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Brynnleigh's latest mission, should she choose to accept it, is to travel back to 1933 in Germany to erase a certain stain on humanity. Will she succeed in her mission, or will she discover unexpected alliances?

HULK Hogan, the wrestling icon and WWE Hall of Famer, has died at age 71 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home. Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, died just a month after rumors swirled about his ailing health, including that he was on his "deathbed." (Lots of pics, including with Trump.) Hogan's wife, Sky, had recently quashed rumors that the wrestling legend's health was failing, saying his heart was "strong" and he was recovering from a neck procedure that had been performed in May. Jimmy Hart, Hogan's former longtime manager, updated fans on The Hulkster's health on Tuesday, saying...

California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the state’s largest abortion company, have lost $300 million in federal funding following the new federal law that defunds America’s biggest abortion business. The congressional reconciliation bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month, prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for nonprofit health clinics that kill babies and receive more than $800,000 in federal funding annually, effectively cutting off federal support for California’s 114 Planned Parenthood clinics. Although the law is temporarily on hold because of a liberal judge in Massachusetts, the California Planned Parenthood affiliate will lose funding because it...

The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing yet another center — the 19th center this year. Planned Parenthood’s Evansville, Indiana center, a facility long targeted by pro-life advocates, will permanently close its doors to in-person appointments on Sept. 4. The decision marks a significant victory for the pro-life movement in Southwest Indiana. The closure, announced by Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK), comes amid what the abortion organization describes as mounting financial and political pressures. The decision to shutter the clinic at 125 N. Weinbach Ave. follows years of advocacy from groups like Right to Life of...

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A new clinical trial demonstrates that dietary changes significantly reduce persistent post-traumatic headaches (pPTH), a common and debilitating consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Researchers found that increasing omega-3 fatty acids (commonly found in fatty fish like salmon and tuna) while reducing omega-6 fatty acids (abundant in seed oils such as corn, sunflower, and cottonseed oils) led to fewer and less severe headaches. The randomized trial involved 122 military health care beneficiaries suffering from chronic headaches following TBI. In addition to their current headache treatments, patients were asked to adhere to one of two diets for 12 weeks: a control...

A former CVS worker who fatally stabbed a shoplifter inside a Midtown store burst into tears after a Manhattan jury acquitted him of a manslaughter charge Thursday – then tore into the prosecutors who brought the case. A sobbing Scotty Enoe, 48, mouthed “thank you” to jurors after they took just 20 minutes to find him not guilty in the July 2023 death of Charles Brito. ... The jury convicted the Grenada-born cooler stocker of a lower weapons count for possessing a set of brass knuckles on the night of the fatal stabbing, but he’s not expected to face any...

Aze.Media reports that a team of researchers from several Azerbaijani institutions unearthed a remarkable [3,800]-year-old tomb belonging to a high-status Bronze Age warrior. The archaeologists were investigating an area of Keshikchidagh State Historical and Cultural Reserve when they located the kurgan, or burial mound, which measured 90 feet in diameter and stood 6 feet high. When the archaeologists began excavating this feature, they revealed a large central interior chamber that was covered with 14 large stone blocks, each weighing approximately one ton. The tomb within this passage was divided into three sections: one containing the body and personal equipment, another...

Former Kentucky country clerk Kim Davis seeking US Supreme Court review...damages and attorney fees to two gay men... Starlink service down for around two and a half hours... The US Justice Department acting to keep President Trump's pick... The US Department of Justice suing the City of New York... France will recognize a Palestinian state... US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Meets Ghislaine Maxwell...Questioning Continues Tomorrow...Maxwell Seeking Pardon From Trump... At least six killed and more than 150 injured following explosions at an ammunition dump in northwestern Syria... "When you build something that requires a HIGH water demand, it will...

Patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AF) at the time of mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) for severe mitral regurgitation are more than twice as likely to die or be rehospitalized for heart failure, compared to patients without AF. These are the findings from a study that suggest that AF may have to be treated more aggressively before patients undergo this type of transcatheter procedure in order to improve outcomes. Mitral regurgitation develops when the mitral valve, which controls the flow of blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle, becomes distorted from the enlarged left ventricle so...

A man who has been arrested multiple times for sniffing women’s rear ends while in public was arrested again this week for the same crime

@KelleyAshbyPaul Going down memory lane putting photos together for Ron’s 90th birthday party video! Here he is being sworn in by Newt Gingrich in 1997- when he returned to Congress after leaving to practice medicine for ten years.

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS's most vulnerable patients. Researchers have piloted a music therapy approach called MELODIC, across two NHS dementia wards. More alternatives to psychotropic medication are needed to support dementia patients who experience severe distress. The pilot study involved a music therapist being embedded on hospital wards, the delivery of clinical music sessions and the implementation of musical care plans for each patient, and results from the research have been published. Music therapy, delivered by trained therapists, can include singing, playing or listening...

Chronic inflammation, already tied to heart disease and cancer, may also worsen the emotional toll of poor sleep. A new study found that older adults with insomnia who experience inflammatory exposure face triple the risk of developing depressive symptoms compared to sound sleepers. As humans age, we experience an increasing risk of chronic inflammation as our cells and immune system break down. Inflammation and insomnia have each been linked to depression risk, whether causally or biologically, but no study to date has examined whether older adults with insomnia are more vulnerable to depressive symptoms when experiencing elevated inflammation. The randomized...

Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)—29% and 85%, respectively—finds a large medical records study. These risks were more than twice as high in those normally considered too young to develop either condition—18–64-year-olds—the findings indicate. Gabapentin has become increasingly popular for the treatment of chronic pain, especially neuropathic pain, as it offers potentially neuroprotective benefits. The researchers drew on real-time data from TriNetX, which contains electronic health records from 68 health care organizations across the U.S. They scrutinized the anonymized...

The conservative legal group, Article III Project, is filing a judicial complaint against a federal judiciary panel of mostly Democrat-appointed judges after they decided not to extend Alina Habba’s term as President Trump’s interim New Jersey US attorney. “House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries corruptly gave 17 New Jersey U.S. district judges their marching orders: ‘Fire New Jersey U.S. Attorney @AlinaHabba,’ “wrote Article III Project president Mike Davis on X following the panel’s decision. “And these New Jersey activist judges—15 of whom were appointed by Obama and Biden—saluted,” Davis continued. “This violated Canons 2, 3, and 5 of the Code of...

As reported earlier, Joe Biden’s White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday about Biden’s health decline. According to reports, unlike other Biden officials whom the Oversight Committee deposed, Ron Klain cooperated with Congressional investigators and did not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights. Klain was talking a lot and answering all of the questions during his deposition. GOP Rep. Andy Biggs said to reporters: “In my opinion, he’s not trying to avoid answering the questions.” WATCH: BREAKING: Biden's WH Chief of Staff Ron Klain has so far been "cooperative" in his testimony in...

The number of births in America in 2024 increased from 2023, but the fertility rate declined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on July 24.Births rose 1 percent from 2023 to 2024, the CDC said in a brief. The number of births in 2024 was 3.62 million.That’s down from 3.9 million in 2010 and 16 percent lower than the peak of 4.3 million in 2007. It’s about the same as most recent years, although just 3.59 million were logged in 2023.The fertility rate among females aged 15 to 44, on the other hand, declined by 1 percent in...

India's Modi Has The Highest Approval Rating Among World Leaders, France's Macron The LowestPublic opinion of national leaders can offer insight into the political pulse of a country.Every month, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu will be visualizing global polling data tracking how citizens perceive their heads of government.In this month’s edition, we compare world leader approval ratings for 24 countries as of July 2025.Data & DiscussionThe data for this visualization comes from Morning Consult. It tracks world leader approval ratings based on public polling data across respective countries.Ratings were collected from July 4-10, 2025, and reflect a trailing seven-day simple moving...