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The Washington Post
The Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military ordered an independent investigation of how the Defense Department handles sexual violence among children on bases as part of legislation that would overhaul how the Pentagon must respond when assaults are reported.
Military officials had quietly resisted an outside review of problems documented in an Associated Press investigation , which showed broad failures of justice when military kids sexually assault each other on bases worldwide.
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The Hill
The Senate cleared legislation implementing a new policy for handling sexual harassment claims.
Senators passed the bill by voice vote roughly a day after the legislation was introduced. It will now be sent to the House, which passed its own legislation last year.
"We are currently reviewing the Senate bill, and discussing next steps," said AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
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The New York Times
“Sex must be voluntary — if it is not, then it is illegal.”
This is the straightforward language of a new Swedish law set to change the way rape and other sexual crimes are prosecuted in the country.
It is the first law in the country that acknowledges sex without explicit consent as rape, a move lawmakers say is “based on the obvious.”
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Science Magazine
It can be distressing to witness the pain of family, friends or even strangers going through a hard time. But what if, just like strengthening a muscle or learning a new hobby, we could train ourselves to be more compassionate and calm in the face of others' suffering?
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The Washington Post
Suicide rates are on the rise across the nation but nowhere more so than in rural counties, according to a new study by a team of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers. The study maps, in unprecedented detail, county-level changes in suicide rates between 2005 and 2015.
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Buzzfeed
When Jennifer Fox was 13 years old, she entered into a sexual relationship with her running coach. He was 40. They were in love.
At least, that was the story Fox told herself in the years following the end of her time with her coach. It was so central to her life that as she began her career as a documentary filmmaker in her twenties, Fox began working on a screenplay treatment about her experience, to turn it into a movie.
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Bloomberg
There are two things New Delhi marketing executive Khyati Malhotra never leaves home without: Her taser and a pepper spray.
It’s just part of the investment she makes to stay safe in a country where crimes reported against women have surged over 80 percent in a decade and deadly cases of sexual violence often roil cities and villages. So a chunk of Malhotra’s salary goes into a car and driver to avoid the dangers of public transport, where women are cat-called, groped and assaulted.
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Reuters
Making it easier and more affordable for women to access care, and supporting research that includes how treatments work in both sexes, can improve the health of all Americans, not just women, U.S. doctors argue. “Women and their families are adversely affected by policies that do not support women’s health,” said Dr. Ana Maria Lopez, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP).
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Pacific Standard
What's the root cause of the opioid epidemic? A strong case can be made for pain. Pain prompts people to ask their doctors for drugs. Pain keeps them taking those pills for so long that they get addicted.
So what's the source of all this suffering, as well as our inability to manage it without heavy-duty pharmaceuticals? Recent research provides a provocative answer.
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Authorities recently arrested the suspected Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California decades ago. Armed with DNA from several crime scenes, the police cracked this cold case using a new resource: online genealogy data. Although criminal investigators have long used DNA analysis, this case is notable because the implicating genetic information was not obtained from a forensic resource created specifically for criminal justice purposes.
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