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Israel’s incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, finalized coalition deals on Wednesday, a day before he is set to return to power as leader of the most right-wing and religious government in the country’s history.The coalition deals, which were submitted to Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, on Wednesday, represent a roadmap for what Mr. Netanyahu’s government hopes to achieve over its four-year term and include expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and giving lawmakers greater control over the top court and the nation’s police force. The deals aren’t binding and prime ministers have in the past reneged on such agreements. Mr. Netanyahu, who spent

December 28, 2022

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Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in Sunday’s loss to the Packers, head coach Mike McDaniel confirmed Wednesday. The third-yard quarterback entered concussion protocol on Monday, and veteran backup Teddy Bridgewater will get the nod for this Sunday’s matchup against the Patriots. Tagovailoa suffered a frightening concussion against the Bengals on Sept. 29 and many suspected he suffered one four days earlier when he appeared wobbly after a hit against the Bills.“This is a human being. I’ll do what the medical experts advise me to do,” McDaniel said Wednesday of Tagovailoa. A slew of former players voiced concern for the 24-year-old after it was

December 28, 2022

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A man convicted of playing a key role in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison Wednesday, more than what was meted out to a co-defendant. Barry Croft Jr., 47, and co-defendant Adam Fox, 39, were convicted in August of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and to use a weapon of mass destruction to attack Whitmer, who drew the hatred of far-right groups for her efforts to curb the spread of Covid in 2020.Fox was sentenced to 192 months in prison on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker, setting the stage for Croft’s fate and sentence of 235 months.“I do think of Mr. Croft as the

December 28, 2022

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A new lawsuit says many plastic containers used in the US to hold food, cleaning supplies, personal care items and other consumer products are likely to be contaminated with toxic PFAS. It is now asking federal courts to halt their production.The suit references soon-to-be-published research that found PFAS (polyfluoroalkyl substances) from HDPE (high-density polyethylene) plastic containers leach at extremely high levels into ketchup, mayonnaise, olive oil and everyday products.Inhance, a Houston-based company named as a defendant, produces tens of millions of consumer containers that contain PFAS, the consumer advocacy groups behind the lawsuit say. The plaintiffs

December 28, 2022

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TikTok has been banned from any devices issued by the US House of Representatives, as political pressure continues to build on the Chinese-owned social video app. The order to delete the app was issued by Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer (CAO) of the House, whose office had warned in August that the app represented a “high risk to users”.According to a memo obtained by NBC News, all lawmakers and staffers with House-issued mobile phones have been ordered to remove TikTok by Szpindor.“House staff are NOT allowed to download the TikTok app on any House mobile devices,” NBC quoted the memo as saying. “If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device,

December 28, 2022

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Cyberattacks are getting deadlier — and hospitals on the frontline are straining under increasing attacks.As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world over the past three years, cybercriminals took advantage of the chaotic situation and repeatedly shut down hospitals’ networks at a time when they were least able to respond. That has meant curtailed emergency services, canceled operations, and more deaths.As cyber strikes take lives, it’s changing the calculation for how to respond to devastating hacks both at facilities inside the U.S. and in international conflicts like Ukraine. Cyberattacks have long been treated as a lower level of warfare than missile strikes, but as they hit hospitals

December 28, 2022

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Wall Street’s banking revenue has never fallen harder than it has this year. Bankers are hoping their bonuses can hang on a bit better. Fees from advising on deals, stock offerings, and bond sales are down more than 40% from this time last year, wiping out more than $50 billion in revenue, according to data from Dealogic. That is the biggest year-over-year dollar decline on record, worse even than in the financial crisis. In response, executives across firms including JPMorgan Chase JPM 0.35%increase; green up pointing triangle & Co., Bank of America Corp., BAC 0.18%increase; green up pointing triangle Citigroup Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. planning to cut bonus pools by

December 28, 2022

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A new short-term rental registration law put forth by the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams could remove thousands of Airbnb listings from the market next month. The San Francisco-based company, which connects customers to short-term housing accommodations across the globe, is no stranger to conflict with New York City, one of its largest markets in the United States. Previously, the company sparred with the former mayor, Bill de Blasio, over listing regulations for short-term rentals. In July, the Adams administration filed a lawsuit to shut down an illegal short-term rental operation in Manhattan. Earlier this month, officials held a public debate

