Georgia’s imprisoned opposition world-politics” target=”_blank”>leader<fainted in the prison on Thursday amid hunger strike. Saakashvili’s lawyers told Georgian press the ex-president was taken out on a stretcher by the medics when he lost consciousness. MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI: UKRAINE’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOULD SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO EVERY POLITICIAN Saakashvili has been on …
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Suzanne Calicchio, 48, hopes to encourage people to take the signs and symptoms of a heart attack more seriously, after surviving a “widow maker” heart-health” target=”_blank”>heart attack<. “We went in, we shocked her,” said Dr. James Ryan, the medical director of emergency medicine at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in …
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Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is coming down hard on the administration’s response to the spike in inflation and suggested White House press secretary Jen Psaki is reminiscent of “Baghdad Bob.” “This administration is so out of touch,” Sullivan said during a Thursday press briefing on the increased costs Americans …
Read More »US charges 2 Iranian hackers for intimidating voters in the 2020 election
Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election interference aimed at intimidating American voters during last year’s 2020-presidential-election”>presidential race< voters with different messages, the distribution of a fabricated video that purported to show acts of election fraud and an unsuccessful effort the day after …
Read More »'Tiger King' star Carole Baskin refuses to talk about missing husband, detective says
A detective in Florida investigating the disappearance of Carole Baskin’s second husband said Thursday that the “genres” star had three times refused requests for interviews and that the probe was ongoing. Cpl. Moises Garcia of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa held a news conference to provide an update …
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While occasions travel outlook hasn’t eclipsed pre-pandemic levels, tens of millions of Americans will travel to see family-and-friends” target=”_blank”>family and friends<(AAA) anticipates 4.2 million people will travel by air, 48.3 million will travel by car and 1 million will travel by bus, train or cruise, according to its updated travel …
Read More »Vietnam veteran recognized for his service 50 years later
military” target=”_blank”>A Vietnam War< earlier this month. John Spencer Jr., now 73, was seen dabbing his eyes with a napkin during a Purple Heart Ceremony at the University of North Carolina School of Law. It was a big moment for the veteran who was finally being awarded a Purple Heart, the …
Read More »GOP lawmakers push bill expanding family leave, child tax credit to cover miscarriages, stillbirths
Top Republicans on the Hill will introduce legislation Thursday that seeks to advance protections for families dealing with the loss of an reproductive-health through miscarriage or stillbirth by utilizing the federal child tax credit. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, introduced the HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act …
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For a parent, there is no feeling like helplessness. Early on Jan. 21, 2020, I was reporting live from congress” target=”_blank”>Capitol Hill< Kyla spent weeks in the hospital and the seizures rarely abated. Doctors refer to this as “explosive onset” and it is terrifying. Neurologists piled on one medication after another in …
Read More »'Jeopardy!' host Ken Jennings apologizes for 'dad joke'
Ken Jennings is hosting “jeopardy” target=”_blank”>Jeopardy!< Jennings pressed for a more specific answer and Meyers said, “Electric eel?” which was incorrect. No one else buzzed for another shot to answer so Jennings jumped in and said, “As Dean Martin might’ve said, ‘That’s Amore,’” referring to a moray eel. The “Jeopardy!” …
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