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Jay Leno Gets Swollen Eye After Falling Down 60-Foot Hill Comedian Jay Leno says his eye is swollen after he fell down a 60 foot hill. Face swollen an bruised purple. VIDEO AT LINK...............

VLADIMIR Putin appeared swollen as he issued a warning about Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons. The Russian tyrant, who is rumoured to be “critically ill”, also gave a chilling update on the war in Ukraine, which he said could last for a long time. Putin’s public appearances during the invasion of Ukraine have shown him out of breath, stumbling over his words, or looking exhausted. His alleged health issues hit a new low after it emerged that he apparently soiled himself during a fall at his official residence. Speaking at a meeting of his own Human Rights Council, Putin...

The River Danube has risen to its highest level since 1895 in Romania, as flooding across the Balkans continues to worsen. Tributaries swollen by snowmelt have increased the volume of the Danube to more than twice its normal April level. The Romanian authorities have begun flooding farmland to ease the pressure. Serbia has declared a state of emergency in several areas, evacuating hundreds of people as the waters reached the roofs of their houses. The emergency follows devastating floods in the Balkans last year, which left dozens of people dead and farmland and infrastructure damaged or destroyed. "We must not...

TAUNTON, Mass. - A dam on the rain-swollen Mill River deteriorated overnight and Taunton prepared for the worst Tuesday, evacuating residents, canceling classes and closing off downtown amid fears of a wall of water up to 6 feet deep. Mayor Robert Nunes, at a hastily called news conference, said the situation at the wooden Whittenton Pond Dam upstream from the city took a turn for the worse about 2 a.m., resulting in an increase of water flow. "The city of Taunton still is in a state of emergency," Nunes said. "If the dam goes, it will create massive flooding along...