December 28, 2022

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President Biden left the White House Tuesday night for a tropical vacation in St. Croix to ring in the New Year — as much of the country deals with extreme cold and snowfall that has killed at least 65 people and canceled 10,000 flights since Christmas Eve. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief will bask in the Caribbean sun near an in-ground pool at a three-bedroom beachfront villa with sweeping views of the largest of the US Virgin Islands. Meanwhile, travel chaos, widespread power outages, and rising deaths caused by single-digit weather continue across the Midwest and East Coast, but especially in Western New York, where at least 32 people died in Buffalo’s Erie County

December 28, 2022

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Pope Francis asked for prayers for former pope Benedict on Wednesday, saying he is “very sick”. Francis made the surprise appeal at the end of his general audience, giving no details. Benedict, 95, 2013 became the first pope in some 600 years to resign. He has been living in the Vatican since then. “I would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who, in silence, is sustaining the Church. Let us remember him. He is very sick, asking the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end,” Francis said, speaking in Italian.There was no immediate comment from the Vatican on the state of Benedict’s health,

December 28, 2022

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Democratic lawmakers are calling for Rep.-elect George Santos to resign from the House seat he won in November after the Long Island Republican admitted to “résumé embellishment” — dialing up the pressure on GOP leadership to respond.“GOP Congressman-elect George Santos, who has now admitted his whopping lies, should resign,” tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), urging Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to call a vote to expel Santos if he does not quit.Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) said that if Santos takes his new seat, it would set a precedent encouraging others to seek public office by falsifying their credentials, while Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) accused Santos of

December 28, 2022

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Emergency departments are overflowing, with patients sleeping in hallways until they can be evaluated or taken to a hospital room. In at least one hospital, half of the doctors and nurses were absent because they had tested positive for covid.These and other alarming scenes in China’s medical facilities have been captured in videos and photographs posted to social media during the past two weeks. They offer a glimpse of the toll a huge coronavirus wave is wreaking — and undercut Beijing’s claim that the government is in control.The full extent of the outbreak is unclear. The government’s sudden easing of coronavirus restrictions in early December came as infections were

December 28, 2022

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A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor was assigned on Tuesday to the Sam Bankman-Fried cryptocurrency case. The case was relegated to Judge Lewis A Kaplan after the judge originally assigned recused herself because her husband worked for a law firm that did work related to FTX, Bankman-Fried’s collapsed crypto exchange. Kaplan is now presiding over a civil case brought by the former Elle magazine advice columnist E Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. Carroll says Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan luxury department store in 1995 or 1996. Trump denies the accusation. A trial is set for April.

December 28, 2022

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Jamaican-American reggae artist Joseph Mersa Marley is dead at the age of 31. The musician was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the United States on Tuesday, according to the streaming service TIDAL. The initial announcement did not specify a location. The artist – who went by his stage name Jo Mersa – had reportedly suffered from asthma his entire life, and the Florida radio station WZPP claimed he died of an asthma attack. He is the grandson of iconic reggae musician Bob Marley and the son of Stephen Marley. Bob tragically died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36 and is widely considered one of the pioneers of reggae music. The late star had 11 children withseven different

December 28, 2022

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The Supreme Court ruled by a 5-4 vote to keep Title 42 in place just hours ahead of its planned midnight Wednesday end. The Covid-era public health policy that allows border agents to immediately expel migrants will now remain in place until legal battles involving its end play out in court. Agents will now be able to use the policy to expel border crossers for at least the next several months, amid an expected onslaught of migrants who were expected to rush the U.S.-Mexico border after Title 42 was lifted. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the more liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson to vote against keeping it in place. The high court agreed to

December 27, 2022

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Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt announced his retirement on Twitter Tuesday morning. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year revealed the news in a post featuring a photograph of himself with his wife, soccer player Kealia Ohai, and their new-born son, Koa, following Monday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Arizona.’ Koa’s first ever NFL game,’ Watt posted Tuesday. ‘My last ever NFL home game. My heart is filled with nothing but love and gratitude. It’s been an absolute honor and a pleasure.’The 4-11 Cardinals have two more games left this season, both of which are on the road: Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons and their season finale against the

