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Large-Scale Study Finds Autistic Youth Far More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Mental Health Conditions
Authors Call for Multifaceted Approach in Addressing Critical Care Gap WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Autistic youth are hospitalized for mental health reasons at dramatically higher rates than their non-autistic peers, according to a new peer-reviewed study led by Catalight researchers Ben Pfingston and Lindsey Sneed, Ph.D., BCBA.
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Authors Call for Multifaceted Approach in Addressing Critical Care Gap , /PRNewswire/ -- Autistic youth are hospitalized for mental health reasons at dramatically higher rates than their non-autistic peers, according to a new peer-reviewed study led by Catalight researchers Ben Pfingston and Lindsey Sneed, Ph.D., BCBA.
Authors Call On Publishers To Limit Their Use Of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.
Authors Call for Compensation as Meta Faces Backlash
The “Meta used pirated copies of my books to train its AI” scandal is most definitely not going away. A recap for anyone who hasn’t been on the internet since last Thursday: The Atlantic published a search facility for the aggregated piracy site LibGen. Writers have been using it and finding out that their titles are on the list (including two of mine). Meta gave the go-ahead from the highest level to use LibGen to train its LLaMA AI. Allegedly, that highest level knew it was a piracy site.
Authors Call for a Boycott of Israeli Cultural Institutions
Thousands of writers and members of the entertainment industry signed two opposing letters this week, one pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions, and the other condemning the call for a boycott, in the latest sign of the deep divisions that have erupted in the literary world over the conflict in the Middle East.
Why a Governor Is Stepping Down, and Running for Mayor
Gov. John Carney of Delaware is about to do something that no other governor in modern American history has done — step down as a state’s leader and immediately take office as a mayor. In his campaign for mayor of Wilmington, a city of 71,000, he and his staff knocked on more than 11,000 doors and have been met, at times, with confusion by voters. “The main thing they would say is, ‘Isn’t this a step down?’ And I would say, ‘Well, I don’t think so,’” Mr. Carney said.
Harris leans into economy, abortion rights in new ads in final days of campaign
Vice President Kamala Harris is leaning into the economy and abortion rights in some of her last advertisements before Election Day, as her closing message comes into focus.
Harris Aims to Put Trump Back on Defense After a Garbage News Cycle
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday castigated remarks by her Republican rival, former President Donald J. Trump, who had claimed the night before that he would protect American women “whether the women like it or not,” casting his comments as further proof that a second term for him would be harmful to women.
How to use Apple Intelligence on a Windows PC right now
With the release of macOS Sequoia 15.1, Apple finally made Apple Intelligence available to Mac users. This platform brings Writing Tools, notification summaries, a redesigned Siri, and so much more. Fortunately, Mac users aren’t the only ones who can take advantage of this AI platform. With Parallels Desktop, it’s possible to get Apple’s AI-powered Writing Tools capabilities on a Windows virtual machine.
Another Beloved Book, Another Disappointing Ballet
Having a woman play a man seems a trendy choice in this day and age. But that doesn’t make American Ballet Theater’s production of “Crime and Punishment” particularly fashionable. It is, however, punishing. Where is its drive? In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s gripping 19th-century novel, Raskolnikov is a desperately poor university student who commits a horrific double murder.
Raging Waters, Abandoned Cars, Layers of Mud: More Than 150 Killed in Spanish Floods
When some of the worst flash floods in decades in eastern Spain hit, Diego Hernandez was passing the city of Valencia on his way to his mother’s funeral. As he and his wife drove on Tuesday night, a thin stream of muddy water started to appear under their tires. Soon, it was almost three feet high and nearing the top of their seats. Within seconds, another car had piled on top of theirs.
Gigantamax Gengar counters and battle tips in Pokémon Go
Gigantamax Gengar is the fourth Gigantamax Pokémon introduced to Pokémon Go, and is available in Max Battles between Oct. 31 until Nov. 3 2024 to coincide with the end of the Halloween 2024 Part 2 event. Like all the other Gigantamax Battles, Gengar will be tough, so players who aren’t ready for the spike in difficulty are going to have a tough time.
Harris Campaign Ad Features ‘Protector’ Trump Saying ‘Whether The Women Like It Or Not’
Vice President Kamala Harris pounced on Donald Trump saying he would protect women “whether they liked it or not” by airing a campaign ad that has the former president repeating the phrase along with headlines about the fallout from abortion bans. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, has said during his campaign rallies that he would be a protector of women if elected in November. At an event Wednesday in Green Bay, Wis., he followed up on that theme.
Winter Weather Warnings Issued for 10 States as Snow Expected
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are warning of snow in 10 states amid a slew of winter weather advisories that were issued on Wednesday and Thursday. The snow is coming from two, separate storm systems—one over the upper Midwest and one over the Pacific Northwest. For some states, it’s the first snowfall of the season, prompting more highlighted advisories, NWS Weather Prediction Center meteorologist Peter Mullinax told Newsweek.
