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Johnny Depp compares his Amber Heard defamation trial to ‘a soap opera’
"We can say that I've been through a number of things here and there," Johnny Depp said at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
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US woman meant to be first to use Sarco ‘suicide pod’ accused company of exploiting her for publicity and money: report
An American woman who was meant to be the first person to use the controversial new Sarco “suicide pod” in Switzerland before she backed out and opted for another organization had accused the "heartless" company of exploiting her for publicity and her life savings, according to a report.
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‘WWHL’: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Shocks Andy Cohen With Admission About Her “Party Girl” Past
Whitmer joked about her wild days on Watch What Happens Live.
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Caleb Williams’ girlfriend Alina Thyregod gives behind-the-scenes glimpse of glamorous NFL life
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ girlfriend, Alina Thyregod, fit in nicely on the sidelines ahead of Chicago’s clash with the Texans on Sept. 15. Thyregod donned a custom denim jacket and pants with the Bears’ ‘C’ logo on them, along with Williams’ name and number on her back, as seen in a photo collage she posted...
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Dem kingmaker George Soros’ son Alex hosts Tim Walz in his fancy NYC home
The 38-year-old son of billionaire Democratic kingmaker George Soros posted a string of photos of himself and the Minnesota governor set against the lower Manhattan skyline.
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1 killed after gunman hijacks L.A. Metro bus, leads LAPD on wild chase
Video from the incident showed a series of small explosions around the bus stopped near Alameda and 6th streets after 1 a.m. then police storming inside with shields. A bus driver is shown climbing out of a window and running to safety behind an armored vehicle while officers clear the rest of the vehicle.
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China launches intercontinental ballistic missile into Pacific hours after Biden's UN address
China launched a missile into the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, not long after President Biden mentioned a need for security in East Asia during a U.N. address.
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House panel probes Labor Department’s leak of revised jobs data to Wall Street firms: ‘unfair advantage’
The House Committee on Education and Workforce asked acting secretary of the Labor Department, Julie Su, for information related to jobs figures.
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The week’s bestselling books, Sept. 29
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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Ex-Gov. Cuomo ‘inappropriately influenced’ witness in text message as House probed COVID deaths: memo
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to “inappropriately influence” a top aide’s testimony during a congressional investigation into his administration’s disastrous mandate that forced COVID-19 patients into nursing homes, a bombshell new House document claimed. Witness Jim Malatras said the 66-year-old ex-governor made him “uncomfortable” by calling and texting him as the House Select Subcommittee on...
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With ads on IGN, Harris and allies make a push for the gamer vote
The campaign’s ad push on the largest gaming news site, and a “Nerds for Harris” fundraiser Tuesday night, highlight the electoral tussle over young male voters.
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Darby Allin opens up on AEW world title quest at Grand Slam, Sting’s future, violence concerns
Darby Allin took time for some Q&A with The Post’s Joseph Staszewski ahead of facing Jon Moxley – with a future chance to face AEW World champion Bryan Danielson on the line at Dynamite Grand Slam from Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday (8 p.m., TBS)  
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UNLV QB Matthew Sluka quits team in middle of undefeated season: ‘More money’
Matthew Sluka is cashing in his chips and leaving Las Vegas.
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Leading Dem groups warn that Harris campaign needs to step up efforts to win over minority and young voters
Two influential Democratic groups, PAC Priorities USA and ProgressNow, are warning Vice President Kamala Harris that she needs to do more to win over young and minority voters.
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Fox News Power Rankings: Harris ticks up and Senate Republicans take charge
Latest Fox News Power Rankings predictions for President, Senate, House and Governor races
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The Giants’ history with Dak Prescott shows the opposing QBs who dominate aren’t always who you think
We all know by now the Giants wanted to trade up in the 2024 NFL Draft to get Jayden Daniels. That didn’t happen, of course, because the Commanders owned the No. 2 spot in the first round, were intent on taking Daniels and certainly not interested in trading the pick so an NFC East rival...
