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Women taking the anti-diabetes medication Ozempic might have an extra reason to pat their tummies. Not only does the injectable drug lead to weight loss, a finding that has sparked frenzied off-label demand worldwide, but in recent months it has also been linked to a surprise baby boom. Now scientists are trying to unpick the mechanism behind the “Ozempic babies” phenomenon, which has been reported by users of similar medications, too. This matters: the drugs were never tested for use by women who were pregnant or trying to conceive, and animal studies on Ozempic’s key ingredient, semaglutide, suggest an association...

Michelle Obama has released a star-studded video urging Americans to get ready to vote. The former First Lady enlisted celebrity friends Steph Curry and Kerry Washington to explain the concept's importance, along with others like Megan Rapinoe, Shonda Rhimes, and Chris Paul. Country singer Reyna Roberts also made an appearance, as did Filipino-American beauty influencer Bretman Rock. All urged onlookers to start thinking about their preferred candidate ahead of the US election, at the behest of When We All Vote. Obama launched the nonpartisan firm in 2018 to increase voter participation. The video comes days after she and Barack declared...

Left-wing HBO comedian John Oliver is facing backlash for “comparing Israel to the Nazis” while criticizing the Jewish State and its policies during a “shameful” rant. During his Last Week Tonight show on Sunday, Oliver criticized Israel and its supposedly selective use of the “never again” slogan in current policies. At one point during the segment, the longtime host highlighted a frequently cited slogan associated with with the Jewish State, stating, “A phrase that gets brought up a lot with regard to Israel is ‘never again’, an anti-genocide slogan often invoked in memory of the Holocaust and it has always...

Hillary Clinton has become the latest Democrat to say Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance are "creepy" and "weird," with a now-viral post on X, formerly Twitter. Clinton wrote yesterday, "if Republican leaders don't enjoy being called weird, creepy, and controlling, they could try not being weird, creepy, and controlling." (snip) The post comes after Kamala Harris' campaign has taken "weird" as its new attack line against the Republican ticket. At a Massachusetts campaign fundraiser on Saturday night, the vice president said: "You may have noticed, Donald Trump has been resorting to some wild lies about...

A "Must See" video, especially the interrogation at 10:07 Pm, when Stewert mentions hearing about second shooter) " blood in the bathroom of building, second shooter ..."

Democrat Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear has received additional security detail protection. According to a report by CBS News, Gov. Beshear is one of a dozen people being vetted by the Harris campaign as a possible VP pick for Harris. Brown wrote in a post on X, “My source in Kentucky informs me that Governor Andy Beshear has gotten additional security detail protection.” Brown further reported that Beshear posted a cryptic Facebook post last week reading, “No matter where he goes, Kentucky will always be in his heart.”

In 2018, slaughterhouses, factory farms, and smaller farms killed around 2.27 million sheep in the US alone. Most of these sheep were young lambs who went to their premature deaths so we could eat their meat.

Everybody is Acting Tough Till They Hear Their Sentences

MIAMI - Three people have been arrested in last month's deadly shooting of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio. Foolio, whose legal name is Charles Jones, died in an early morning shooting on June 23 in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn near the University of South Florida. A total of four people were hit by gunfire, and the 26-year-old rapper died from his injuries. Police arrested Alicia Thomas, Isaiah Chance, and Sean Gathright on first-degree premeditated murder charges. They are currently searching for Rashad and Davion Murphy in connection with the shooting.

A Secret Service whistleblower warned Monday of another assassination attempt against President Trump ahead of November’s election.. A Secret Service counter-sniper warned in an email there would be another assassination attempt, citing the agency’s inability to protect leaders after a shooter wounded President Donald Trump, two of his supporters, and killed another at a rally. “We all SHOULD expect another [assassination] attempt to happen before November,” the counter-sniper wrote in the email obtained by RealClearPolitics and posted to X. “This agency NEEDS to change, if not now, WHEN? The NEXT assassination attempt in 30 days?” ... The counter-sniper emailed the...

a few new videos yesterday and today. He just got his phone back from the FBI Be patient as the man who filmed the shots fired directly behind the AGR building sounds like a Surfer Dude so maybe play the Video at 2Xs the speed. He does say some interesting stuff like a older guy with a Hand Gun and a Red Pick Up tried to kick him and others away from the area At 6 minutes in is the Next Night were the Pennsylvania State Police Find him for a interview. At the 21:50 mark, the trooper starts quizzing...

