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Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis, a new study finds

A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan. (Image credit: Chris Winsor)

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U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order – NPR

U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order  NPR Judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship  CNN Trump birthright citizenship order could leave U.S.-born babies of asylum-seekers ‘stateless,’ attorneys say  NBC News U.S. House Republicans roll out

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Latin America’s Innovative Orchestra Conductor

Columbian conductor Andres Orozco-Estrada exuberantly connects with concert-goers at a time when classical music is struggling to maintain its audience.

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China Is Helping Supply Chemicals for Iran’s Ballistic-Missile Program

Tehran’s growing reliance on Beijing—a consequence of the battering its missile program has suffered from Israeli strikes—highlights the alignment of Iran and China with Russia and North Korea.

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Hegseth told senator that he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, AP reports

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a senator during his confirmation process that The Associated Press has obtained.

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Hegseth told senator that he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, AP reports

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a senator during his confirmation process that The Associated Press has obtained.

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Trump Vows to Declassify Files on Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK

President Trump told security agencies to develop plans to make public all documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Sees Good in QAnon and Evil in the Bureau

Kash Patel’s public comments on the QAnon conspiracy theory suggests he sees its adherents more as an audience to be courted rather than an ideology to follow.

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ICC prosecutor calls for arrest of Taliban duo over ‘persecution’ of women

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has told Sky News he is seeking the arrest of two senior Taliban figures over the “systemic and deliberate” persecution of women in Afghanistan.

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Chile Accuses Top Venezuelan Official of Ordering Dissident’s Assassination

Venezuela Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, an ally of strongman Nicolás Maduro, is accused of ordering the assassination in Santiago, Chile, allegedly carried out by transnational crime gang Tren de Aragua.

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