Data shows middle-class renters increasingly burdened by housing costs
Rent costs have long weighed on lower-income households — now it’s coming for the middle class. Nearly 4 in 10 middle-class renter households are burdened by costs, an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data found. That’s up almost 20% since 2019, while the already high share of cost-burdened, low-income households rose just 2%. A cost-burdened household is defined as one paying 30% or more of pretax income on rent and housing costs.
Authors Call for a Boycott of Israeli Cultural Institutions
Thousands of writers and members of the entertainment industry signed two opposing letters this week, one pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions, and the other condemning the call for a boycott, in the latest sign of the deep divisions that have erupted in the literary world over the conflict in the Middle East.
Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights
Indians are celebrating Diwali as bright earthen oil lamps and colourful lights light up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness. Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths in the world’s most populous nation and the diaspora. Over five days starting on Thursday, people are taking part in fireworks displays, feasts and prayer.
Authors Call on Edinburgh International Book Festival to Drop Fossil Fuel Sponsors
A group of more than 50 authors and event chairs, including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith, and Katherine Rundell, have signed an open letter urging the Edinburgh International Book Festival to sever ties with any sponsor that invests in fossil fuels. The festival’s lead sponsor is investment firm Baillie Gifford, which has up to £5bn invested in fossil fuel corporations.
Authors Call For AI Companies To Stop Using Their Work Without Consent - The Guardian
Authors including Margaret Atwood, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Pullman have signed a petition calling for artificial intelligence companies to stop using writers’ work without consent or credit. The , which has been set up by the Authors Guild, America’s largest professional organisation for writers, is addressed to the CEOs of OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, and IBM.
Experts call for steps to stem increases in Legionnaires'
Francis Chandler Experts call for steps to stem increases in Legionnaires' This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. In a report released Wednesday, Aug.
News | The Society of Authors
7 April 2019 Members of the Council of the Society of Authors have written to the Business Secretary, Greg Clark, urging him to take action against online book piracy. The letter has been signed by SoA President Philip Pullman and a further 32 members of the SoA Council. In the letter they express concern that websites offering illegal downloads of books are becoming increasingly prevalent.
Experts call for emergency declaration on Congo's Ebola
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An international group of public health experts have called on The World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee and consider declaring Congo's Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency.
Experts call for emergency declaration on Congo's Ebola
Posted: Monday, February 4, 2019 8:55 am | Updated: 9:15 am, Mon Feb 4, 2019. DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An international group of public health experts have called on The World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee and consider declaring Congo's Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency.
Experts call for emergency declaration on Congo's Ebola
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An international group of public health experts have called on The World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee and consider declaring Congo's Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency.
University of Exeter celebrates Europe’s wild rivers
THE University of Exeter, National Trust, Agile Rabbit and South West Water are joining forces for a special event in Lyme Regis about Europe’s last wild rivers. The evening will feature a screening of a new celebrated film called ‘Blue Heart’, followed by a panel discussion. The film aims to raise public awareness about the impact of the Balkan Rivers hydropower boom.
41st Annual National Nursing Assistants Week
Nursing Assistants are the best thing about “caring.” Nursing Assistants “Brighten Lives” according to Dawn Silva, CNA, New Hampshire, and member “Safe Patient Handling” committee. Ask Dawn to tell you about testifying to congress (see Facebook) Now as never before, attention is being directed to care of our elder and disabled citizens and greater attention also is directed to the workers who provide hands-on-care and caring.
Authors call on Man Booker to drop US writers
An overwhelming majority of authors in the Folio Academy, which includes Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith among its ranks, have called upon the Man Booker Prize for Fiction to revert to admitting only UK, Irish and Commonwealth writers, over fears of a new US dominance emerging in the prize.
Authors call for action at margins
The authors, both Lutheran pastors, are on the staffs of two schools, Concordia University Wisconsin (García) and Concordia College New York (Nunes), affiliated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, the smaller and more theologically conservative of the two largest U.S.-based Lutheran denominations.
Experts call for modern techniques to enhance Agri-production in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Agriculture and environment experts have stressed the need for preemptive measures to adopt modern research and development methodology in order to enhance production of major crops for ensuring food security in Pakistan.
Experts call for efficient and inclusive payments systems in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Experts call for efficient, sustainable and inclusive payments systems for government receipts such as taxes, fees, and fines at a seminar in Islamabad. The dissemination event for the “Global Landscape Study on Digitizing P2G Payments” was organized by Karandaaz Pakistan, chaired by the Federal Secretary for Communications, Mr. Khalid Masood Chaudhry.
Experts call for caution on excessive Gov’t borrowing
Experts who turned up at the Prime Minister’s Office for the presentation of the National developing policy recently raised a red flag over government’s excessive borrowing warning that it will plunge the country into a dangerous trap.
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