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• tennesseestar.com1 day(s) ago
• Out-of-State Doctors Apply for Ohio Licensure on Laws First Day
• by J.D. Davidson   Doctors from across state lines have begun applying to work in Ohio, which entered the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact last year. The state received 15 applications from doctors in seven states Tuesday, the first day applications were accepted. “It is so exciting to see Ohioans will soon realize real world benefits from this legislation,” said state Sen. Kristina Roegner, R-Hudson. “Thanks to the hard work of the individuals at the state medical board, Ohio met its target date of August 2nd to begin taking applications for...
• tennesseestar.com1 day(s) ago
• Analysis: Americans Will Pay for Bidens Draining of Emergency Oil Reserves
• by Jack McEvoy   President Joe Biden’s continuous sales of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) could have severe consequences for taxpayers, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration announced plans last Tuesday for another wave of oil sales from the SPR, as well as a proposal to help restock the reserve, according to a White House press release. The Biden administration aims to strategically sell oil from the reserve to boost supplies and fight soaring gas prices, but the rapid draining of U.S. stockpiles could cause...
• latimes.com1 day(s) ago
• Los Angeles bank executive among three killed in lightning strike near White House
• A 29-year-old Los Angeles bank executive was one of three people killed when lightning struck Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., across the street from the White House. Brooks Lambertson, a vice president for City National Bank, was in the nation’s capital on business when he was struck by lightning Thursday night. A Wisconsin couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary were also struck. Lambertson managed sponsorships for the bank for the last three years and previously worked in marketing for the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a statement from the bank....
• wtop.com1 day(s) ago
• DC police ID 3rd victim killed by lightning strike near White House
• Brooks Lambertson of Los Angeles, California, has been identified as the third victim of the Aug. 4 lightning strike near the White House. (Courtesy City National Bank) Police in D.C. have identified the third person killed by Thursday night’s lightning strike near the White House. On Saturday evening, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed 29-year-old Brooks A. Lambertson of Los Angeles, California, was among the three people who died as a result of a lightning strike in Lafayette Square, the public park right next to the White House. More DC...
• the-sun.com2 day(s) ago
• Shocking pic shows elderly woman abandoned in a cardboard box at the roadside by ‘granny dumping’ family
• A GRANDMOTHER was heartlessly abandoned by her family on the side of the road in a sickening trend known as granny dumping. The elderly woman was found inside a cardboard box with no food or water next to a highway in Mexico. 2The granny was tragically abandoned at the side of the road in cardboard box in Puebla, MexicoCredit: Twitter 2Granny dumping is tragically carried out around the worldCredit: Getty The cruel act sparked outrage after locals were forced to call emergency services to save the frail old...
• Heavy.com2 day(s) ago
• David Manpearl: Neighbor Hailed as Hero in Anne Heche Crash
• Getty US actress Anne Heche arrives for the premiere of Netflixs The Unforgivable at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, California, November 30, 2021. David Manpearl is a neighbor who was credited with a rescue attempt of Anne Heche after her car exploded in a Los Angeles crash into a home. He aided his neighbor and tried to free Heche, who survived but suffered serious injuries. The 53-year-old actress slammed into a garage at about 11 a.m. Friday, August 5, 2022, then backed up and careened...
• dailyvoice.com2 day(s) ago
• Suicidal Man Killed By PA State Trooper After Hours-Long Standoff: Reports
• A 59-year-old Pennsylvania man threatening to kill himself was shot dead by a state trooper Friday, Aug. 5, various news reports say. Douglas Stantons 32-year-old relative called police around 11 p.m. saying he was threatening to kill himself and if police came, hed shoot them, WTAE and Erie News Now say citing PA State Police. Troopers tried to get Stanton outside of his house on the 400 block of Main Street in Rouseville Borough about 45 minutes later, and a search warrant of the house was obtained around 3 a.m. Saturday,...
• wtop.com2 day(s) ago
• Report: Anne Heche in hospital, stable after fiery car crash
• LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche was in the hospital Saturday following an accident in which her car smashed into a house and flames erupted, a representative for the actor told People magazine. The representative, who was not identified, told the magazine that Heche was in stable condition a day after Friday’s accident. Her family and friends were asking that her privacy be respected, People reported. Her speeding car came to a T-shaped intersection and ran off the road and into the house in the Mar Vista section of Los...
• mercurynews.com2 day(s) ago
• Crashes and Disasters | Dozens are injured and 17 firefighters are missing as crude oil tank fire rages in Cuba
• By Nora Gámez Torres | Miami Herald A blazing fire in a crude oil tank in the port of Matanzas in Cuba caused several explosions Saturday morning that have left at least 77 people injured, local authorities said. Seventeen firefighters who were trying to prevent the flames from spreading are missing, the official Twitter account of Cuba’s presidential office said. Cuba’s Communist Party newspaper Granma said there was “a high probability” that some of the missing people were dead. Authorities said the rescue teams have been unable to reach them...
• alternet.org2 day(s) ago
• Joe Biden should forego a second term while he is ahead: columnist
• President Joe Biden has made it known that he intends to run for reelection in 2024, and Democratic Party power brokers have, for the most part, pledged to support Biden if he does. Yet there remain concerns throughout liberal and progressive circles that Biden should step down after just one term. On Saturday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd argued in an editorial that while Biden has the momentum to make his four years in the White House significantly impactful, he should decline to seek a second term. Dowd compared...
