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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Identity theft probationer caught with fraudulent IDs: Alameda PD
(KRON) — An Alameda resident on probation for felony identity theft was caught with multiple forms of fraudulent identification during a recent compliance check, police announced Wednesday. Alameda Police Department officers made the discovery after visiting the residence of the individual, who was not named by law enforcement. According to the department, officers conducting the probation compliance check found multiple fraudulent forms of identification, ID manufacturing equipment, refund checks, credit cards and blank checks. Narcotics were uncovered at the residence, police said, and a K-9 helped locate a firearm and ammunition. The probationer was arrested for multiple offenses related to the discovery. Felon sentenced for stealing AIDS Foundation car in San Francisco Authorities are reminding the public to take steps to help protect against identity theft, including: Destroying bank statements and other sensitive documents before disposing of them Regularly monitoring financial accounts and credit reports Freezing credit to prevent new accounts from being opened Creating strong passwords and using multi-factor authentication for online accounts 'Early action can limit harm and help protect your financial future,' Alameda PD said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
04-05-2025
- Health
- New York Times
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Discuss Economy in TV Interview
Drawing blood for an S.T.I. test at a San Francisco AIDS Foundation clinic. The N.I.H. canceled several grants to a network of researchers who work on preventing and treating H.I.V. and AIDS in young adults, who account for a fifth of new infections each year in the United States. The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups and setting back efforts to defeat a resurgence of sexually transmitted infections, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times. In keeping with its deep opposition to both diversity programs and gender-affirming care for adolescents, the administration has worked aggressively to root out research touching on equity measures and transgender health. But its crackdown has reverberated far beyond those issues, eliminating swaths of medical research on diseases that disproportionately afflict L.G.B.T.Q. people, a group that comprises nearly 10 percent of American adults. Of the 669 grants that the National Institutes of Health had canceled in whole or in part as of early May, at least 323 — nearly half of them — related to L.G.B.T.Q. health, according to a review by The Times of every terminated grant. Federal officials had earmarked $806 million for the canceled projects, many of which had been expected to draw more funding in the years to come. Scores of research institutions lost funding, a list that includes not only White House targets like Johns Hopkins and Columbia, but also public universities in the South and the Midwest, like Ohio State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At Florida State University, $41 million worth of research was canceled, including a major effort to prevent H.I.V. in adolescents and young adults, who experience a fifth of new infections in the United States each year. In termination letters over the last two months, the N.I.H. justified the cuts by telling scientists that their L.G.B.T.Q. work 'no longer effectuates agency priorities.' In some cases, the agency said canceled research had been 'based on gender identity,' which gave rise to 'unscientific' results that ignored 'biological realities.' Other termination letters told scientists their studies erred by being 'based primarily on artificial and nonscientific categories, including amorphous equity objectives.' The cuts follow a surge in federal funding for L.G.B.T.Q. research over the past decade, and active encouragement from the N.I.H. for grant proposals focused on sexual and gender minority groups that began during the Obama administration. President Trump's allies have argued that the research is shot through with ideological bias. 'There's been a train of abuses of the science to fit a preconceived conclusion,' said Roger Severino of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that helped formulate some Trump administration policies. 'And that was based on an unscientific premise that biology is effectively irrelevant, and a political project of trying to mainstream the notion that people could change their sex.' Image President Trump during a visit to the National Institutes of Health in 2020. In his first term, Mr. Trump had pledged to end the country's H.I.V. epidemic within a decade. Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times Scientists said canceling research on such a broad range of illnesses related to sexual and gender minority groups effectively created a hierarchy of patients, some more worthy than others. 