This first-of-its-kind map shows C-section rates of more than 1,700 hospitals. The differences are stark.

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At Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, doctors performed C-sections on half of all women with low-risk pregnancies — first-time mothers at full term, carrying a single baby positioned head-down — on average, in a seven-year period.

C-section rates vary drastically between neighboring hospitals. Our data suggests financial pressures play a role.

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Photo collage featuring a close-up of a pregnant woman's belly, and hospital financial elements.

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In the spring of 2016, obstetrician Dr. Jesanna Cooper's practice hired a nurse-midwife to deliver babies at Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. The nurse-midwife was the center's first in about 20 years.

Why so many Americans over 80 are still working

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D'Yan Forest
D'yan Forest, 91, is the Oldest Working Female Comedian in the World, as documented by the "Guinness Book of World Records."

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The true cost of young cancer

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Rebecca Siegel still remembers the moment it started — a flash of data on her computer screen that stopped her cold.

Utilities are tiptoeing into AI as climate change and data center growth add stress to the energy grid

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Manager of extra high voltage stations for LADWP walks the DC yard at the Sylmar Converter Station.
 Utilities are cautiously adopting AI for predictive maintenance and fieldwork support.

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'Deliberate indifference': The Supreme Court standard that requires prisoners to prove mindset to win Eighth Amendment claims

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James Vandevender touching a scar on his head.
James Vandevender sued Minnesota prison officials in 2018 after another prisoner attacked him using a wooden post from a prison shop. He lost his case.

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The PLRA was meant to end frivolous prisoner lawsuits. It's stymied most legitimate Eighth Amendment cases too.

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Juanita Ornelas wearing a white prison uniform in the yard at the William G. McConnell Unit.
Juanita Ornelas, a Texas prisoner, filed a lawsuit in 2018 claiming the state had failed to protect her from repeated sexual assaults; she presents as masculine in prison for safety reasons. A federal judge dismissed the case.

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The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect against prisoner abuse. Less than 1% of cases succeed.

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An illustration of a prison interior, with illuminated cell doors on two levels flanking a central area with long tables.

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Internal Tesla salary database shows Elon Musk's strategy: Lower salaries, bigger stock grants

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Elon Musk
An internal salary database shows that the company offers lower base salaries than its tech and automotive peers but offers substantial stock grants.

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I married Jason Kelce. Fame changed how I parent but I refuse to let it affect my marriage.

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Photo of Kylie Kelce.

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