“No woman goes running with thrill into egg-freezing,” explains Professor Marcia Inhorn. “A lot of these women would rather not be doing it.” So why are they? If a spate of recent reports is to be believed, career progression is a key driver of “social egg-freezing”, used by women who wish to delay having a baby until later in life. After all, it fits into the Girlboss narrative: “Freeze Your Eggs, Free Your Career,” as Bloomberg Businessweek put it in 2014. A decade...

A Republican group investigating Democratic fundraising operations said it has discovered thousands of instances of potential donor fraud and has turned over its findings to GOP prosecutors. The Fair Election Fund, a national election integrity watchdog group that former House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins helped launch in May, is alleging it has found more than 60,000 potential discrepancies in donations made to President Joe Biden and...

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and tech billionaire Elon Musk were named in a complaint filed in France over allegations of “aggravated cyber harassment” against Olympic champion Imane Khelif. Variety confirmed the news on Tuesday, and said that the lawsuit was filed against X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 9, the same day Kehlif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division of the 2024 Olympics. Khelif’s attorney, Nabil...

Vice President Harris blindsided Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists by endorsing a proposal first floated by former President Trump to exempt tips for service and hospitality workers from taxes, an idea that Democrats had previously criticized as “bogus” and a “ploy” for votes. Harris’s support for the idea is being seen as an aggressive play for votes in Nevada, a critical swing state where service workers will be key, and as an effort to neutralize whatever advantage Trump may...

U.S. states are moving to ban food additives viewed as harmful, setting up a clash with industry groups and making parts of the nation align with Europe, which banned many of the chemicals long ago. The Illinois Food Safety Act would prohibit the sale of brominated vegetable oil, which is a flavor stabilizer in citrus sodas, and preservatives such as propylparaben and potassium bromate, which are used in baked goods. The substances have been described as possible carcinogens, meaning they...

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