Victoria’s Secret also didn’t specify when it first identified the issue and began pulling back services. Most
Whitmer said in her final 19 months as governor, she is looking to close a deal on road funding and improve Michigan’s dismal literacy scores.The race to succeed Whitmer is closely tied to the same topics. Duggan laid out a plan to improve education Wednesday. Republican Senate minority leader
, who is running for governor in 2026, criticized Whitmer for not making further improvements on either front during the six years she has been governor and said she has driven businesses out of the state by making Michigan less competitive.“It’s missed opportunities,” he said about her legacy in an interview.Other Republicans jockeying to replace Whitmer are
and former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox.Whitmer is one of several Democratic governors who are looked to as potential candidates for the presidency in 2028. Alongside California’s Gavin Newsom, Illinois’ JB Pritzker and Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, each interaction with Trump has been scrutinized as the Democratic Party looks for a new leader.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The only time the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by
Dressed in army fatigues with a camera fixed to his forehead, Ayman Abu Hamadan was forced into houses inKENNEDY, at a news conference Wednesday: Studies show that autism rates in the U.S. were “1 in 10,000 when I was a kid” compared to a recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that found it to be 1 in 31. He says that is evidence of an autism epidemic in the U.S. and that, “we know it’s an environmental exposure. It has to be.”
THE FACTS: It’s true that in the 20th century, only 1 in 10,000 children were diagnosed with autism —- the diagnosis was rare and given only to kids with severe problems communicating or socializing and those with unusual, repetitive behaviors. But the term became shorthand for a group of milder, related conditions known as ″autism spectrum disorders,” and the number of kids labeled as having some form of autism began to balloon.The term “epidemic” is widely used to describe surges in different health problems — like autism, obesity and gun violence, to name a few. But strictly speaking, “epidemic” is defined as a fast-spreading outbreak of disease, and there’s not good evidence that autism meets that definition.
Health officials have largely attributed growing autism numbers to better recognition of cases, through wide screening and better diagnosis. Last week, the CDC saidThere are no blood or biologic tests for autism; it is diagnosed by making judgments about a child’s behavior. Research has looked at a variety of other possible explanations, including genetics, the age of the father, the weight of the mother and chemicals in the environment.