Saturday, May 24, 2025

DEI and doctors: Medical schools won't be judged on diversity efforts

Citing state crackdowns on DEI, the organization that accredits medical schools dropped diversity as a measure of medical education quality. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Sat May 24 2025

 
Dr. Virginia Caine, president of the National Medical Association, said a decision to drop diversity from medical school accreditation will harm efforts to recruit diverse doctors.     Covid 4

Citing state crackdowns on DEI, the organization that accredits medical schools dropped diversity as a measure of medical education quality.

Angela Harrelson, George Floyd's aunt, walks along the memorial at the intersection of 38th and Chicago where he was murdered by a police officer in July 26, 2024.
 

George Floyd legacy under fire five years after death shocked the world

Five years after George Floyd's murder, the future of George Floyd Square is in limbo, Black Lives Matter murals are erased and reforms rolled back.

May 27, 2023; West Point, NY, USA; Graduating cadets toss their covers in the air at the end of the 2023 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony at Michie Stadium on the campus of U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
 

Peace and partnership: 5 takeaways from Trump's West Point speech

The 2025 West Point graduation speech comes at a pivotal time for Trump, who is installing his populist-fueled agenda in the U.S. armed forces

The national forecast map for Saturday, May 24, 2025, shows widespread rain with a chance for severe thunderstorms across states in the south-central United States.
 

Storms, rainfall kick off Memorial Day weekend in parts of US

Severe thunderstorm watches blanketed much of Oklahoma and part of Arkansas to kick off the holiday weekend.

Areas along the West coast of the United States from northern California to Washington state at high risk of flooding given rising sea levels and the strong possibility of a mega-earthquake and tsunamis in the region.
 

A tsunami that never ends? Study highlights a looming West Coast risk.

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

A humpback whale surfaces off Sydney Heads at the beginning of whale watching season during a Manly Whale Watching tour on June 23, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.
 

Surprise baby whale sightings along a busy 'highway' prompt worries

Whale researchers have new data about humpback whales giving birth along a busy "humpback highway" off Australia.

Sheinelle Jones attends the 2022 Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala, Body and Soul: America Rises Through the Arts, at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 13, 2022, in New York City.
 

Sheinelle Jones' 'Today' colleagues react after husband Uche Ojeh dies

The "Today" show family is speaking out after the death of co-anchor Sheinelle Jones' husband Uche Ojeh from the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma.

The old College Station Kroger in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Old Kroger will close with the new Kroger next door opening on April 30th.
 

Are grocery stores open Memorial Day 2025? See hours for Kroger, more

Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 26 in 2025. Here's what to know about whether grocery stores will be open on the holiday.

Students hold signs as they attend a student-led rally to honor Josselin Corea Escalante at Antioch High School in Antioch, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.
 

Neo-Nazi leader 'Commander Butcher' extradited to US

Federal officials said Michail Chkhikvishvili, who goes by "Commander Butcher," inspired a school shooting in the U.S. and plotted attacks.

Johan Helberg's pose next to his house and a 135-meter-long container ship by the shore in the Trondheimsfjord outside Byneset by Trondheim, Norway, on May 22, 2025, after the ship ran aground almost hitting his house.
 

Cargo ship runs aground in Norway just missing a man's cabin

A container ship in central Norway ran aground, just missing a man's cabin. The ship's watch officer said he had fallen asleep on duty.

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