December 27, 2022

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The FDA is studying whether legal cannabis is safe in food or supplements and plans to make recommendations for how to regulate the growing number of cannabis-derived products in the coming months, agency officials said.“Given what we know about the safety of CBD so far, it raises concerns for FDA about whether these existing regulatory pathways for food and dietary supplements are appropriate for this substance,” said FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Janet Woodcock, who has led the agency’s efforts looking at cannabis regulation. Patrick Cournoyer, who heads the FDA officedeveloping the agency’s cannabis strategy, said the agency

December 27, 2022

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The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat and blow up a bridge to ease an escape. Adam Fox returned to federal court four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were accused of being at the helm of a wild plot to whip up anti-government extremists just before the 2020 presidential election. Their arrest, as well as the capture of 12 others, was a stunning coda to a tumultuous year of racial strife and political turmoil in the U.S.The government had pushed for a life sentence, saying Croft

December 27, 2022

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Indian police are investigating the sudden deaths at a luxury hotel of a wealthy Russian politician who reportedly criticized the Ukraine war and his traveling companion. The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was found on Saturday in a pool of blood outside his lodgings in eastern Odisha state, where he was on holiday with three other Russian nationals. His death came two days after another member of the travel party, Vladimir Bidenov, was found unconscious after an apparent heart attack at the same hotel and could not be revived. Police said on Tuesday they were reviewing CCTV footage, questioning hotel staff, and were waiting on detailed autopsy reports, but so far there was no sign of

December 27, 2022

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Colombian drug trafficker Ignacio Álvarez Meyendorff spent Christmas at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires. Immigration officers detained him on Friday, December 23, after verifying that there is a “permanent ban on re-entry into Argentinean territory” against him since June 2021. Álvarez Meyendorff, 62, had traveled from Bogotá, Colombia, to reunite with his family. In 2011, Argentina extradited Meyendorff to the United States, where he was tried on drug trafficking charges. He had been living as a millionaire in Buenos Aires since 2004 until he was caught trying to send 253 kilos of cocaine to Europe concealed inside period furniture. In 2013 the US courts

December 27, 2022

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The anti-corruption unit of Peru’s attorney general’s office detained six generals Monday amid an investigation into allegations the government of ousted former President Pedro Castillo illegally promoted police and military officers. Police also seized “documents and devices” during a raid of the home of Castillo’s former Defense Minister Walter Ayala, the anti-corruption unit said. Castillo, who was arrested earlier this month after lawmakers voted him out of office for attempting to illegally dissolve Congress, is being investigated for influence peddling. He faces six separate charges of corruption, all of which he has denied.” Through these

December 27, 2022

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Southwest Airlines canceled more than 70% of its flights on Monday and warned mass disruptions will continue this week, drawing concern from the U.S. Department of Transportation, as other airlines recovered from severe winter weather.As of Monday night, Southwest had already scrubbed 60% of its flights for the next day.Southwest said it would operate just one-third of its schedule “for the next several days,” in an effort to recover its operation, the airline said Monday.Airlines have canceled more than 17,000 U.S. flights since Wednesday, according to FlightAware, as storms brought snow, ice, high winds, and bitter cold around the country, derailing air travel from coast to

December 27, 2022

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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm’s satellite internet service, in Iran, three months after he tweeted he would activate the service there amid protests around the Islamic country. Musk said, “approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran”, in a tweet on Monday. The billionaire had said in September that he would activate Starlink in Iran as part of a U.S.-backed effort “to advance internet freedom and the free flow of information” to Iranians. The satellite-based broadband service could help Iranians circumvent the government’s restrictions on accessing the internet and certain social media

December 27, 2022

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China will relax its infamously strict coronavirus restrictions for entry into the country starting Jan. 8, according to a lengthy list of new policies issued Monday by its National Health Commission. It is the most significant move so far to reopen borders that have been all but closed for nearly three years. Arrivals into China with negative nucleic acid tests will be able to “enter society,” in a drastic change to the current practice, which sees all entrants at airports — foreign visitors and Chinese citizens alike — tested by hazmat-clad workers and ushered onto buses headed for quarantine hotels, where they stay for several days in isolation. Arrivals who continue to test negative will not