Twenty-seven years after a civil jury declared O.J. Simpson was “responsible” for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, the Goldman family is still waiting for their full payment. Fred Goldman, father of Ron, on Thursday filed a creditor’s claim against Simpson’s estate, demanding he be paid the full US$117 million (C$162 million) amount owed to him in connection with the verdict in the 1997 wrongful death lawsuit filed after the death of his son. Though Simpson was acquitted in a criminal court, he was ordered to pay US$33.5 million (C$46.4 million) to the Goldman family after the...

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) declined a request by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to appear at this year’s convention, a source familiar with the plans told The Daily Beast. The news, first reported by theGrio, came hours after Karen Attiah, a co-chair of this year’s NABJ convention, stepped down after the organization announced Donald Trump would appear for a moderated conversation at the Chicago event. The Trump conversation, focused on “the most pressing issues facing the Black community,” with ABC News reporter Rachel Scott, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner, and Semafor reporter Kadia Goba, has caused significant...

In short: - Regions across New South Wales and Queensland are shivering through a prolonged cold snap. - Many inland areas recorded sub-zero temperatures this morning. - What's next? The cold snap will continue tomorrow, with the chance some records will be broken. Getting out of bed is just that bit tougher across parts of New South Wales and Queensland this morning, where residents are waking up to sub-zero temperatures. At 6:30am the coldest part of NSW was the Goulburn Airport in the Southern Tablelands, where the temperature reached -5.7 degrees Celsius. On the south-west slopes, the temperature at Young...

Kamala Harris has changed her Left-wing stance on several key policy issues after her previous liberal views were attacked by Donald Trump.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on Tuesday that he has obtained a court order that will force the current administration to take congressionally appropriated cash and use it to finish the border wall that was started by former President Donald Trump to prevent illegal immigrants from flooding into the United States. A press release from the Attorney General’s office features a statement by Bailey where he says, “The Biden Administration has failed to abide by the law to finish the construction of a wall along the southwest border. Joe Biden refuses to carry out his constitutionally mandated responsibilities, so...

... and it shall be named: POST-MENOPAUSAL ANGRY MIDDLE-AGED GUN-TOTIN' WOMEN FOR TRUMP!". I'll inform everyone soon as to when we're scheduled to hold a Zoom meeting, or whatever. LOL! -Silvie

“CBS Evening News” host and managing editor Norah O’Donnell will leave the anchor desk following the 2024 election and transition to a senior correspondent role within the company, the network announced Tuesday. O’Donnell, who recently marked five years behind the anchor desk for the evening news show, said it was time for a change after 12 years as an anchor for CBS News. “I have spent 12 years in the anchor chair here at CBS News, connected to a daily broadcast and the rigors of a relentless news cycle. It’s time to do something different. This presidential election will be...

Rioters chanting 'English till I die' have clashed with police outside a mosque in Southport, near to where three girls were killed in a horrific knife rampage on Monday. Merseyside Police have condemned the 'sickening' violence which has broken out amid speculation over the identity of the suspect arrested in connection with the savage attack on a group of children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. The angry mob - who police 'believe to be supporters of the English Defence League' - began to launch items towards a local mosque on St Luke's Road in Southport at around 7.45pm. The...

@PaulBrandITV Things very very tense in Southport. Large protest near a mosque in the town, with what look like fireworks thrown at police vans. We saw a young girl crying in the crowd. Police have been concerned about far right protests in response to yesterday’s stabbing.