Two Palestinians were killed Wednesday in separate violent confrontations with Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said, one during an Israeli military arrest raid in the territory’s north and another after stabbing and wounding an Israeli civilian at a southern settlement. Wednesday’s violence was the latest in a …
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Over 100 people missing from Mexican town where El Chapo’s son was captured in fierce firefight: reports
Residents of the Mexican town where cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, the son of notorious drug kingpin El Chapo, was arrested last week say that over 100 people have disappeared from the town since the arrest. Residents of the city of Jesus Maria in the Mexican state of Sinaloa protested outside …
Read More »Passengers stuck on Amtrak train for hours in rural South Carolina
Passengers were stuck on an Amtrak train traveling from the D.C. area to Florida for almost a full day longer than expected after its route was diverted in rural South Carolina due to the derailment of a freight train. For Michael McFadden and his family, what began as a fun …
Read More »Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience a harmful event, study finds
Nearly 1 in 4 patients who are admitted to a hospital in the United States will experience harm, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The stark findings underscore that, despite decades of effort, hospitals in the United States still have a long way …
Read More »Queen Letizia dazzles in all-green ensemble in Madrid
Letizia’s brunette locks were styled in loose waves down her back, and her make-up was the same as always – a little bronzer, lashings of black mascara, and lipgloss. Today was the Spanish Queen’s second time out in public in 2023. The first time was last Friday, January 6, when …
Read More »Legendary broadcaster ‘Mad Dog’ Russo rails against Georgia’s Stetson Bennett: ‘He’s not a kid’
Stetson Bennett joined elite company on Monday night when the Georgia Bulldogs won the national championship for the second straight season. Bennett became only the sixth starting quarterback in college football history to accomplish the back-to-back national titles feat. But, longtime radio broadcaster Chris “Mad Dog” Russo does not like …
Read More »Almost 16 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare plans in 2023
Nearly 16 million Americans have so far signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace, a 13% jump from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday. Enrollment for 2023 healthcare plans under the Affordable Care Act, also known …
Read More »2023 SAG Awards nominations: Jennifer Coolidge, Austin Butler and Brendan Fraser all up for awards
Award season is in full swing and the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations are next on the lineup. The Golden Globes were the first major award show of the season, taking place on Jan. 10. February will see the Grammys on Feb. 5 followed by the SAG Awards at the …
Read More »Jewish objects that were hidden in Poland during WWII discovered
The discovery in central Poland of hundreds of objects that were most likely hidden by their Jewish owners during World War II provided a rare and precious find, officials said Wednesday. Around 400 items, including silver-plated menorahs, hanukkiahs, tableware and daily use items were uncovered in the city of Lodz …
Read More »Twitter claims there’s ‘no evidence’ 200 million leaked usernames and email addresses came from an exploit of its systems
A database posted online claims to reveal more than 200 million associated Twitter usernames and email addresses. Now, several days after the initial reports, Twitter says the “dataset could not be correlated with the previously reported incident or any data originating from an exploitation of Twitter systems.” According to reports …
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