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Los Angeles high school guidance counselor accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old student
A former high school guidance counselor in West Los Angeles is accused of having an "unlawful sexual relationship" with a 16-year-old male student.
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Trump says Iran has already made attempts on his life that ‘didn’t work out,’ he’s surrounded by ‘more guns’ than he’s ever seen
Former President Donald Trump claimed early Wednesday that Iran has made failed attempts to assassinate him.
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‘Stunning’ Secret Service Failures Before Trump Attack Revealed
Rebecca Droke/GettyThe Secret Service botched its job to protect Donald Trump at a July 13 rally and is responsible for a series of stunning failures leading up to the event, according to a bipartisan Senate report released Wednesday.Among the interim report’s findings are that the Secret Service failed to sufficiently coordinate with state and local law enforcement, failed to adequately cover the building where Trump’s attempted assassin fired from, failed to address line-of-sight concerns, denied requests for additional resources, and failed to pass on to other law enforcement that there was “credible intelligence” of a threat.A Secret Service sniper who saw law enforcement running to the building where the shooter would fire from also failed to tell Trump’s security detail to get him off the stage, the report said.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Senate report reveals security failures in attempted assassination of Donald Trump
A Senate investigation reveals multiple security failures by the Secret Service ahead of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in July. The report cites issues with equipment, communication and intelligence sharing.
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Sun star DiJonai Carrington tells her side of Caitlin Clark eye poke as some claim it was intentional
DiJonai Carrington said she did not go all WWE and intentionally poke Caitlin Clark in the eye Sunday.
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Blinken on tackling global conflicts at U.N. General Assembly
As the U.N. General Assembly holds its 79th session in New York City, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to address international crises ranging from the Middle East conflict to the war in Ukraine and tensions in the South China Sea.
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Harris and Trump focus on the economy as presidential campaign heats up
With the economy leading voter concerns, Vice President Kamala Harris addresses a business group in Pittsburgh today. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump outlined his own economic plans during a campaign stop in North Carolina.
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How all of the Jets’ offseason additions are fitting into the early-season equation
Jets GM Joe Douglas entered last offseason on a mission to improve the roster ahead of a make-or-break year.
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Florida's Gulf Coast braces for Helene
Tropical Storm Helene is rapidly gaining strength as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico. Expected to make landfall Thursday as a Category 3 Hurricane, residents are preparing for its potentially dangerous impact.
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Inside Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese's impact on men's basketball
Men's and women's basketball are in a sudden popularity contest in the aftermath of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese's college careers.
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Kamala Harris to sit for interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle days after host defended VP dodging on policy
Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle for interview on Wednesday, the Democratic nominee's first solo interview with a major network.
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California governor signs bills to bolster gun control
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several measures to bolster the state's gun safety laws
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3rd house collapses in 4 days on North Carolina coast
A third house has collapsed in four days on the North Carolina coast as officials closed off the beach due to dangerous debris on the shore and in the water.
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Los Angeles lunatic hijacks bus, shoots passenger before leading police on wild chase
The dramatic incident unfolded at around 12:45 a.m. when police received a 911 call about a shooting and subsequent bus hijacking at Figaro Street and Manchester Avenue.
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Travis Kelce admits to ‘not playing the best football’ after looking downcast at game skipped by Taylor Swift
The NFL star acknowledged that he and the team will “go through these ups and downs throughout the season” after a video went viral of him looking sad on sidelines.
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TIME Is Looking For the World’s Top GreenTech Companies
This year, for the first time, TIME will debut a ranking of the World’s Top GreenTech Companies, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings, alongside its second annual ranking of America’s Top GreenTech Companies. These lists will recognize the most innovative, impactful, and successful companies whose aim…
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Chronic diseases cause 75 percent of all deaths globally. The toll is likely to rise.
