Alan Turing, Gay World War II Codebreaker, May Receive Posthumous Pardon

Alan Turing, Gay World War II Codebreaker, May Receive Posthumous Pardon

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He killed himself in 1954 at age 41 by eating an apple laced with cyanide, after having been forcibly treated with female hormones intended to render him asexual, according to the BBC. Among those to support calls for Turing to receive a pardon is …
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VIDEO: In case you missed it — Dutchess must find answers to the jail conundrum

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“Building a giant jail is not going to solve the (jail overcrowding) problem,” said Joshua Simons, who studied local jails as a research associate with the State University of New York at New Paltz's Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach …
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After a Sprain, Don't Just Walk It Off

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The latest information about ankle sprains, released in a position statement last month by the National Athletic Trainers' Association, clearly shows that ankle injuries should never be taken lightly and are too often mistreated or not treated at all …
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How human resilience reveals an unnecessarily cruel system

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My patient's spouse needed to be home to wait for the delivery, or perhaps to find out where the drugs might be, in hopes of keeping on the treatment schedule. Instead, the patient's spouse arrived at the … As I spoke with each of them I further …
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