain, flooding and lightning from the storms every summer.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderGeorgia 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."
WorldReutersUkraine's Zelenskiy proposes formal deal on compensation from Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday proposed a formal deal with the country's allies to secure Russian compensation for the damage its forces have caused during the war. Zelenskiy, who says Russia is trying to destroy as much of Ukraine's infrastructure as it can, said such a deal would show nations planning aggressive acts that they would have to pay for their actions. "We invite partner countries to sign a multilateral agreement and create a mechanism ensuring that everybody who suffered from Russian actions can receive compensation for all losses incurred," he said in a video address.
HealthMiami HeraldIf 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.
U.S.TheGrioNew 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.
U.S.Associated PressEx-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.
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A mother picks up the pieces after a drug raid at her Poconos home
year-old Lucy describes the aftermath of an armed drug raid in her Tunhannock Township home.
PoliticsHuffPostMarjorie 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.
PoliticsAssociated PressCornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton's legal woes an 'embarrassment'
Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Thursday blasted one of his party's top leaders back home, calling the mounting pile of accusations and legal woes Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an “embarrassment" just days before a primary runoff election. Paxton, who is within reach of winning the GOP nomination to seek a third term Tuesday, has been under state felony indictment since 2015 on securities fraud charges and is separately being investigated by the FBI after his top deputies accused him of corruption. “This is the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas and it's a source of embarrassment to me that that has been unresolved,” Cornyn told reporters.
U.S.WSB Cox articlesNeighbors concerned about homeless woman using the restroom in the yard of an abandoned home
A metro Atlanta neighborhood says a homeless woman is squatting in an abandoned home in the area and is using the yard as her bathroom. Residents in a south DeKalb neighborhood off Wesley Chapel Road said they've exhausted all of their efforts in helping the woman. One resident, Shan Pattillo, said it's not a good feeling.
WorldBusiness InsiderPutin is losing his grip on power and top Russian security officials think the Ukraine war is 'lost,' expert says
Top Russian security officials think the war in Ukraine is "lost," according to an expert. These officials are now preparing themselves for a post-Putin Russia, said Bellingcat's Christo Grozev. Some of them are already looking for opportunities to take their families out of Russia, Grozev said, per Metro.
WorldReutersUkraine's Zelenskiy says Donbas region has been completely destroyed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said Russian forces had "completely destroyed" the industrial Donbas region and accused Moscow of carrying out senseless bombardments as it intensified its offensive. Zelenskiy also accused Russian forces of attempting to kill as many Ukrainians and do as much damage as possible, repeating his charge that Russia was carrying out a genocide. Zelenskiy said that while Ukrainian forces were continuing to liberate the Kharkiv region to the east of Kyiv, Russia was trying to exert even more pressure in the Donbas, which lies in the southeastern part of Ukraine.
“It could give millions a chance to finally buy a house or start their business or help their kids get an education, too.”
“You signed a contract…If you don’t want to deal with the financial pressure of debt, don’t take out the loan.”
“Without action from Biden, Black student debt will hinder his agenda with respect to eliminating racial inequities.”
“Blanket relief could end up routing too much relief to those who do not need it and too little to those who do.”
“Unlike a number of other policy issues, student debt relief doesn’t need to be pushed through a narrowly controlled Congress.”