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“There were no signs that he had a problem. Nothing that could have predicted it.” That is what Olympic gymnast Ellie Downie told BBC Breakfast about her 24-year-old brother Josh, who collapsed and died of a cardiac arrest while playing cricket in 2021. Three years later, he is one of 12 young football fans lost to sudden cardiac death being memorialised in murals in their hometowns. It is part of a British Heart Foundation (BHF) drive to raise awareness of the devastating affect heart disease can have on people, regardless of their age. Every week in the UK, an estimated...

On Tuesday, June 18, Julian, 61, — the son of Beatles legend John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia — marked Paul McCartney’s 82nd birthday with a special message on X (formerly known as Twitter). “Hoppy Birdy, Uncle Paul! Only love… Jude x,” Julian’s caption read as he shared a video montage of himself as a child with McCartney. Played alongside The Beatles’ classic “Hey Jude,” the first photo featured a younger McCartney sitting beside Julian on the grass. The pair were then pictured walking together before the video switched to a snap of them playing on the shoreline by...

Pew’s recent report on Catholics in the United States notes that around 20 percent of U.S. adults describe themselves as Catholic. Of this number, only three in ten say they attend Mass weekly or more often, which means that seven in ten Catholics are not practicing their faith. This is necessary context to consider the number of Catholics in the poll, six in ten, who think that abortion should be legal. To illustrate this distinction, consider an earlier Pew report from May 2022, which noted that: Among Catholics who attend Mass at least once a week, about two-thirds (68%) say...

A "mysterious" monolith has appeared near a peak in the Nevada desert, Las Vegas police said. Las Vegas Metro Police said in a social media post Monday that the reflective object was spotted close to Gass Peak, a hiking area with a summit of nearly 7,000 feet, over the weekend. Authorities didn't appear to know how it got up there and said it was found by the Las Vegas search and rescue team north of the Las Vegas Valley.

Former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that because of “political ideology,” there were more COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in red states versus blue states. Co-host Jonathan Lemire said, “We now head into a moment where because of that divisiveness, it’s become a political issue. Vaccinations in particular have become a political issue where you have not just Donald Trump but other Republicans saying, no, no, don’t take the COVID vaccine. We had other prominent figures saying, no, you should not take other vaccines as well, things that are standard that everyone has...

On this date in 1862, seven federal raiders were hanged in Atlanta for the daring heist of a Confederate train two months prior. Among them were some of the very first Congressional Medal of Honor awardees. In terms of its impact on the Civil War, the “Great Locomotive Chase” was a bust. But as pure Americana, you’ll have a hard job to top this caper. The chase began a year to the day after the first shots had been fired between North and South. Despite the anniversary, the occasion promised nothing but the routine northbound passenger run for the locomotive...

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Mifepristone, also known as the abortion drug, is a highly controversial pill that now accounts for over 60% of abortions in the U.S., according to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute. Among the many fighting for and against access to mifepristone is the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM), a group of pro-life physicians who challenged the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2016 and 2021 decisions that lead to easier access to the abortion drug by “permanently [eliminating] its requirements that women receive ongoing in-person medical care when taking mifepristone.” The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week to dismiss the challenge. As...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a disease associated with abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. These deposits, called Lewy bodies, affect chemicals in the brain whose changes, in turn, can lead to problems with thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. Lewy body dementia is one of the most common causes of dementia. LBD affects more than 1 million individuals in the United States. People typically show symptoms at age 50 or older, although sometimes younger people have LBD. LBD appears to affect slightly more men than women. Diagnosing LBD can be challenging. Early LBD symptoms are often...

@RealAlexJones VIDEO: Watch what happens when Alex Jones is asked to weigh in on the Kate Middleton cancer controversy. *** Warning: Strong Language ***

Democratic and leftist groups are gaming out how to resist and prepare for former President Trump’s possible return to the White House, including blue state governors stockpiling abortion pills. The Supreme Court ruled against a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulatory approval process of the abortion drug Mifepristone, but some Democratic Party leaders are reportedly preparing for a hypothetical scenario where the Trump administration rescinds the approval or uses the 1873 Comstock Act to criminalize mailing Mifepristone across state lines. "The Democratic governor of Washington State, Jay Inslee, said he had secured a large enough supply of...