December 27, 2022

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Taiwan will extend compulsory military service to one year from four months starting in 2024 due to the rising threat the democratically governed island faces from its giant neighbor China, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday. The move, which had been well-flagged ahead of time, comes as China ramps up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan to assert its sovereignty claims, including almost daily Chinese air force missions near the island over the past three years. Tsai, speaking after a national security council meeting of senior security officials, said Taiwan wanted peace but needed to be able to defend itself.“As long as Taiwan is strong enough, it will

December 27, 2022

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Kim Kardashian broke down into tears as she discussed what it has been like co-parenting with her ex-husband Kanye West during an emotional interview. The reality star, 42, appeared on the Angie Martinez IRL Podcast on Monday where she was overcome as she talked about sharing four children with the rapper, 45. Kim explained that she has tried to shield her kids from ‘all of the crazy s***’ that comes with Kanye’s public outbursts, but insisted if they question her about it in the future she will be ‘prepared’ to answer. The mother of four teared up as she discussed their public divorce and compared the lives of her children to hers being raised by late attorney Robert Kardashian.

December 27, 2022

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Robert Griffin III has called for Tua Tagovailoa to sit out the rest of the season after being placed in concussion protocol once again in a passionate speech on ESPN. The Miami Dolphins quarterback, 24, is under the protocol for the second time this season but has had three worrying head injuries in the 2022 campaign, with the first one against the Buffalo Bills seemingly missed by officials. Fans thought Tagovailoa might have gotten concussed from being taken down on a play shortly before halftime in the Dolphin’s defeat by the Packers on Christmas Day. Tagovailoa played the rest of the game but uncharacteristically threw three interceptions in the fourth quarter. ‘Our game

December 27, 2022

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Ending a weeklong silence, Representative-elect George Santos admitted on Monday to a sizable list of falsehoods about his professional background, educational history, and property ownership. But he said he was determined to take the oath of office on Jan. 3 and join the House majority. Mr. Santos, a New York Republican who was elected in November to represent parts of northern Long Island and northeast Queens, confirmed some of the key findings of a New York Times investigation into his background, but sought to minimize the misrepresentations.“My sins here are embellishing my résumé,” Mr. Santos told The New York Post in one of several interviews he gave on Monday. Mr.

December 27, 2022

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Ukraine is aiming to hold a peace summit by the end of February, the Ukrainian foreign minister said. Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine will do whatever it can to win the war in 2023 – adding diplomacy always plays an important role. He suggested that a possible peace summit would take place at the United Nations with secretary-general Antonio Guterres as the mediator of the talks. The potential peace summit would take place a year after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February 2022. Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview with the Associated Press after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the US last week, said that he was ‘absolutely satisfied’ by the trip and the

December 26, 2022

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At least 25 people have died in this weekend’s catastrophic snowstorm, officials announced Monday, marking this blizzard as Western New York’s deadliest in at least 50 years. Roads remain impassable and more than 12,000 people are still without power as the unrelenting storm is forecast to drop as much as a foot of additional snow, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said during a Monday morning news conference. Rescuers are struggling to free people trapped in their cars, while people stuck in shelters and nursing homes are running out of food.“This is the worst storm probably in our lifetime and maybe in the history of the city,” Poloncarz said. “And this is not

December 26, 2022

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An endangered Cuban crocodile fatally electrocuted himself at The National Zoo in DC after the aggressive beast attacked an outlet that sat a few feet off the ground in its enclosure. The 10-year-old crocodile – that was hatched in 2012 – was a long-term resident of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), and was part of their breeding program for the species. The bizarre ordeal happened earlier this month when a staffer at the Reptile Discovery center discovered the deceased crocodile lying in its enclosure. Staff members concluded that the crocodile was attracted to a replacement electrical outlet and attacked the electric infrastructure in the habitat,

December 26, 2022

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A third case of a defendant who was arrested by an elections police unit created by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has been thrown out. Terry Hubbard, 63, was among 20 people arrested last August on criminal charges of illegal voting in 2020 in what was the first major action taken by the Republican’s controversial new Office of Election Crimes and Security.A judge in Broward County this week tossed out the case on the grounds that the Office of Statewide Prosecution does not have jurisdiction to prosecute since it can only prosecute crimes that occurred in two or more counties. Two other cases were dismissed on similar grounds.

