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Police reports state he ordered three alcoholic beverages from a flight attendant, and then brushed an empty cup against the attendant’s backside. He then allegedly spilled a new drink on his shirt and went to the bathroom, coming out shirtless. The attendant told him to put on a shirt and helped him get a new shirt out of his carry-on. Reports state the man continued to walk around the plane and then groped the breasts of a second flight attendant. He then allegedly put his arms around the two attendants and groped their breasts, reports state. A third flight attendant...

With the Atlantic hurricane season upon us, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting that 2021 will be an above-normal hurricane season. It seems each year climatic hazards — most acutely hurricanes here in the United States — are becoming more intense and more destructive. Yet, our systemic responses to such hazards have evolved little. The federal government traditionally funds programs pre-disaster to mitigate the effects of hazards and post-disaster to assist communities to recover and rebuild. While funding vehicles may operate under different names and emphasize resilience more today than a decade ago, little attention is paid beyond...

Joe Biden will address the report released by New York’s attorney general, Tish James, regarding the sexual harassment her office says New York Gov Andrew Cuomo committed against nearly a dozen women including both current and former employees. The national address was previously announced on Monday as focused on the Covid-19 outbreak.

The home-improvement chain is unveiling power tools that won't work unless they're properly scanned and activated at the register via Bluetooth technology. If a thief managed to smuggle a power drill out of the store without paying, the drill simply wouldn't turn on. Scott Glenn, Home Depot's vice president of asset protection, told Insider about the company's fight against organized retail crime. He made a point to distinguish between "professional shoplifters" and disorganized solo thieves. The pros, he said, frequently are connected to a larger network that can, in some cases, function as a sophisticated "shadow business."

The seeds of the plant, Nigella sativa, have been used for centuries as a traditional remedy for multiple medical conditions, including inflammation and infections. Now, an Australian-first research review article has found it could be used to treat COVID-19. "There is growing evidence from modeling studies that thymoquinone, an active ingredient of Nigella sativa, more commonly known as the fennel flower, can stick to the COVID- 19 virus spike protein and stop the virus from causing a lung infection. "It may also block the 'cytokine' storm that affects seriously ill patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19," said Professor Kaneez Fatima...

America’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock won gold at Tokyo in wrestling: “I love representing the US. I freakin love living there. I love it and I’m so happy I get to represent U.S.A!”

President Biden is preparing to give public remarks on a devastating report that found Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. Psaki said that she personally found claims against the New York governor — a longtime close Biden ally — to be “abhorrent,” but that Biden will offer his own views around 4 p.m. at a previously scheduled speech on COVID-19. “The president just said that he’s going to speak to this later this afternoon and share his views, so I’m not going to get ahead of his comments,” Psaki said...

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s office slammed the Biden administration Monday after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made false claims about DeSantis’s handling of the pandemic in Florida.... “Government mandates do not work to stop COVID-19,” [DeSantis spokesperson] Pushaw added. “The empirical evidence supports his position on this.” Pushaw highlighted the following examples:

The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security will host a fireside chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Moderated by J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, the discussion will examine the administration’s signature initiative, The Antiviral Program for Pandemics, which dedicates $3.2 billion to speed development of antivirals for COVID-19 and other viruses with the potential to become pandemics. Expanding the repertoire of widely available, effective drug therapies for COVID-19 is critical for minimizing the...

For the first time in American history, a federal judge last week authorized the government to admit as evidence in a criminal case in a public courtroom words uttered by the defendant that were obtained under torture. The fruits of torture -- which is any cruel or degrading or intentionally painful or disorienting behavior visited upon a person in captivity to induce compliance or to gratify the torturer -- are not permitted in any court in the United States, and their inducement is criminal. Here is the backstory. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a low-level former member of the Taliban, is accused...

