As a registered nurse working in a Miami hospital for 10 years, including the last three on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, I know that my field is much more than an economic sector; it’s a core system to protect the well-being of our society. Yet caregivers in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities here and across the nation face an unprecedented staffing and retention crisis that is placing us—as well as our patients and the entire care system—in danger....

Actually, he used a more colorful term before saying “idiot.” His language isn’t for everyone, but he was 100 percent right. In the anecdote Trump recounted, Milley advocated for simply leaving American equipment behind in Afghanistan, allowing the Taliban to take it and use it. The general’s suggestion fit a 20-year pattern of incompetence and failure in the Middle East, stretching from George W. Bush through Barack Obama and his disastrous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton....

Not so long ago aspiring starlets and women “of a certain age” were pretty much the only patients who went under the knife–and they did so in secret. But now the image-conscious of all ages–and genders–quest for perfection. “The person we see today,” says Dr. John Tebbetts, a plastic surgeon in Dallas, “is your sister, your next-door neighbor, the lady in the grocery store.” Teen girls beg their parents for liposuction and breast augmentation, prompting a heated debate over how early is too early to perform elective surgery....

PSG won 3-0 at home to Dijon in Ligue 1 on Tuesday, with head coach Unai Emery leaving Ben Arfa out of the matchday squad for the third game in succession. Ben Arfa moved to the French capital on the back of a stunning 2015-16 campaign, which saw him score 17 times in 34 league appearances to fire Nice to a fourth-placed finish. The playmaker has completed 90 minutes only once this this season, in the Trophee des Champions, and both Motta and Rabiot understand it must be a difficult situation for the 29-year-old....

Friday, we found out the All-Star point guard is headed for surgery that has a recovery time of three to four months. MORE: Irving out for NBA Finals with fractured knee cap | Ayesha Curry explains how she parents now-famous daughter Riley | Must-see NBA Finals photos Irving took to Instagram to express his thoughts once he found out he wouldn’t be returning to the postseason. A photo posted by Kyrie Irving (@k1irving) on Jun 5, 2015 at 3:11pm PDT

Long before he spent 25 years working at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. — he’s been president of the hallowed museum since 2008 — Idelson started his baseball journey as a teenage vendor at Fenway Park, selling popcorn and ice cream and hot dogs, those things that help make kids love being at a baseball game. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...

PLAYERS CONVENTIONAL WISDOM O.J. - You are a brutal, disgusting chauvinist who should do time. And that’s before the murders. Oprah +/- Is there anything you haven’t been through? But healing shtik better than freak shows. Farrakhan - Murder plot against him foiled. But Malcolm’s public now knows your true history. Yeltsin - Shape up before it’s too late. PS: Check into the Betski Ford clinic. Letterman + Oscar gig will take Dave global....

Following months of litigation, including lawsuits from 11 news organizations, the SBA released a dataset on Tuesday of every small business that received a PPP or Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) loan. An initial review of the data by NBC News found that a number of businesses with ties to President Donald Trump’s family and the family of Jared Kushner – Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser – were major beneficiaries of the program....

In an email sent to employees, the company said it will be eliminating jobs and halting the pipeline’s construction in the upcoming weeks, Politico reported. “Over 1,000 positions will be eliminated in the coming weeks, the majority of these unionized workers representing the building trades,” Keystone XL chief Richard Prior wrote in the message. Biden’s decision to nix the controversial project in one of his first acts as president follows years of opposition from progressives, environmentalists and indigenous groups....

The integrity of next month’s presidential election is a top concern for both President Donald Trump’s and former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaigns. Most of that concern has been over having the proper resources for people to vote by mail and ensuring an accurate count of registered voters’ ballots. But in Alaska, the issue during the primary was that some residents weren’t even given ballots to vote in person....

According to data published by the Air Force on Friday, of the approximate 11,000, around 3,000 have yet to start vaccinating and over 2,000 have outright refused. The Air Guard has around 107,000 members and the Reserve has 68,000. Around 3,500 unvaccinated troops have been granted medical or administrative exemptions, according to the Associated Press. Officials have said the actual total of unvaccinated could actually be a bit lower than what data is reporting....

The Suneung, or the College Scholastic Ability Test, is taken yearly to determine the university recent high school graduates will attend. Around 509,000 students took the test on November 18 at 1,395 sites across the nation. Some students had to take the test in hospitals or shelters. Students were required to have their temperatures taken, with students that had fevers being sent to separate testing areas. The test comes as the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 3,292 cases the same day....

About 54 percent of Americans said they would be more likely to speak out if they were a victim, and 58 percent say they are more willing to speak out if they witnessed sexual misconduct happening. The poll also found that roughly 6 in 10 women and about 4 in 10 men said the attention to sexual misconduct has made them more likely to speak out if they are a victim....

They’d send us to 20,000 feet, ideal for drawing surface-to-air-missile fire. The SAMs looked like flying white telephone poles with flames coming out the end. They were very powerful, but once you heard the tone in your headset that meant they’d locked on to you, you did have a chance to outmaneuver them–diving and making hard, corkscrew turns. More than a few pilots got nailed. I was lucky, but 30 years later I can still hear that tone....

Fabregas in FA Cup dig at losers Liverpool Aleix Vidal powered down the right before crossing into the box only for German Pezzella to hit the ball towards his own net in a tangle with Jordi Alba, though Aissa Mandi seemingly saved the day with his clearance off the line. However, replays clearly indicated the ball had gone over and Luis Suarez’s angry protests were wholly justified at how the linesman hadn’t seen the incident properly....

When she arrived at the hospital seeking treatment, Brittney Poolaw admitted to using drugs. But an expert witness for the prosecution testified during Poolaw’s one-day trial that her methamphetamine use may not have directly caused the miscarriage. Still, a jury found her guilty of manslaughter and sentenced her to four years in prison. Poolaw’s sentence prompted an outcry, but experts warn that her case offers a preview of a draconian future where such prosecutions could become all too common if Roe v....

The poll, which was conducted by Gallup, surveyed 3,454 U.S. adults from June 22 to June 28. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. According to the poll, 74 percent of Americans believe that disruption “occurring to travel, school, work and public events” will continue till the end of the year or longer. In comparison, 19 percent said that they believe it will last a few more months and only 7 percent said a few more weeks....

Ovulation bleeding may be caused by higher levels of hormones around the time you ovulate. While there are many potential reasons for bleeding between periods, spotting during ovulation isn’t all that common. In fact, one 2012 study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that only about 2.8% of healthy young women experience bleeding at this point in their cycle. However, more research is needed on people who may have irregular periods, other health conditions, or breakthrough bleeding while on birth control....

Wilson’s struggle may be unusually public, but he’s only one of millions of Americans dealing with some form of depression. About 6 million people are diagnosed with depression each year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. That number, say experts, may be a severe underestimate, since many who have a depressive illness do not seek treatment. Underreporting may be particularly prevalent among men, who either fail to recognize the symptoms or are reluctant to admit to a mental illness....