December 26, 2022

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A celebrity-backed woke bail fund has shuttered after being sued for freeing a serial criminal who tried to murder an Asian waiter just six days later.The Bail Project- whose backers include Richard Branson, Danny Glover, and John Legend – announced it was disbanding its Las Vegas chapter earlier this month over the case of Rashawn Gaston-Anderson, 24. He was arrested in November 2021 for burglary and theft but was released by The Bail Project after they paid his $3,000 bail. Less than one week after he was released, Gaston-Anderson went into a restaurant and opened fire on an Asian waiter named Chengyan Wang, shooting him 11 times and almost killing him.Wang survived and is

December 26, 2022

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Cuba said on Saturday the United States had granted permission for some of its top ballplayers to participate in the World Baseball Classic on the national team. Juan Reinaldo Perez Pardo, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, said in a statement that organizers of the event scheduled for March had received a license allowing Cubans currently playing in the Major Leagues or residing in the United States to join the Cuban team. Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio told Reuters earlier this month the United States was blocking some of Cuba’s top players from participating in the Classic. Cuba has asked several players who in

December 26, 2022

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The son of a renowned American painter was convicted Friday of four counts of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Vincent Gillespie, 61, of Athol, Massachusetts, was found guilty of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; civil disorder; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, prosecutors said. Sentencing is scheduled for March 17. Investigators said Gillespie pushed, yelled at, and fought with police, maneuvering to a line of officers defending the Lower West Terrace’s exterior door. At one point, Gillespie took control of a police shield and used it to ram officers,

December 26, 2022

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Kathy Whitworth, who won more than anyone on the LPGA or PGA tours, died Saturday. She was 83 years old.”It is with a heart full of love that we let everyone know of the passing of the winningest golf professional ever, Kathy Whitworth,” Bettye Odle, Whitworth’s long-time partner, said in a release provided by the LPGA. “Kathy passed suddenly Saturday night celebrating Christmas Eve with family and friends. Kathy left this world the way she lived her life, loving, laughing, and creating memories.”Whitworth won 88 times on the LPGA Tour, six more than fellow Hall of Fame member Mickey Wright. It’s also six more than Sam Snead and Tiger Woods have won on the PGA Tour a

December 26, 2022

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Wildlife officials in Florida are relaunching a program to feed manatees in a coastal area where many congregate in the winter, part of efforts to address the aquatic mammals’ chronic malnutrition caused by the disappearance of seagrasses they feed on. Manatee deaths remain at high levels, with 774 so far this year, according to state data. That figure puts deaths this year on track to be down from 2021’s record total of 1,101, but it is still higher than the average for the same period over the past five years. Causes of death include starvation, watercraft collisions, and cold stress. Florida’s manatee population was estimated at 5,733 in 2019, the last year in which the

December 26, 2022

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Election denying protesters camping outside Brazilian army bases have become “incubators of terrorism,” Brazil’s incoming justice minister said Sunday, a day after police detonated an explosive device and arrested a suspect, they accused of links to the Brasilia camp.” Yesterday’s serious events in Brasilia prove that the so-called “patriotic” camps have become incubators for terrorists,” tweeted Flavio Dino. “There will be no amnesty for terrorists, their supporters and financiers.”Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro have been camped outside army bases in Brazil for weeks, urging the military to overturn the victory of leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who takes office

December 26, 2022

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his four young children as a blizzard raged outside, Zila Santiago frantically called 911, the National Guard, and friends for help, but none came. The emergency responders, too, were mired in snowdrifts, even as they attempted rescues.For 11 long, dark hours over Christmas Eve, Mr. Santiago and his family sat in their minivan after getting stuck in a snowbank at Alabama and Fulton Streets in Buffalo. Although the county had put a driving ban in place, Mr. Santiago, a single father, was on the road because he said he couldn’t afford to leave his children overnight with their babysitter. “I was basically just hopeless,” he said. He burned gas to keep the children inside his Kia

