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A leading medical firm has quietly recalled hundreds of human tissue products destined for transplants around the nation that were supplied by a North Carolina body parts broker believed to have a tainted history. The broker used an unsterile embalming room to carve up dozens of corpses to procure tissue, a Raleigh funeral home director said Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration shut down the body broker on Friday, but refuses to say how many people may have received potentially risky tissue. It is the second scandal in less than a year in the booming tissue transplant industry. Cadaver...

A British-born white influencer has had 18 plastic surgery procedures to look like a member of K-pop band BTS — and now “identifies as Korean.” Oli London — who uses they and them pronouns — on Monday shared a series of videos from a hospital bed to show off the latest round of work in their bid to look like Park Jimin. “Hey guys! I’m finally Korean. I’ve transitioned,” London said in one video, saying they were “transracial” and now “identify as Jimin.” “I’ve been trapped in the wrong body … But finally I’m Korean — I can be myself....

Members of Congress and Homeland Security Department officials said technology and immigration reforms are needed to bolster border security. Despite an initiative to use new technologies to curb illegal immigration at the Arizona/Mexico border, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he was "concerned that we still do not have sufficient control of our nation's borders. [The Arizona Border Control initiative] represents a good first effort. However, it must be fully implemented and integrated into a broader borderwide initiative." McCain, who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and held a hearing today on enhancing border security, said there's a two-part...