Showing Up Is Half The Battle - And A Bunch Of Philly Lawyers Are Losing
Lawyers in Philadelphia have a high rate of not showing up to court, with privately retained or court-appointed private lawyers failing to appear in court in 36% of their cases.
Police officers and civilian witnesses also have high rates of failure to appear, leading to dropped charges in thousands of cases. [ more ]
U.K. Is First to Approve a CRISPR-Based Therapy, Covering Two Blood Disorders
The UK has authorized a gene-editing medicine for treating sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, marking the first approval worldwide for a therapy based on CRISPR technology.
The therapy, known as Casgevy, involves editing a gene in a patient's stem cells to produce high levels of fetal hemoglobin.
Casgevy offers a potentially curative treatment option for these inherited blood disorders, reducing the need for chronic therapies and blood transfusions. [ more ]
Report: Workers Trust Employers More Than Insurers With Their Health
37% of employees trust their insurer to suggest high-quality care regardless of cost, while 53% trust their employer with their health.
Employees need more support from their employers when it comes to healthcare, as many have had to delay or skip care due to lack of paid time off.
Weight management is a major concern for employees, with obesity/weight loss being the biggest personal health worry for a quarter of respondents. [ more ]
For Riccardo Muti, aGrand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago
The concert had ended, and Riccardo Muti, the music director of the Chicago Symphony, was walking out of Orchestra Hall when he saw a banner in the lobby and stopped in his tracks.Muti Conducts the Grand Finale of the 2022-23 Season, it read.This was in May, with just a month of programs to go culminating in performances of Beethoven's mighty Missa Solemnis, June 23-25, which will mark the end of Muti's 13-year directorship.
Biden Again Has Union Support. But the Unions Look Different This Time.
The public image of President Biden's Union Joe persona rests largely on his longtime affiliations with labor unions representing police officers, firefighters and building-trade workers.But the modern labor movement that is gathering Saturday in Philadelphia to endorse Mr. Biden's 2024 re-election campaign is younger, more diverse and has far more women than the union stereotype Mr. Biden has embraced during the decades he was building his political identity.
Velocity is down, but results are up for Tony Gonsolin in Dodgers' 5-1 win
A diminished fastball did not equal diminishing returns for Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin, who blanked the Chicago White Sox on two hits through six innings of Tuesday night's 5-1 victory before a crowd of 45,561 in Chavez Ravine.Gonsolin, pitching on six days' rest-two more than normal-because the Dodgers felt he needed more recovery time between starts, struck out six, walked two and allowed only one runner to reach second base.
Workers want to stay remote, prompting an office real estate crisis
SAN FRANCISCO - The owners of the fourth-tallest office tower here - one of whom is Donald Trump - want more time to pay back their loans.The 52-story carnelian building, 555 California Street, is about 93 percent leased.But many tenants - which include banks like Morgan Stanley and firms like Kirkland & Ellis - will be up for renewal soon in a city where workers have been slow to return to the office.