'Certain people in the United States shouldn't be getting treated as second-class research subjects,' said Simon Rosser, a professor at the University of Minnesota whose lab was studying cancer in L.G.B.T.Q. people before significant funding was pulled. 'That, I think, is anyone's definition of bigotry,' he added. 'Bigotry in science.' The canceled projects are among the most vivid manifestations of a broad dismantling of the infrastructure that has for 80 years supported medical research across the United States. Beyond terminating studies, federal officials have gummed up the grant-making process by slow-walking payments, delaying grant review meetings and scaling back new grant awards. Bigger changes may be in store: Mr. Trump on Friday proposed reducing the N.I.H. budget from roughly $48 billion to $27 billion, citing in part what he described as the agency's efforts to promote 'radical gender ideology.' The legality of the mass terminations is unclear. Two separate lawsuits challenging the revocation of a wide range of grants — one filed by a group of researchers, and the other by 16 states — argued that the Trump administration had failed to offer a legal rationale for the cuts. The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment. Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the health department, told The Daily Signal, a conservative publication, last month that the move 'away from politicized D.E.I. and gender ideology studies' was in 'accordance with the president's executive orders.' The N.I.H. said in a statement: 'N.I.H. is taking action to terminate research funding that is not aligned with N.I.H. and H.H.S. priorities. We remain dedicated to restoring our agency to its tradition of upholding gold-standard, evidence-based science.' The L.G.B.T.Q. cuts ended studies on antibiotic resistance, undiagnosed autism in sexual minority groups, and certain throat and other cancers that disproportionately affect those groups. Funding losses have led to firings at some L.G.B.T.Q.-focused labs that had only recently been preparing to expand. The N.I.H. used to reserve grant cancellations for rare cases of research misconduct or possible harm to participants. The latest cuts, far from protecting research participants, are instead putting them in harm's way, scientists said. They cited the jettisoning of clinical trials, which have now been left without federal funding to care for volunteer participants. 'We're stopping things that are preventing suicide and preventing sexual violence,' said Katie Edwards, a professor at the University of Michigan, whose funding for several clinical trials involving L.G.B.T.Q. people was canceled. H.I.V. research has been hit particularly hard. The N.I.H. ended several major grants to the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for H.I.V./AIDS Intervention, a program that had helped lay the groundwork for the use in adolescents of a medication regimen that can prevent infections. That regimen, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is credited with helping beat back the disease in young people. Cuts to the program have endangered an ongoing trial of a product that would prevent both H.I.V. and pregnancy and a second trial looking at combining sexual health counseling with behavioral therapy to reduce the spread of H.I.V. in young sexual minority men who use stimulants. Together with the termination of dozens of other H.I.V. studies, the cuts have undermined Mr. Trump's stated goal from his first term to end the country's H.I.V. epidemic within a decade, scientists said. Image Truvada, a pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, medication, at a Manhattan pharmacy. Credit... Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times The N.I.H. terminated work on other sexually transmitted illnesses, as well. Dr. Matthew Spinelli, an infectious disease researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, was in the middle of a clinical trial of doxycycline, a common antibiotic that, taken after sex, can prevent some infections with syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. The trial was, he said, 'as nerdy as it gets': a randomized study in which participants were given different regimens of the antibiotic to see how it is metabolized. He hoped the findings would help scientists understand the drug's effectiveness in women, and also its potential to cause drug resistance, a concern that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had voiced in the past. But health officials, citing their opposition to research regarding 'gender identity,' halted funding for the experiment in March. That left Dr. Spinelli without any federal funding to monitor the half-dozen people who had already been taking the antibiotic. It also put the thousands of doses that Dr. Spinelli had bought with taxpayer money at risk of going to waste. He said stopping work on diseases like syphilis and H.I.V. would allow new outbreaks to spread. 