A nurse measures the blood pressure of a person with diabetes in November 2022, in Misrata, Libya. | Islam Alatrash/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images We are entering a new era of global health. It starts with some good news: Around the world, the number of people dying from infectious diseases every year is falling. Fewer women are dying in childbirth. More infants are surviving to childhood, and the average lifespan is increasing in many places. The result is billions of people are living lives that, in decades past, would have been cut short.  But here’s the bad news: With more people living longer, noncommunicable diseases — conditions not passed from person to person, like most cancers, diabetes, and heart disease — are becoming more common. In 2019, the most recent year for which data is available, noncommunicable or chronic diseases killed almost 41 million people, an increase of about 10 million since 2000. That accounts for about 75 percent of all deaths globally, making its rise an international crisis.  This story was first featured in the Future Perfect newsletter. Sign up here to explore the big, complicated problems the world faces and the most efficient ways to solve them. Sent twice a week. Wealthy countries — beset by an aging population and sharp increases in obesity and physical inactivity — have been dealing with these problems for decades, with varying levels of success. But they have modern health systems to treat people. Low- and middle-income countries — where the number of people with chronic diseases is rising faster than in developed countries — lack the same health infrastructure to prevent and treat these diseases. Almost 80 percent of all deaths from noncommunicable diseases are in low- and middle-income countries. The burden of chronic diseases is rising the fastest in these countries. And while many of these poorer countries have made great strides against infectious diseases, threats from the likes of malaria or tuberculosis remain high. This dual burden of chronic and infectious diseases will only further strain health systems and even set back national and global economics gains.  To understand the sheer global scale of noncommunicable diseases and the challenges low- and middle-income countries, in particular, face, here are four charts that show just how urgently we need increased funding and society-wide solutions. The global burden of noncommunicable diseases The most common noncommunicable diseases globally are cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes.  Each year 18 million people die from cardiovascular diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels and can lead to heart attacks, stroke, or heart failure. About 9 million people die each year from cancers, 4 million from chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma or COPD, and 2 million from diabetes. But both the burden of disease and access to modern health care are disproportionately distributed.  Low- and middle-income countries including Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, and Syria have the highest incidence and mortality rates. Air pollution, tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, poor diet, and older age increase the risk for cardiovascular disease. Stress and post-traumatic stress disorder may also raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, which may explain why the burden is so high in war-affected countries. Cancer incidence is highest in Australia and New Zealand, where more than 400 people per 100,000 have some form of cancer. Denmark, the United States, Norway, Canada, Ireland, and other high-income European countries follow. The lowest cancer rates, adjusted for age, are in Sierra Leone, Gambia, the Congo, Nepal, Qatar, Yemen, Rwanda, and Niger — all low-income countries with the exception of Qatar. The global cancer burden is more concentrated in developed countries, but the burden of diabetes is more evenly spread and rising faster in developing countries. The International Diabetes Foundation estimates 537 million adults were living with diabetes in 2021, and 75 percent of them lived in a low- or middle-income country. About 18 percent of adults in the Middle East and North Africa had diabetes in 2021, the highest share for any global region.  Between 2000 and 2021, the rate of diabetes has nearly tripled in the western Pacific and roughly doubled in southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and south and central America. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest burden in 2021, with only about 5 percent of adults having diabetes, but that rate has increased fivefold since 2000. Older age, obesity, and physical inactivity are known risk factors for diabetes. African nations are home to the world’s youngest, most active, and least obese populations, so it makes sense that they have the lowest rates of diabetes.  But in many African countries, that is starting to change. People are flocking en masse to rapidly developing urban city centers where they are more likely to find higher quantities of poor-quality food, be less active, and live longer. Challenges treating noncommunicable diseases in developing countries  Many of the same challenges developing countries face in preventing and treating infectious diseases — like weak health care systems, lack of access to medicines, and insufficient funding — are also barriers to high-quality care for noncommunicable diseases.  But, in many ways, treating noncommunicable diseases is more complicated than treating people with infectious diseases.  