Two Things: Volunteer fundraiser going strong despite hurdles; a give a kid a Christmas option Ten years on, Erin McCulley is amazed — but not necessarily surprised — that an auction and fundraiser concert organized by a group of young people, mostly female, to benefit ... 12/1/2023 - 12:30 am | View Link
Inheritance money in dispute after death of woman who made millions off sale of T-rex remains For years, the massive, mostly intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits what's left of the money ... 11/30/2023 - 1:30 am | View Link
‘My mother’s death really sealed our bond’ I was single and had not dated anyone for a while. When my friend told me about this ‘girl’ she thought was perfect for me, I did not want to disappoint her so I agreed to the plan,” he recounts ... 11/29/2023 - 10:12 pm | View Link
US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022 — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control ... 11/29/2023 - 3:30 am | View Link
South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs Experts see it as a shift in how such countries deal with pharmaceutical behemoths and say it could trigger more efforts to make lifesaving medicines more widely available. 11/27/2023 - 11:14 am | View Link
CNN's Dana Bash challenges Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) over the lack of attention and failure to condemn Hamas' use of sexual violence and rape against Israeli women.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) responds to former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney's warning that if there's a second Trump presidency, the country would be "sleepwalking into a dictatorship."
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is predicting Republicans will move to expel Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after George Santos got the boot from Congress, The Messenger reports.
Said Swalwell: “With Santos gone, you’re hearing it here first: the next GOP member to leave Congress will be Kevin McCarthy.”
He added: “No way he stays.
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“A former American diplomat who served as U. S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government,“ the AP reports.
“Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday on a criminal complaint and more details about the case are expected to be made public at a court appearance Monday.”
“The U. S. government is making an intense effort to persuade Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations so they can once again pause hostilities and exchange more prisoners for hostages,” the New York Times reports.