A New York Appeals court on Tuesday denied Trump’s bid to appeal a gag order in Alvin Bragg’s case after a jury already returned a guilty verdict. President Trump previously asked the Court to lift the gag order “because the trial has concluded.” Biden’s DOJ hatchet man Matthew Colangelo earlier this month asked Merchan to keep the gag order in place to “avoid threats to the fairness of the trial itself.”

Another post about Hertz customer service being difficult to reach made me ask Freepers about this. When I was widowed two years ago I had to get the hang of handling affairs that she had always taken care of. I'm decent at it now, but even as we text there are companies that deliberately make it hard to 1.Find a phone number for help. and 2. Speak to a human because my issue was complicated and not included anywhere on their 'menu.' I learned plenty of methods to get by, but a couple of companies had me tapping out. What...

A 25-year-old Ecuadorean migrant wanted for the brutal sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl at a Queens park was nabbed after good Samaritans smacked him around and tied him up with a belt. “I seen him a few times — he comes to this store to buy stuff,” Jeffrey Flores, who pounced on the creep. “I waited for him. I waited the whole day to see if he would come up. He came at night. “He came in, we went to buy something,” Flores, 24, told The Post. “I saw what he was trying to do, he looked back at...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viola, the violator of Tradition -- the dangerous secretary of Divine Worship and the man behind the attempts to ban the Traditional Mass. His letter to the Melbourne ArchbishopWho is Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, OFM? The Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship is said to be proud to wear the episcopal ring of none other than the devious creator of the Novus Ordo, Archbishop Annibale Bugnini (cf. here, in Italian). (Archbishop Viola, celebrating something - image: Silere non possum)We can affirm today that he is the main dangerous ideologically motivated cleric whose final intent is to...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on June 17 that it has dismantled about half of Hamas’ forces in Rafah. The IDF 162nd Division advanced into Rafah on May 7 and the IDF said that it now controls approximately 60 to 70 percent of the governorate, including the Egypt-Gaza Strip border. The IDF assesses that it has almost completely “dismantled” two of four battalions in Hamas’ Rafah Brigade and that IDF units have “somewhat degraded” the other two battalions. An Israeli media correspondent estimated that Israel will take “several more weeks” to completely “dismantle” Hamas’ Rafah Brigade. Israeli forces have...

https://greatawakening.win/p/17tL6JzByu/anyone-have-sauce-on-any-new-fen/c/ https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/fencing-being-put-up-around-the-supreme-court-as-we-speak/113788763/ https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/us-supreme-court-fenced-for-first-time-since-roe-v-wade-ruling-videos-surface-article-111070890 Heard about this on one of my gun forums and went looking for better sources. Appears that with the end of the term coming up and with at least 2 seriously high profile cases being published this Thursday/Friday... It looks like the barriers are going back up. My guess, the Trump Immunity case is going to upset some folks. Stay frosty kids... This week could get spicy.

FWC investigates incident in Lake Monroe SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was seriously injured after being bitten by an alligator early Sunday in Lake Monroe in Seminole County, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife officers. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. According to FWC, the man was swimming in Lake Monroe when the attack happened. He had serious injuries, but the extent of the injuries was not released. The FWC recommends the following to help prevent any interactions with gators: Keep a safe distance if you see an alligator. If someone is concerned about an alligator, they should...

The mayoral debate in San Francisco, California, took a bizarre turn after Democrat Mayor London Breed asked her challenger to name three LGBTQ advisers to his campaign as well as three drag queens in the city or prove his loyalty to the cause. Breed pitched the question during Monday’s debate, putting the five candidates on the same stage. They were each given the opportunity to ask a fellow candidate a question, and Breed used the opportunity to ask challenger Mark Farrell to prove his loyalty to the LGBTQ2S+ community by naming three drag queens in the city. “I’d like to...

The Ayeyarwady pit viper, a new species discovered in Myanmar by Dr. Chan Kin Onn, illustrates the complexities of species differentiation in pit vipers. This species, which displays traits of both the redtail and mangrove pit vipers, was initially thought to be a hybrid but was confirmed as distinct through genomic analysis. Credit: Wolfgang Wüster Finding and describing new species can be a tricky endeavor. Scientists typically look for distinctive characters that can differentiate one species from another. However, variation is a continuum that is not always easy to quantify. At one extreme, multiple species can look alike even though...