A Houston police employee was one of at least eight people who died after Hurricane Beryl ravaged the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana — with victims killed by downed trees or caught in rising flood waters. As the gulf states recover from the destruction caused by the Category 1 storm, the Houston Police Department confirmed that information security officer … Read more
‘I think we’ll just spend some time inside, outside, taking some breaks from the pure sun and keep hydrated’ Stampede performer Trixton cools down as temperatures soared at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia The sun continued to beat down on the Stampede grounds Tuesday, forcing many visitors to seek … Read more
Chicago’s lefty Mayor Brandon Johnson blamed former President Richard Nixon, who resigned from the presidency in 1974 and died in 1994, for the Windy City’s crippling crime problem — after a bloody holiday weekend in which 19 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in shootings. “Black death has been unfortunately been accepted … Read more
A New York-based neurologist who specializes in treating Parkinson’s disease suggested Monday that President Biden is exhibiting “classic features of neurodegeneration” as speculation swirls about his political future. Dr. Tom Pitts made his assessment based on Biden’s public appearances, while the White House faced questions about why another Parkinson’s expert visited the executive mansion eight … Read more
Jewish voters are leaving the Democratic Party in droves over leftwing antisemitism. Stefano Giovannini With the 2024 election almost upon us, Donald Trump is gaining a new cohort of voters: Jewish Americans who feel abandoned by the left. According to exit polls, 77 percent of Jewish voters went for Biden in 2020. But a recent … Read more
Lisa Pisano, who was the first to successfully receive a pig kidney transplant with a heat pump, died on Sunday (Picture: AP) A grandmother who was the first to receive a combined pig kidney and mechanical heart pump transplant has died three months after the innovative pair of surgeries. Lisa Pisano successfully had both surgeries … Read more
More than 10 million hunters and gun owners are not registered to vote in America, according to a new grassroots voter-registration group firing warning shots at the GOP. Vote4America data show that if Republicans don’t address political apathy among their gun-owning base in key swing states, they’ll have far fewer voters in their arsenal to … Read more
Former Waterstones bookseller Tilly Fitzgerald shares book reviews with her 90,000 followers on Instagram, where she is known as @TillyLovesBooks (Picture:REX / TillyLovesBooks) Waterstones has been criticised for firing a bookseller who threatened to bin author Christina Dalcher’s books because of her views on transgender people. The high street retailer has found itself in hot … Read more
WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant — along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating – has died, her surgeon announced Tuesday. Lisa Pisano was near death from kidney and heart failure when surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the dramatic pair of surgeries in April. The New Jersey woman initially … Read more
SGI, SaskTel, SaskPower and SaskEnergy all posted profits for the 2023-24 reporting period, though some Crowns had rosier results than others. Stock Photo of the SaskPower building on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 in Regina.Photo by KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post SaskPower posted $184 million in profit for 2023-24 after being in the red last year, according … Read more
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