'The H.I.V. epidemic is going to explode again as a result of these actions,' said Dr. Spinelli, who added that he was speaking only for himself, not his university. 'It's devastating for the communities affected.' Despite a recent emphasis on the downsides of transitioning, federal officials canceled several grants examining the potential risks of gender-affirming hormone therapy. The projects looked at whether hormone therapy could, for example, increase the risk of breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, altered brain development or H.I.V. Other terminated grants examined ways of addressing mental illness in transgender people, who now make up about 3 percent of high school students and report sharply higher rates of persistent sadness and suicide attempts. For Dr. Edwards, of the University of Michigan, funding was halted for a clinical trial looking at how online mentoring might reduce depression and self-harm among transgender teens, one of six studies of hers that were canceled. Another examined interventions for the families of L.G.B.T.Q. young people to promote more supportive caregiving and, in turn, reduce dating violence and alcohol use among the young people. The N.I.H. categorizes research only by certain diseases, making it difficult to know how much money the agency devotes to L.G.B.T.Q. health. But a report in March estimated that such research made up less than 1 percent of the N.I.H. portfolio over a decade. The Times sought to understand the scale of terminated funding for L.G.B.T.Q. medical research by reviewing the titles and, in many cases, research summaries for each of the 669 grants that the Trump administration said it had canceled in whole or in part as of early May. Beyond grants related to L.G.B.T.Q. people and the diseases and treatments that take a disproportionate toll on them, The Times included in its count studies that were designed to recruit participants from sexual and gender minority groups. It excluded grants related to illnesses like H.I.V. that were focused on non-L.G.B.T.Q. patients. While The Times examined only N.I.H. research grants, the Trump administration is also ending or considering ending L.G.B.T.Q. programs elsewhere in the federal health system. It has proposed, for example, scrapping a specialized suicide hotline for L.G.B.T.Q. young people. The research cuts stand to hollow out a field that in the last decade had not only grown larger, but also come to encompass a wider range of disease threats beyond H.I.V. Already, scientists said, younger researchers are losing jobs in sexual and gender minority research and scrubbing their online biographies of evidence that they ever worked in the field. Five grants obtained by Brittany Charlton, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, have been canceled, including one looking at sharply elevated rates of stillbirths among L.G.B.T.Q. women. Ending research on disease threats to gender and sexual minority groups, she said, would inevitably rebound on the entire population. 'When other people are sick around you, it does impact you, even if you may think it doesn't,' she said. Irena Hwang contributed reporting.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chappell Roan gushes to Elton John on stage: ‘You sacrificed so much for the queer community'
and shared the stage on Sunday night at Elton's annual Oscar viewing party in Los Angeles for a performance of Roan's smash hit 'Pink Pony Club', with Roan taking a moment to express her gratitude to the legend before singing. In a video from the venue, Roan can be seen presenting Elton with a diamonté encrusted pink cowboy hat, before addressing the star to say: 'Thank you for believing in 'Pink Pony Club.' He played it first, y'all!' 'I'm so grateful that you have me here, and it's such an important…' the 'Good Luck Babe!' singer went on before getting visibly choked up, with John jumping in to say: 'You're the best baby, I love you so much. Thank you so much for doing this.' Chappell Roan honors Elton John before a duet of 'Pink Pony Club' at Oscars after party:'Thank you for believing in 'Pink Pony Club.' He played it first y'all.' — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 3, 2025 'You have sacrificed so much for the queer community. You made it so I can be the artist I can be,' she went on. 'Thank you so much.' Roan has previously spoken about her relationship with the 'Rocket Man' singer, speaking to at the end of last year after . She explained that John had offered her advice as she readies her highly anticipated sophomore album. 'The advice he gave me was that the songs will come,' she said. Elton John joins Chappell Roan on the stage to perform 'Pink Pony Club' at his AIDS Foundation #Oscars after party — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 3, 2025 'He thought that he wouldn't have the ideas, but they were absolutely there. He just had to let them come to him. So that's a good reminder.' The pair's performance comes off the back of Roan's success at the GRAMMY Awards which saw her take home the trophy for Best New Artist. Elton is currently gearing up to release his . The album, entitled Who Believes In Angels?, is due to drop on 4 April. 'This record was one of the toughest I've ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life, ' Elton said of the project. 'It has given me a place where I know I can move forward.' The post Chappell Roan gushes to Elton John on stage: 'You sacrificed so much for the queer community' appeared first on Attitude.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chappell Roan And Elton John Perform Pink Pony Club Duet At Oscars After-Party
