Knesset loosens medical confidentiality rules for body IDing – Israel Politics

Knesset loosens medical confidentiality rules for body IDing – Israel Politics

The Knesset passed a law on Monday that would allow doctors or medical institutions to share medical information on patients in order to help identify bodies or causes of death. According to the new law, medical information is only permitted to be shared with the National Forensic Medicine Center as well as experts who … Read more

CNA Explains: Who pays for the flight and other questions on how foreign convicts are deported from Singapore

CNA Explains: Who pays for the flight and other questions on how foreign convicts are deported from Singapore

SINGAPORE: In November, Chinese national Han Feizi was deported after serving a jail term for altercations and arguments with a security guard, a police officer and hospital employees. Han gained notoriety after TikTok videos of her arguing with the police went viral. Social media users applauded the news of her deportation, but how foreign convicts are expelled … Read more

Vigilante Who Shot Elderly Man After Minor Car Crash Convicted

Vigilante Who Shot Elderly Man After Minor Car Crash Convicted

A vigilante woman has been found guilty of murder after chasing down and shooting an elderly black man who left the scene of a minor car crash. Hannah Payne “acted like a cop” and pursued Kenneth Herring in her vehicle after seeing him hit a truck in May of 2019, according to the Daily Mail. … Read more

Glacier melt opens up new territory for salmon — and mining

Glacier melt opens up new territory for salmon — and mining

A new paper published in Science says that as glacier ice melts, new land and rivers are being revealed in the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern B.C., Alaska, and the Yukon.  The peer-reviewed paper was a collaboration among researchers from Simon Fraser University, the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs’ Office, the University of Montana Flathead Lake … Read more

Actor Alan Ruck Sued After Rivian R1T Crash Results In Brain Injuries

Actor Alan Ruck Sued After Rivian R1T Crash Results In Brain Injuries

Actor Alan Ruck, star of “Succession” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” was driving through Hollywood in his Rivian R1T on Halloween night when a somewhat mysterious traffic crash occurred. Ruck’s electric pickup was stopped waiting for a red light when the truck rapidly accelerated forward into the back of a Hyundai Elantra before hitting a … Read more

‘It scared the hell out of me,’ says lead plaintiff in proposed class-action suit over data breach at 23andMe

‘It scared the hell out of me,’ says lead plaintiff in proposed class-action suit over data breach at 23andMe

A proposed class-action lawsuit against 23andMe could include more people in Canada than originally anticipated, experts say, after the genetic testing company said a data breach affected millions more customers than initially believed. A statement from the company on Tuesday said hackers have gained access to roughly 6.9 million profiles on the site — nearly half its … Read more