December 26, 2022

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A terminally-ill Kansas man’s hospital room was raided by cops because he used a weed vape and THC paste to ease the symptoms of cancer that will kill him within weeks. Greg Bertz, 69, was targeted by police in Hays Medical Center on December 23. He was after officers found marijuana products within his room, and ordered to appear in court on January 2 – despite being so sick he cannot get out of bed or even move. Kansas is one of only three US states where medical marijuana is still illegal. Bertz told the Kansas City Star his doctor had told him to use whatever was necessary to relieve his pain, including products containing THC – the active ingredient in cannabis. But another

December 26, 2022

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In Buffalo, one of the snowiest cities in the country, residents pride themselves on weathering extreme winter conditions. But the city and region were left reeling from a fierce and sprawling storm that pummeled parts of the country last week and devastated Western New York, where hundreds were stranded in their cars and stuck in homes encased in six-foot drifts on Saturday.At least three people died in Erie County, two of them because emergency responders could not get there fast enough; whiteout conditions left roads so choked with snow that sometimes even snowplows could not clear them.“This may turn out to be the worst storm in our community’s history,

December 25, 2022

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El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said on Saturday. The operation was part of the country’s controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs. The government deployed 1,000 soldiers and about 130 police officers who have been participating since dawn in an operation in the impoverished Tutunichapa community, President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter. Security forces arrested 23 suspected criminals in the community in El Salvador’s capital, well known for drug dealing and which faced a similar military intervention in October 2020. The government said in a statement later Saturday it had found

December 25, 2022

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Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those “ravenous” for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty, and greedy consumerism. In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis presided over the evening Mass attended by about 7,000 faithful, including tourists and pilgrims, who flocked to the church on a warm evening and took their place behind rows of white-robed pontiffs. Francis drew lessons from the humility of Jesus’ first hours of life in a manger.” While animals feed in their stalls, men and women in our world, in their hunger for wealth and power, consume even their neighbors, their

December 25, 2022

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has not been seen for days amid a historic storm battering the region, was spotted attending Christmas midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Saturday night. When probed by The Post on where he had been for the past couple of days, Hizzoner quipped he’d been “getting some rest and hiding from The Post.”But just days earlier on Tuesday night, Adams — who’s known for his late-night lifestyle — made sure to drop by and party at the New York Post’s Christmas bash in Chelsea.He then went MIA Thursday, prompting a New York nonprofit to circulate “missing” posters Saturday — after the deadly Winter Storm Elliott

December 25, 2022

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As extreme winter weather chilled much of the United States during the holiday weekend, Duke Energy announced Saturday that it was imposing rolling power outages in the Carolinas on Christmas Eve because of increased strain on the energy grid. Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress said they, like other utility companies nationwide dealing with the Arctic blast, were asking customers to conserve usage and expect “load-shedding steps that include interruptions in service.”Nearly 340,000 Duke Energy customers were without power at noon Eastern time, according to the utility’s outage map, including more than 140,000 in the Charlotte area. The number of homes

December 25, 2022

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Dax Tejera, the executive producer of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” died suddenly Friday at the age of 37.ABC News President Kim Goodwin announced “with a heavy heart and great sadness” that Tejera died of a heart attack on Friday night, according to a memo she sent to company staff obtained by Mediaite.He is survived by his wife Veronica and their two young daughters. Goodwin said in the memo she would be sharing more information in the coming days. Tejera joined ABC News in 2017 as a senior producer before being promoted to the executive producer of Stephanopoulos’ show in February 2020, his Linkedin profile states. He

December 25, 2022

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Three busloads of shivering migrants were dumped in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington D.C. residence on a frigid Christmas Eve, according to multiple reports. The buses, believed to be from Texas, dropped the asylum seekers off in 18-degree weather in front of the Naval Observatory, where Harris lives, late Saturday, according to 7News and CNN. The outlets said the migrants were seen wearing only T-shirts or light sweatshirts in the freezing temperatures. They were given blankets and put on another bus bound for a local church. Video shared by 7 News DC reporter Christian Flores showed the third bus of migrants draped in blankets being helped by the

