Nina Shapiro

SPOKANE — It seemed at first like a normal day. Karla Tiul Baltazar, a Spokane 11-year-old who likes to draw and play volleyball, got dropped off Jan. 9 at her elementary school by her dad, Arnoldo Tiul Caal. He wasn’t there to pick her up after school, l... See more

They were as young as 3 and as old as 71. A strikingly large share had neither criminal convictions nor pending charges against them in the U.S. Many would be forced out of the country. These were the people taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... See more

サッカリン、アスパルテーム、マルチトール、ソルビトールなどの砂糖代替品（人工甘味料）は、胃の膨満感、奇妙な後味、さらには長期的な健康リスクへの懸念を伴うことがある。ショ糖（スクロース）、果糖（フルクトース）、ブドウ糖（グルコース）といった従来の糖類には、2型糖尿病や肥満といった健康リスクがあることが知られている。 タフツ大学とハーバード大学の研究者らは、タガトースと呼ばれるブドウ糖由来の甘味料を製造する方法を開発した。 タガトースは人工甘味料ではなく、ブドウ糖の分解産物であり、乳製品によく含まれる糖である... See more

One man held at the federal government’s immigrant detention center in Tacoma was allegedly groped by a guard. Another was allegedly slammed to the floor by officers, then made to strip in front of a female staffer, who recorded a video. Guards allegedly ... See more

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, defined as having frequent episodes of absent or reduced airflow while trying to breathe during sleep, has seen a steady rise in frequency over the past several decades. In part, this has been due to better recognition and identif... See more