‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future
For months, residents in Joshimath, a holy town burrowed high up in India’s Himalayan mountains, have seen their homes slowly sink.
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Why Aren’t Doctors Screening Older Americans for Anxiety?
Susan Tilton’s husband, Mike, was actually in good health. But after a friend’s husband developed terminal cancer, she began to worry that Mike would soon die, too.
Philippines joins US in search for Taiwanese fishing vessel
The Philippine coast guard says it has joined a search for a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel carrying six people, which was last spotted more than a week ago off Palau in the western Pacific.
Archaeologist kidnapped in PNG to return to Australia
An Australian-based archaeologist is expected to return to Australia soon after he and two Papua New Guinean research colleagues spent a week held hostage by an armed group demanding a ransom in Papua New Guinea’s remote Highlands Region.
In Tennessee, a Medicaid mix-up might land you on a ‘most wanted’ list
Life was upended for LaShonia Ingram over the past year, and a shadow still follows her around. Search her name online, and the first result includes the words “fraud” and “most wanted.” “It was horrible. I couldn’t get a job,” said the 42-year-old mot…
Tom Luddy, a behind-the-scenes force in cinema, dies at 79
Tom Luddy, a quietly influential film archivist and movie producer who was also a founder of the idiosyncratic Telluride Film Festival, died Feb. 13 at his home in Berkeley, California.
Public is wary of China’s push for baby boom
In China, a country that limits most couples to three children, one province is making a bold pitch to try to get its citizens to procreate: have as many babies as you want, even if you are unmarried.
Rural hospitals are shuttering their maternity units
TOPPENISH, Wash. — Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board.
In Ukraine War, Talking About Peace Is a Fight of Its Own
WASHINGTON — As the fight in Ukraine has dragged on for the past year, another battle has unfolded in parallel: a war of words between Russia and the West over who is more interested in ending the conflict peacefully.
Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention
NAGARJUN, Nepal — As the first rays of sun pierced through the clouds covering snowcapped Himalayan peaks, Jigme Rabsal Lhamo, a Buddhist nun, drew a sword from behind her back and thrust it toward her opponent, toppling her to the ground.