• CNBC2 day(s) ago
• Bohemian noble family redefines modern aristocracy by selling NFTs to preserve and share a 700-year-old legacy
• CNBCs MacKenzie Sigalos and William Rudolf Lobkowicz in the Family Chapel of the Lobkowicz Palace depicting an early 18th-century altarpiece painting of St. Wenceslas, patron saint of the Czech nation.House of Lobkowicz PRAGUE — It is past midnight on a Friday at the Lobkowicz Palace in the Prague Castle complex. A 27-year-old Czech prince, William Rudolf Lobkowicz, is crawling on the hard stone floor, taking care not to trigger the alarms behind the guardrails that partition the castles daytime visitors from the 16th-century portraits hanging on the stone walls. Hes...
• the-sun.com2 day(s) ago
• Chinese Zodiac: What is the Fire Ox sign and what does it mean?
• THE Fire Ox in the Chinese zodiac are hot tempered, and they are easily influenced by others words and actions. The Ox is the second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. ????  Follow all our latest stories on the Chinese Zodiac. 10The Fire Ox is magnificent, brilliant, powerful, forthright, determined, and single-minded What year is the Fire Ox? The years of the Fire Ox are 1937 and 1997. The animal cycle includes the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the...
• the-sun.com2 day(s) ago
• Chinese Zodiac Signs: What is a Metal Snake and what year is it?
• WHILE many people know what their star sign is in Western astrology, they may not have any idea where they fall in the Chinese zodiac. And the animal that your birthday matches up with can tell you a lot about your personality. ????  Follow all our latest stories on the Chinese Zodiac. 5Anyone with the Snake sign is thought to have a deep and complex mind, while the sign itself is associated with the hours 9-11 in the morning The classification system splits everyone up into animal signs based on...
• CNN2 day(s) ago
• Police shoot and injure four men who they say opened fire at crowded NYC house party
• (CNN)New York City Police detectives shot and injured four men they say opened fire at a party in Queens, where around 75 to 100 people were gathered. Around 11.35 p.m. Friday, plainclothes police from the violent crime squad were keeping watch on the party, being held in a residential area, from an unmarked car, NYPD Chief of Patrol Jeff Maddrey said during an overnight press conference. Police believed that there was a potential to be violence involving some of the local street crews, Maddrey said. Man accused of killing woman...
• mediaite.com2 day(s) ago
• White House Calls on Congress to Act After Indiana Takes Devastating Step with Near-Universal Abortion Ban
• Jon Cherry/Getty Images Indiana became the first state to officially pass an abortion ban following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed a law on Friday that will ban most abortions in the state and goes into effect on Sept. 15. Abortions will be allowed under this new law in cases of rape, incest, or to prevent death or major health complications. The law was quickly signed into law after passing through Indiana’s House and Senate earlier on Friday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre...
• dailyvoice.com2 day(s) ago
• Third Person To Die After Being Struck By Lightning Near White House ID'd As 29-Year-Old Man
• A 29-year-old man was the third person to die after being struck by lightning this week near the White House, authorities announced. The unidentified man along with James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, of Janesville, Wisconsin, also died after the three were struck Thursday, Aug. 4 directly outside of the White House complex, DC police said Friday. The fourth victim, an unidentified woman, remained critical. US Park Police and Secret Service agents rushed over to render aid after witnessing the 7 p.m. strike. All four victims were transported to the hospital...
• the-sun.com2 day(s) ago
• I put up a fence to stop my neighbours peering into our garden, but now he’s complaining we’ve destroyed his view
• A HOMEOWNER has revealed how they got into a dispute with their neighbour after putting up a fence to gain some privacy. Taking to Reddit the man asked whether he had been an ‘a**hole’ for erecting the fence, worrying he had spoiled his neighbour’s view of their garden. 1A homeowner put up a fence to keep his nosey neighbour from peering into their gardenCredit: Getty In his post, he explained that his neighbour has a small back garden but a rather large front garden with their fire pit and patio...
• the-sun.com2 day(s) ago
• I went on holiday for two weeks and I couldn’t believe what my neighbours had been doing in my house when I was gone
• GOING on holiday and leaving your home unattended for a matter of weeks is something that many homeowners feel uneasy about. Many people will turn to their neighbours or loved ones, asking them to pop in every now and then, to check everything is ok. 1BFHPWW Man Watching TV. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.Credit: Alamy But one mum expressed her frustration online after a neighbour whom she is close friends with let themselves into her house to watch TV while she was away on holiday for two weeks -...
• latimes.com2 day(s) ago
• In red California, a destructive fire ignites political rage at liberal government
• YREKA, Calif. —  In this conservative corner of California, a monster fire that killed four people and destroyed dozens of structures is being framed by many in political terms. Some residents acknowledge the role of climate change in California’s increasingly destructive firestorms, but their true ire is often focused on decades of government policies they believe have worsened the fire risk and made fighting the destructive McKinney fire inside the Klamath National Forest more difficult. Yreka, which sits in the shadow of that national forest, was once a “timber town” known...