For one, patients with noncommunicable diseases need to be treated for years or even decades, whereas people with infectious diseases typically need immediate but relatively short-term care. And people with noncommunicable diseases often require multi-faceted care; a cancer patient may need radiology, chemotherapy, and surgery, not to mention palliative care or pain management.  These services are typically offered only in a handful of health facilities located in capital cities and urban centers. Such treatments are also costly, and the vast majority of people in developing countries don’t have health insurance, public or private. Many people therefore either skip care altogether or go into catastrophic medical debt. Families in Africa are more likely to spend in excess of 25 percent of their total household budget on health compared to other regions.  Social stigma around noncommunicable diseases and gender inequity is another obstacle to proper treatment. For example, in Bangladesh, social taboos around breast cancer screening prevent early detection. In some countries, once a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, there is often a stigma that she is being punished for immorality and consequently, often faces abuse or abandonment from her family.  Despite the growing toll, noncommunicable diseases are not always a public health priority. In 2021, 143 of the 194 countries for which data was available had a dedicated department within its national health agency. However, 41 countries, including many in Africa, did not.  Global health spending has also not kept pace; only about 2 percent of all spending for global health is earmarked for noncommunicable diseases. Developing countries are now facing a dual threat from infectious and chronic diseases, stretching already overburdened and under-resourced health and public health systems.  The historical siloed approach to addressing global health won’t be sufficient in this new age of public health challenges. What’s needed are solutions that truly strengthen the way health care systems operate. This includes improving health financing, expanding access to specialized services, and ensuring that patients trust the health care system and seek care even before they are sick.
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Rangers’ Adam Fox feels fully healthy after knee injury hampered him in postseason
It all was a first for the 26-year-old Adam Fox, who had never dealt with a major injury until his fifth year with the Rangers.
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Tropical Storm Helene is forecast to become a major hurricane as it nears Florida
Helene is forecast to intensify rapidly over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Thursday. Residents are urged to make preparations — and in many counties, evacuate — before then.
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Titan implosion was "expected," submersible pilot testifies
Submersible pilot and designer Karl Stanley said he felt the implosion ultimately stemmed from Stockton Rush's desire to leave his mark on history.
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Sleep through the night with these 5 viral bedroom finds
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ kids speak out after his sex trafficking arrest: ‘So many hurtful and false rumors’
“We have seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship,” four of his children wrote in a statement.
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How To Watch President Joe Biden On ‘The View’
Biden will be taking on the Hot Topics Table live.
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'Moneyball' author makes stunning admission about analytics use in baseball
"Moneyball" author Michael Lewis detailed the Oakland Athletics' use of analytics to win baseball games but said it had a negative effect on the game.
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D.C. medics’ new tool to save trauma victims? Bags of blood.
Since April, D.C. medics responding to emergencies have administered blood transfusions to scores of trauma victims, pulling them back from the brink of death.
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Kate Middleton’s plans for annual Christmas carol service revealed after she completes chemo
Kate Middleton recently returned to work after sharing a big update in her cancer battle.
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Nick Cannon 'wasn't ready' for his daughter to become 'a young lady': 'Happened overnight'
Nick Cannon spoke candidly to Fox News Digital about his evolving relationship with his eldest children, 13-year-old twins, twins Moroccan and Monroe, who he shares with Mariah Carey.
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Sherlett Hendy Newbill for Los Angeles Unified School Board District 1
Sherlett Hendy Newbill's experience as a basketball coach, teacher and dean of students and her common-sense, independent approach to problem solving will serve her well on the LAUSD board.
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Weekly market is one way Olney, Md., families grow together
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George Whitesides for the 27th Congressional District
The former aerospace executive and advocate on megafire protection and prevention is part of a group of “new Democrats” who believe in working across party lines to solve problems for Americans. We need more people like him in Congress.
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The dark revelations of a new documentary about teens and social media
Lauren Greenfield’s “Social Studies” places teens at the center of their own stories, to powerful effect.
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