November 2019

There Aren’t Enough Mental Health Providers. And Kids Are Paying The Price.

Lifestyle /

Tara Roberts has two children who both struggle with emotional and behavioral challenges. But the single mother says her biggest challenge is finding sufficient help for her youngest, who is now 18. “He has ADHD, OCD, ODD, generalized anxiety disorder, Tourette’s, migraines, and just recently had a traumatic brain injury,” said Roberts, who lives in […]

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No. 5 Louisville rebounds after scandals, expectations soar

Sports /

Louisville is back in the national championship conversation after the basketball program was knocked on its heels amid the fallout of embarrassing scandals, including the schools’ involvement in a federal investigation into college basketball and escorts performing in the players’ dorm. In just his second year, Chris Mack has the Cardinals opening the season ranked

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Judge Dismisses Health Care Challenge by Prisoner at Guantánamo Bay

Politics /

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — A judge has ruled against an Iraqi man held at Guantánamo Bay who wanted a federal court to intervene to improve his medical care and was seeking the appointment of an independent civilian doctor to oversee his treatment.

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Proton beam therapy to be developed under £56m cancer fund

Lifestyle /

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat is proton-beam therapy? Research funding of £56m to help cancer patients has been hailed as a “new era” for radiotherapy treatment. Cancer Research UK will set up RadNet with seven UK centres to develop advanced radiotherapy techniques and reduce side-effects. Manchester will get £16.5m to develop

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McDonald’s ousted CEO will get 26 weeks of pay

Finance /

McDonald’s ousted CEO Steve Easterbrook will receive 26 weeks of pay but forfeit millions in unvested stock options as part of his severance agreement. McDonald’s Corp. announced Sunday that Easterbrook was fired for having a consensual relationship with an employee. McDonald’s forbids managers from having romantic relationships with subordinates. Easterbrook’s 2018 compensation totaled $15.9 million.

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