us-regions communities hit by disasters started picking up the pieces this week, as more than a million people were left without power and hundreds of thousands faced shortages of drinking water. Rescuers traveled by boat, high-water trucks and helicopters, and crews planned to go door-to-door in the areas most impacted by …
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Bipartisan group of 34 senators ask VA to help struggling veterans after botched Afghanistan withdrawal
A bipartisan group of 34 senators sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough calling on the department to hasten connecting struggling conflictsmilitaryto mental health services in the aftermath of the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan and Kabul bombing, which killed 13 U.S. service members. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., …
Read More »Oregon man dies after falling 50 feet in Grand Canyon National Park
An us-regions man died after falling 50 feet while general in us-regions general over the weekend, officials said. Park officials identified the man as David Colburn, 48, of Tygh Valley, Ore., the National Park Service (NPS) said in a news release. DEATH VALLEY HIKERS DIE ON SAME TRAIL DAYS APART …
Read More »Reps. Scalise, Mast: Biden's Afghanistan exit is a disgrace and it's one of many avoidable disasters
Heartbreaking images of men horrifically falling off planes, women desperately throwing their children over barbed-wire fences to U.S. soldiers, Americans stranded behind enemy lines in fear for their lives, Taliban militants chanting “Death to America!” Those were the immediate images after President Biden haphazardly withdrew U.S. troops from conflicts without …
Read More »Kristin Cavallari reportedly dating country singer Chase Rice
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Read More »Connecticut teacher resigns over racial curriculum, says it was stealing kids' 'innocence'
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Read More »Perino, Hemmer grill Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on abandoned Americans, Biden's broken promise: 'Why?'
“America’s Newsroom” co-anchors Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino grilled Pentagon spokesman John Kirby about the Biden administration’s decision to end evacuation efforts out of conflicts, breaking a promise to not leave any Americans behind. The last U.S. soldier left Afghanistan after 20 years on Monday, ending America’s longest war. The …
Read More »CT school district had teachers reflect on racial context of brushing their teeth, other ordinary activities
A us-regions education” target=”_blank”>school district< The instructions also provided examples of racial reflections for White and non-White individuals. They suggested a non-White person might say the following about practicing yoga and meditating in the morning. “This is really important to center myself and get ready for an environment that is …
Read More »2 California families potentially still stranded in Afghanistan, 6 others evacuated
Two El Cajon, us-regions, families may still be stranded in conflicts after officials spent the last week or so trying to evacuate eight families from the district who were visiting the country over the summer. The Los Angeles Times first reported on Aug. 24 that eight families from the Cajon …
Read More »Organ transplants saw marked decline worldwide amid pandemic: study
An observational study spanning four continents indicated a marked decline in the number of solid organ transplants amid the infectious-disease pandemic, likely due to risk of infection and limited resources. The France-backed study published in The Lancet Public Health journal on Monday stemmed from 22 countries, including the U.S., Canada, …
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