The start of the Eifel Grand Prix’s opening practice session has been delayed by the adverse weather conditions surrounding the Nürburgring. The rain and foggy conditions do not currently allow for the track’s on-site medical helicopter to take off, a pre-requisite set by the FIA for an event to get underway. Race control initially delayed the session by 30 minutes but at 11:30am local time there we no change to the conditions, which forced another 30-minute delay on teams and drivers. An outright cancellation of FP1 would deal a big blow to Ferrari juniors Mick Schumacher and Callum Ilott who are scheduled to make their official F1 debut in the…

Not only are insurance companies across the country flouting the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) birth control coverage mandate, they are violating a slew of other women’s health requirements related to maternity care and more, the National Women’s Law Center charged in dual reports released this week. “Insurance companies are breaking the law by denying women coverage to which they are entitled,” NWLC vice president for health and reproductive rights Gretchen Borchelt said in a statement. “The Affordable Care Act has made dramatic improvements in women’s health coverage, but insurers’ failure to comply with its requirements has serious consequences that affect women every day.” In (pdf), NWLC looked at coverage of…

A Justice Department inspector general’s report shows that for seven years the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated statutory law designed to restrict the agency’s surveillance power. During this period, the agency sought individuals’ records under the business records provision of the PATRIOT Act without adopting proper “minimization procedures” to protect privacy of US persons. The FBI’s use of orders under Section 215 between 2007 and 2009 was examined by the inspector general. Whether the FBI complied with recommendations the inspector general made back in March 2008. Section 215 makes it possible for the government to obtain “any tangible things,” such as books, records and other items from a business, organization…

A group of Arizona health care providers launched a fight on Thursday to overturn a recently enacted, controversial bill that would require doctors to lie to their patients by telling them it is possible to reverse a medication-induced abortion. In a lawsuit backed by the ACLU and the Center for Reproductive Rights, medical providers—including Planned Parenthood—charge that the new act is a “violation of medical ethics” and antithetical to informed consent, scientific integrity, and medicine itself. Senate Bill 1318, which Governor Doug Doucey signed at the end of March, is slated to take effect in early July. In addition to banning insurers from covering most abortions in plans sold through…

Overriding the will of the Hawaiian people, who for years have endured immense pesticide exposure from the outsized presence of Big Ag on the islands, a federal court judge on Tuesday ruled that Monsanto may continue operating in Maui County despite a voter-approved ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). U.S. District Court Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway said that the moratorium, which passed with a 50.2 percent vote last November, was pre-empted by state and federal law and was thus invalid. The measure required that all GMO growth, testing, or cultivation in the county cease until an environmental and public health study finds the practices to be safe and harmless.…

For a moment on Thursday, Hillary Clinton seemed poised to make a definitive statement against Trade Promotion Authority, or Fast Track, the controversial legislation that would grant President Barack Obama the power to force pro-corporate agreements through Congress without allowing input or amendments from lawmakers. But she didn’t. Speaking to Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston in a televised interview Thursday night, the 2016 presidential candidate said she “probably” would not vote for Fast Track “at this point,” and that “I certainly would not vote for it unless I were absolutely confident we would get Trade Adjustment Assistance [TAA].” TAA is designed to provide support for workers who lose their jobs…

At Paris Fashion Week one of the key words summing up SS21 was ‘home made’. A renewed focus of craft, craftsmanship and traditional home making carried through from Milan and into the French capital. The natural world and human’s impact upon it were also talking points addressed by many designers via increased emphasis on sustainable initiatives and survival-esque practicality that could be required if we do not follow them. Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the key shows from the Paris Spring Summer 2021 edition of Fashion Week. Loewe Exuberant and joyful were the descriptions attached to Loewe’s SS21 presentation that focussed on the energy and creativity of fashion.…

If renewable energy advocates need more evidence that solar and wind are better investments than nuclear power, a new report may offer just that. The findings come from the newly released World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015, which looks at global nuclear developments over the past year. Marking a first in five decades, Japan went without nuclear power for an entire year, the report states. And three of the world’s largest economies—China, Germany, Japan—as well as Brazil, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Spain, now all generate more electricity from non-hydro renewables than from nuclear. In the UK, renewable energy, including hydropower, provided more electricity output than nuclear in 2014. Global…

Click:日本私立大学のおすすめ：早稲田と慶應どっちがいい？ A federal judge on Thursday rejected the petition of a Guantanamo detainee who had requested to be freed after spending nearly a decade and a half in the U.S. offshore prison without trial. As the Associated Press reports: SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT For many, however, the very existence of the offshore prison remains an absurdy and affront to the U.S. Constitution, international theories of jurisprudence, and recognized humamn rights standards. As Noah Feldman, a columnist for Bloomberg wrote on Thursday, “more than 50 [prisoners] remain in legal limbo, treated as permanent prisoners of war in a conflict that has no way to end. Their detention calls into question…

As of Thursday, August 13, human beings have officially exhausted the planet’s yearly supply of natural resources, meaning that for the rest of 2015, earth will be running an “ecological deficit”—accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and depleting the planet for future generations. This is the disturbing estimate of the Global Footprint Network (GFN), which calculates the planet’s “overshoot day” on an annual basis. The troubling milestone comes less than eight months into 2015 and six days earlier than last year’s—a symptom of what the organization warns is a “looming catastrophe.” “We have a metabolism problem,” Mathis Wackernagel, president of GFN, told Common Dreams. “In the end, the biggest knowledge…