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A man charged with assaulting U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall meeting will remain in custody, following a ruling from a federal judge on Tuesday. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, was charged last week with allegedly approaching Omar while she was speaking during a town hall and spraying her with liquid from a syringe. A lab analysis found it was likely apple cider vinegar, though that wasn’t known at the time of the incident. Court documents allege that Kazmierczak has a history of social media posts critical of Omar. In a hearing before a federal judge Tuesday, prosecutors with Minnesota’s...

A man seated in the front row sprayed Omar’s chest with a syringe-like device lunging at her from his seat before being detained by law enforcement. Forensic investigators determined the substance was apple cider vinegar in the following hours, according to KARE, a local Minneapolis outlet. Omar’s office said in a statement the lawmaker “is okay” and continued her town hall “because she doesn’t let bullies win.” Authorities took the man into

The FBI has reportedly taken the lead in the criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., being sprayed with a liquid while she spoke at a town hall meeting. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, federal authorities assumed control of the probe after the Tuesday incident at Urban League headquarters in north Minneapolis, where Omar was interrupted mid-speech by a man who allegedly sprayed her with a substance from a syringe. Minneapolis police spokesman Trevor Folke confirmed Wednesday that the FBI is now leading the case, signaling the likelihood of federal charges. The suspect, identified as 55-year-old Anthony James Kazmierczak...

Editor says it was "the wrong decision" to publish the studyA photo of bottles of apple cider vinegar on the shelf in a grocery store. A paper that touted the potential weight-loss properties of apple cider vinegar in people with overweight and obesity was pulled by its publisher Tuesday. The trial was originally publishedopens in a new tab or window in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health in March 2024, but swirling concerns over the quality of the data prompted the retractionopens in a new tab or window. Concerns included the researchers' approach to statistical analysis of the data, implausible statistical...

WEIGHT LOSS can be aided by having an apple cider vinegar drink every day, scientists have found. Just how much do you have to drink to lose weight, and how do you take the drink?Apple cider vinegar benefits include weight loss - but just how much do you need to drink in order to lose weight? One scientific study carried out in Japan showed that drinking more of the vinegar can help you lose more weight. The nutrition experts at the Central Research Institute in Aichi asked two groups to drink different amounts of apple cider vinegar once a day,...