US left Bagram Air Base in dead of night, didn't tell new Afghan commander

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – The U.S. left conflicts Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military” target=”_blank”>military< perpetrators of the terror attacks on America.  Blast wallls…

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Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba, eyes Florida

disasters Elsa made landfall in Western world-regions Monday afternoon as it barreled toward us-regions Heavy raina> from the storm will hit Cuba and the Cayman Islands through Monday night, which the <a href="https: warned could cause significant mudslides in Cuba. This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Monday, July 5, 2021, at 4:50 p.m. EDT, and…

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Pfizer vaccine protection against infection declines to 64% in Israel

world-regions on Monday said the Pfizer/BioNTech infectious-disease infectious-disease was still very effective in preventing serious illness, while also reporting a decrease in preventing infections and symptomatic illness. The observation coincided with the ending of social distancing requirements and the spread of a new Delta variant.  The vaccine effectiveness of preventing infection and symptomatic disease fell…

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Big Jake, world's tallest horse dies at age 20 in Wisconsin

The world’s tallest horse-racing” target=”_blank”>horse <icon Big Jake lived on Smokey Hollow Farm in Poynette. WHO REPORTS CORONAVIRUS DISCOVERED AMONG MINK POPULATIONS IN 6 COUNTRIES Valicia Gilbert, wife of the farm’s owner, Jerry Gilbert, said Big Jake died two weeks ago but declined to give the exact date of death when The Associated Press reached…

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Director Richard Donner of 'Lethal Weapon,' 'Goonies' fame, dead at 91

celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Richard Donner<such as the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, “The Goonies” and the original “Superman,” has died. He was 91. Fox News confirmed through his rep and production company that Donner died Monday. A cause of death was not disclosed. Born Richard Donald Schwartzberg in the Bronx, Donner attended junior college before landing at the famed…

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Houston police officer shot responding to dispute over parking spot

A houston-and-galveston” target=”_blank”>Houston< was crime” target=”_blank”>shot< Houston Police Chief Troy Finner holds a news conference following the shooting of one of his officers Monday morning. (Houston Police Department) When the shots rang out, another officer “immediately engaged with his hands” to take custody of the 26-year-old suspect, Finner said. His name will be released once…

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Vatican: Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery

pope-francis” target=”_blank”>Pope Francis< said a day after the pontiff underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half of his colon. Francis, 84, is expected to stay in Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic, which has a special suite reserved for popes, for about seven days, assuming no complications, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. The Vatican has given few…

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