Volunteers offer hair at Rock the Bald with Hawthorn fundraiser

Hawthorn Mall of Vernon Hills welcomed the community to participate in its Rock the Bald with Hawthorn fundraiser on Saturday, March 23 to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity that funds childhood cancer research grants. Ten volunteers, or “shavees,” were registered, as the event opened at noon in a festive… Continue reading Volunteers offer hair at Rock the Bald with Hawthorn fundraiser

Canada Delays Plan to Offer Medically Assisted Death to the Mentally Ill

Canada is postponing a plan to offer people suffering from mental illnesses the option of a medically assisted death, two cabinet ministers said on Monday. The announcement by Mark Holland, the health minister, and Arif Virani, the justice minister, came after a special parliamentary committee looking into the plan concluded that there are not enough… Continue reading Canada Delays Plan to Offer Medically Assisted Death to the Mentally Ill

WGA Receives New AMPTP Offer, Will Respond Next Week

Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images The AMPTP proposed during its date with the WGA on Friday — at least in the sense that more than 100 days into the writers’ strike, the studios brought a counterproposal to the negotiating table. “We will evaluate their offer and, after deliberation, go back to them with the WGA’s… Continue reading WGA Receives New AMPTP Offer, Will Respond Next Week