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's long-awaited duet, Queen Latifah's tribute to Quincy Jones and Raye, Doja Cat and Lisa's homage to James Bond were all musical moments that got the world talking during this year's Oscars. But it turns out the performance of the night didn't actually take place until after the ceremony. On Sunday evening, Sir Elton John held his annual Oscars after-party, where woman of the hour Chappell Roan was his musical guest. And it's been revealed that during the party, Sir Elton and Chappell performed an impromptu duet of her signature hit Pink Pony Club. Footage posted on social media by The Hollywood Reporter showed the Good Luck, Babe! singer on stage with the music icon, who sported a pink fringed cowboy hat for the occasion. And while admittedly Chappell may have carried most of the vocals, an eager Sir Elton was heard joining in on the chorus. Elton John joins Chappell Roan on the stage to perform 'Pink Pony Club' at his AIDS Foundation #Oscars after party — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 3, 2025 Pink Pony Club was actually released back in April 2020, but has really begun to pick up steam in the past 12 months. In the last few months, Chappell sang Pink Pony Club on both Saturday Night Live and during her debut Grammys performance, where she was also honoured with Best New Artist. On Sunday evening, the Official Charts Company revealed that Chappell could be about to score her first ever UK number one with Pink Pony Club, taking over from Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, which is enjoying a resurgence of its own off the back of the Super Bowl. Chappell also scored her first Brits wins over the weekend, picking up awards in both the International Artist and International Song Of The Year categories for Good Luck, Babe!. Doja Cat Shares Defiant Message After Facing Criticism Over Her Oscars Performance Sabrina Carpenter's 6-Word Response To Brits Performance Controversy Lola Young Sets The Record Straight After Her Reaction To Losing A Brit To Jade Goes Viral
NBC News
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Elton John and Chappell Roan did 'Pink Pony Club' duet for Oscars party AIDS charity event
Midwest princess Chappell Roan shared the stage with pop music icon Sir Elton John as the two performed at his annual Oscars viewing party on Sunday night. John hosts an Academy Awards Viewing Party for his AIDS Foundation every year and this year's included Roan as his special guest. The "Tiny Dancer" singer was pulling double duty on Sunday night, as he was also nominated for best original song at the award show. Roan performed a few songs, including her own "Hot To Go" and a cover of John's "Your Song," before the two musicians did a duet of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me." Just before the night ended, Roan gave John a pink cowboy hat and expressed her gratitude to the elder statesman of pop. "You have sacrificed so much for the queer community and you made it so I can be the artist I can be," Roan said, according to video from the night. "So thank you so much." The two then closed out the show with Roan's hit song "Pink Pony Club," where John joined in at the choruses and danced on stage with his pink hat. John shared a clip of their "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" duet to his Instagram and called it "nothing short of magical." "For one night, we transformed West Hollywood Park into our own Pink Pony Club — a space filled with love and community, where everyone can be unapologetically themselves," John wrote. The event raised more than $8.6 million, according to the Elton John Aids Foundation. David Furnish, John's husband and chair of the foundation, called it an unforgettable night and thanked all of the participants and donors in a statement. "Because of your generosity, we were able to celebrate with purpose, helping communities around the world access life-saving HIV prevention, treatment, and mental health support," Furnish wrote. Video of their performances, especially the "Pink Pony Club" duet, circulated across social media platforms overnight. Fans described it as an emotional moment as two artists in the LGBTQ community from different generations joyfully came together for the cause. "the way he's watching her with so much pride like yeah dude you helped pave the way for this can't imagine how emotional he must feel," one person wrote in a TikTok comment.