The entire Democratic congressional delegation of New York has called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to resign after an independent investigation by the state attorney general's office found he had sexually harassed multiple women. House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) and Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) issued a statement Tuesday, saying “the time is right” for Cuomo to resign after an investigation found that he sexually harassed multiple women. “The office of Attorney General Tish James conducted a complete, thorough and professional investigation of the disturbing allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo,” Jeffries, Meeks and Suozzi said.

Detroit — After a video was published Sunday depicting a police officer punching a man in the face in Greektown, Detroit police are reviewing the footage and Internal Affairs is investigating. The video posted Sunday on Reddit, titled "Detroit pigs handing out the brain damage," appears to show a Detroit Police Department special response team officer winding up and punching a man in the face, who then appears dazed as he tries to sit up.

[Catholic Caucus] Deputy Rector of US Seminary in Rome Steps Down Amid Accusations Of HomosexualityFather Adam Park, the Vice Rector of the Pontifical North American College (NAC), the US seminary in Rome, is stepping down.His resignation comes after multiple allegations of homosexual harassment and misconduct toward seminarians under his authority.Park was ordained a priest for Washington Archdiocese by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and later served as the secretary to disgraced Cardinal Donald Wuerl.He relinquished his post after Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, another highly-placed U.S. cleric who served at the NAC, resigned as General Secretary of the US Bishops' Conference amid reports of...

Users banned from social platforms go elsewhere with increased toxicity, according to a new study featuring researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York. When people act like jerks on social media, one permanent response is to ban them from posting again. Take away the digital megaphone, the theory goes, and the hurtful or dishonest messages from those troublemakers won't post a problem there anymore. What happens after that, though? Where do those who have been 'deplatformed' go, and how does it affect their behavior in future? An international team of researchers—including Assistant Professor Jeremy Blackburn and Ph.D. candidate...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ====================================================================== University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have eluded scientists for more than 60 years. These cellular sensors detect subtle changes in blood pressure and adjust hormone levels to keep it in check. Scientists have long suspected that these barometers, or "baroreceptors," existed in specialized kidney cells called renin cells, but no one has been able to locate the baroreceptors until now. The new findings, from UVA Health's Dr. Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez and colleagues, finally reveal where the barometers are located, how...

On this date in 1916, Roger Casement was hanged for treason by the British crown that had knighted him only a few years before. Casement died for his part in the Easter Rising, but this Irish nationalist hero’s layered story has long made him a very different sort of cultural marker than, say, James Connolly. Casement came to public prominence for his damning report on Belgium’s atrocious treatment of natives in its Congo colony, e.g.: [T]he great decrease in population, the dirty and ill-kept towns, and the complete absence of goats, sheep, or fowls — once very plentiful in this...

The No. 3 House Republican, New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik, on Tuesday called for the arrest of Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo after an investigation found that he’d sexually harassed several women over the past seven years. "No one is above the law and today justice must be served," Stefanik’s blistering statement said. "Governor Cuomo must resign and be arrested immediately. President Joe Biden must immediately call for Cuomo’s resignation." The demand was the most heated among bipartisan outrage after the findings made public by New York State Attorney General Letitia James. Longtime nemesis, New York City Mayor Bill de...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the emergency use authorization of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's (REGN.O) COVID-19 antibody cocktail, enabling its use as a preventive treatment for the illness in certain people.

Two of the largest news publications in the country, the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters, have teamed up with one of the leading tech giants, Twitter, in a new partnership to crack down on “misinformation” and “elevate credible information,” the Daily Caller reports. Twitter confirmed the new alliance in a blog post, saying that the two publications would be responsible for identifying “misleading” information, and to help Twitter expand its efforts to mediate trending stories, “especially where facts are in dispute.” The websites will also help Twitter staff whenever they lack “sufficient expertise or access to a high enough volume...

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly sexually harassed multiple women. In 2018, Cuomo opposed then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation because of similar allegations and said he would “fight” for victims. “The confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is a sad day for this country, and it will haunt us for as long as he is on the court,” Cuomo said in a statement.