December 25, 2022

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King Charles’ first-ever Christmas speech is being kept under wraps until it airs at 10 a.m. EST on Christmas Day. But Charles is expected to touch on his mother the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, her funeral, the Ukraine war, and Harry and Meghan. The speech was pre-recorded by King Charles, 74, on Dec. 13. In a departure from tradition, Charles filmed the address from The Quire of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, standing to do so, the Sun reported. Charles was crowned King after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September. Elizabeth was on the throne for 70 years. She filmed her final Christmas speech at Windsor Castle last year.The chapel where Charles filmed his

December 25, 2022

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A state judge on Saturday rejected Kari Lake’s last-ditch effort to overturn her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race, dismissing for lack of evidence her last two claims of misconduct by Maricopa County election officials.The ruling, after a two-day trial in Phoenix that ended Thursday, follows more than six weeks of claims by Ms. Lake, a Republican, that she was robbed of victory last month — assertions that echoed the false contention that was at the heart of her campaign: that an even larger theft had stolen the 2020 presidential election from Donald J. Trump. Ms. Lake and her supporters conjured up what they called a deliberate effort by election officials in Maricopa

December 24, 2022

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Have you seen this mayor? A New York nonprofit has skewered hizzoner for being absent from the five boroughs during a historic winter storm. New York Communities for Change posted a tongue-in-cheek missing poster in response to a city tweet earlier this week showing city leaders — sans Adams — briefing the press about the weather.“Have you seen this man? Retweet to help us find our city’s Mayor! WheresEric #MissingMayor,” the nonprofit wrote above a “Missing Mayor” flyer which also included Adams’ height, age, and weight.“LAST SEEN: Thursday, December 22nd leaving his city in the midst of a natural disaster,” the poster continued.On Saturday Adams was

December 24, 2022

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“Correa-mas” may be on hold. After his deal with the Giants fell apart earlier this week because of a discrepancy in his medical evaluation, Carlos Correa’s physical with the Mets has now raised concerns as well, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed on Saturday. The Athletic first reported the news. The issue is reportedly Correa’s lower right leg, which he had surgery on in 2014 to repair a fractured fibula. The Mets and Correa’s camp are now trying to work through the concern. Correa, 28, was in New York on Thursday and Friday to undergo his physical with the Mets after agreeing to a 12-year, $315 million deal, and his agent, Scott Boras, voiced confidence that the deal would become

December 24, 2022

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A U.S. judge dealt a blow Friday to Alex Saab Moran, a Colombia-born businessman accused in a corruption scheme involving Venezuela’s ruling Socialists, by rejecting his assertion of diplomatic immunity. The judge formally denied a motion filed by lawyers representing Saab Moran, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to dismiss his criminal indictment on the basis of his claim he was protected from prosecution as a Venezuelan diplomat, according to a court filing. Saab Moran is being held in a Miami jail awaiting trial on charges of money laundering in the case. His lawyers argue Saab Moran was on a diplomatic mission for the

December 24, 2022

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Covid-19’s rapid spread in China has prompted reports of crowded hospitals and inundated crematoria. It could also help answer whether Omicron is truly a milder version of the virus.Iterations of the Omicron variant are spreading rapidly in China after officials relaxed zero-Covid controls in place for most of the pandemic. Pharmacies say they are out of fever medications and hospitals are strained, employees have said. Chinese officials have reported a modest rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths, but some public-health experts and relatives of the deceased suspect a higher toll.Chinese officials have told citizens that Omicron is significantly less deadly than previous

December 24, 2022

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A judge has ordered Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 26-year-old woman who claims the billionaire is her biological father. A Texas judge issued the order for genetic testing Thursday in a paternity case brought by Alexandra Davis, who previously alleged in a separate lawsuit she was conceived from a relationship Jones had with her mother in the mid-1990s. Attorneys for Jones did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday but said in court filings that they intend to appeal the decision. One of Davis’ lawyers, Andrew Bergman, confirmed the decision but did not immediately offer any other comment. In

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