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<p>The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik is being criticised for a video in which she poked fun at the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.</p><p>The actor, who was dropped as host of US game show Jeopardy! in December 2023, has angered many with the social media post, which showed her laughing at comedian Dan Ahdoot’s jokes about the situation.</p>

"The government is in a shutdown, it’s Christmas Eve day, I’m newly single and not doing so well to be quite honest," the actress, who is Jewish, shared. "But the most pressing issue right now is that my cats - after 2 years together - have started a dominance war that involves urine and feces," she added before saying, "Long story short my bed is not able to be slept in and I’m sleeping on my couch. Just keeping you updated as to my life here."

A mild winter followed by a spate of cold weather in Washington, made its mark on the city’s cherry blossoms, but the annual festival delighted first-time visitors on Sunday. The cherry blossom trees were a gift from Japan to the United States in 1912. The cherry blossom trees currently grow in three National Park Service locations, including the Tidal Basin, Hains Point and on the Washington Monument grounds. The cold weather killed half of the blossoms on the Yoshino cherry trees just as they were reaching their peak. The National Park Service says on its website that peak bloom was...

The 3,750 cherry blossom trees that line the Tidal Basin and surrounding national parks in Washington, D.C., survived winter blizzards and will again bloom during the peak tourist season, according to the National Park Service. Agency horticulturalist Rob Defeo says only four or five trees were destroyed and that crews are working seven days a week to prepare for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, which runs from March 27 to April 11. The damage is nothing we haven't seen in 90-plus years," he said. "I guarantee you, by the time the festival comes around, you won't even know there was...