Call the Midwife creator: 'People tell me birth stories in the supermarket'

Heidi Thomas, writer of the BBC One show, says it touches people's lives "in a very profound way".

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Trump tells 37 people on death row with commuted sentences to ‘go to hell’

On Truth Social, president-elect also lashes out at Chinese troops in Panama Canal and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Donald Trump has told 37 people on death row who had their sentences commuted by ...
The Guardian - 1d
A Kidnapping Story Inspired Readers to Tell Their Stories of Trauma

It all started with the retelling of a 50-year-old kidnapping, but for readers, it was about them, too.
The New York Times - 1d
Trump tells 37 people with sentences commuted by Biden to 'go to hell' in lengthy Christmas post

President-elect Trump on Wednesday used a lengthy Christmas Day social media post to tell the 37 people who had their death sentences commuted by President Biden to "go to hell." “Also, to the 37 ...
The Hill - 1d
‘They call me LinkedIn’: the Brazilian musical sensation named after Gary Lineker

Award-winning São Paulo songwriter who grew up in football - and music-loving family has shot to stardom since 2015 debut . The house lights were dimmed in one of Rio’s top music venues and, as the ...
The Guardian - 2d
China steps up campaign for single people to date, marry and give birth

Women receive cold-calls about family planning and universities asked to offer ‘love courses’ to tackle demographic crisis
Financial Times - 2d
Biden administration withdraws birth control rules

The Biden administration is withdrawing a set of proposed rules aimed at expanding access to contraception that would have made it more difficult for employer-sponsored health plans and insurers to ...
The Hill - 3d
Small retail investors hold about 9.5% of bitcoin. Here’s why that doesn’t tell the full story.

Here’s your comprehensive road map for tracking the footprint of retail investors across bitcoin’s $2 trillion market cap.
MarketWatch - 3d
Officer killed after responding to supermarket: 'We are heartbroken'

A police officer was fatally shot while responding to a report of a person with a firearm inside a North Carolina supermarket, authorities said.
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