Baquer Namazi, 84, is in urgent need of surgery to clear up a severe blockage in the main artery that supplies blood to his brain, according to his son, Babak, and the family’s lawyer, Jared Genser. The potentially life-saving surgery is required within seven to 10 days, prompting pleas from the family and supporters for Iran to release Baquer Namazi from custody, the Associated Press reported. “My father has already lost so much precious time....

The Kentucky Derby winner will face a bevy of stiff competition this week at Pimlico, as several horses from the Run for the Roses – hailed as having one of its best-ever fields – will take another shot at beating the Bob Baffert trainee. Firing Line, who finished second in the Derby, Dortmund (3rd), Danzig Moon (5th), Materiality (6th) and Carpe Diem (10th) are all expected to run in the Preakness....

In a CNN interview that aired on Wednesday evening Eastern Time, Tsai Ing-wen said the troops—previously reported as special forces instructors—were part of Taiwan’s various military exchanges with the U.S. “We have a wide range of cooperation with the U.S. aiming at increasing our defense capability,” the president said. Asked for a precise number, Tsai added: “Not as many as people thought.” Department of Defense figures show just over 30 U....

RT America informed staff that it would be “ceasing production” because of “unforeseen business interruption events,” according to a memo obtained by CNN. “Unfortunately, we anticipate this layoff will be permanent, meaning that this will result in the permanent separation from employment of most T&R employees at all locations,” wrote Misha Solodovnikov, general manager of T&R Productions. Several companies, social media sites and other platforms have been blocking or restricting access to the Russian version of RT in an effort to halt the spread of Russian propaganda during the assault on Ukraine....

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) took Mack into custody after her indictment on murder conspiracy charges in the U.S. Mack’s former boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, was also charged in the U.S. after being convicted in Indonesia. He remains jailed there. Mack, 26, pleaded not guilty. Her lawyer argued the U.S. could have extradited and tried Mack in 2015 but chose not to do so. Also on the plane with Mack was her 6-year-old daughter, Stella Schaefer....

The latest AP-NORC survey found that more than half of U.S. adults wanted people to be required to stay in their homes if they weren’t running essential errands, and a similar number backed the forced closure of restaurants and bars. A requirement to wear face masks when outside was also backed by a large number of U.S. adults polled as U.S. coronavirus cases topped the 4 million mark. Asked whether they favored or opposed a series of lockdown measures, 54 percent of Americans said bars and restaurants should be required to close in response to the COVID-19 outbreak....

In the four months after the first COVID-19 case was reported in the U.S. on January 20, 2020, the coronavirus had spread to every state and over 90 percent of all counties, according to the authors of the paper published in the journal The Lancet. The response from leaders during this period was “highly decentralised,” the researchers said, and stay-at-home orders varied in different states and localities. To investigate whether people’s behavior affected the spread of the coronavirus, the researchers looked at anonymized cell phone data reflecting movement in each U....

But amid this long-running furor surrounding his payments, one thing has appeared consistently clear in polling: Americans want the details made public. Trump forewent the usual precedent of presidential candidates releasing such details as he ran for the White House, stating this was due to details being under audit by the Internal Revenue Service. Reporting from The New York Times claims to have uncovered the amounts he has paid in recent years, though Trump has dismissed this as “totally fake,” while similarly reverting to his audit defense for not releasing the details to the public....

The WBC middleweight title bout was announced in February, with some surprised that Khan would fight above welterweight for the first time, and against such an experienced opponent. MORE: Conor McGregor on MMA fighter’s death | Is Manny Pacquiao really through? Khan and Alvarez will meet in Las Vegas on May 7. “Initially I wasn’t for the fight. What changed my outlook on it was Amir’s response to me when I asked him, do you want this fight,” trainer Virgil Hunter said in a media conference call on Tuesday....

What Amoxil Is Used For Amoxil is usually recommended as a first-line treatment for many common infections that affect kids. It is most commonly used to treat children with ear infections, pneumonia, sinusitis, and strep throat. It can sometimes also be used to treat some other infections, including uncomplicated gonorrhea, urinary tract infections, and skin infections, when they are caused by susceptible strains of bacteria. Amoxil is also used in combination with other medicines to treat H....

Jake was hit by a truck in September 2021 after he escaped his owner Amber Milton’s (@ambermilton01) yard when his perimeter collar broke, losing his right front paw in the road collision. Thanks to love and care from Amber, it wasn’t long before Jake was back on his feet. Nevertheless, more than a year later, and Jake still tries to shake hands with his missing paw. On October 23, Amber shared a clip of Jake trying to perform the command to TikTok....

In a video shared by the dog’s owner on TikTok on Sunday, under the username Thetripawdtwins, the rescue golden retriever can be seen peacefully sleeping on the carpet, moving all her limbs, including the amputated one, as if she still was intact in her dreams. The viral clip comes with a heartfelt caption that says: “She is so happy and healthy as a Tripawd, but when this happens my heart hurts a bit....

Kate Marie shared a video to her TikTok page, where she documents her daily life as an EMT, thought to be with the fire service. Marie, a single mom, uploaded the clip last month, where it’s since amassed more than 2.5 million views. “Make-up for mass casualty training,” she said in the on-screen caption. Marie added: “WARNING. Could appear gruesome to some but this is MAKEUP for military and first responder training....

McGrath closed in on McConnell in early polling, though recent polling has seen the gap surpass double digits. A poll from Morning Consult put McConnell ahead by around 15 points, with 52 percent of those asked September 11 to 20 backing McConnell compared to 37 percent for McGrath. A Quinnipiac September 10 to 14 poll of 1,164 likely voters in Kentucky gave McConnell a 12-point lead, with 53 percent for the incumbent senator, compared to 41 percent for McGrath....

The GMA3: What You Need To Know co-hosts’ alleged romance went public last week after photos surfaced of the pair on various outings together. They were spotted holding hands in a car, cozying up at a bar in New York City and enjoying a vacation in Upstate New York. Soon after the images were published by the Daily Mail, their Instagram accounts were deactivated. Robach, 49, and Holmes, 45, have each been married several times....

On Tuesday’s installment of the show, Schneider was seen facing off against Krys Fischer, a retired substitute teacher from Mendota Heights, Minnesota, and Pam Schoenberg, a dentist and entrepreneur from South Salem, New York. The day after fans watched Schneider emerge from the episode victorious, the Ohio native took to Twitter to speak out against the misogynistic criticism aimed at Schoenberg, whose competitive streak kept the champ on her toes....

But “Inside Edition” may have missed the real story. It’s another relationship, described in the transcripts, that could cause Cisneros real trouble. That is his friendship with Morris Jaffe, a wealthy oil and real-estate entrepreneur with a long history as a source of money and favors for Texas politicians from Lyndon Johnson to Jim Wright. (In 1989 Jaffe came under scrutiny from House investigators for inviting Speaker Wright into an extremely profitable oil-well venture at little risk....

Apart from the ruins in which Mobutu left his sprawling nation, the yacht may be the last monument to his grandiose reign. After he was driven from power last May to exile in Morocco, where he died of cancer in September, Mobutu’s own soldiers and those of the new regime of Laurent Kabila ransacked his other palaces. But the boat’s captain, Bokamano Ilinga, 57, welded the Kamanyola’s doors shut and ““guarded it jealously,” he said....

And she could. Coach Major didn’t need to drink beer to induce sweet visions in the Norwegian night. He just had to show up at the awards podium in Lillehammer, where American skiers kept putting in appearances with unexpected regularity. Picabo Street, 22, showed there was more than hype to her magical name. She won a silver in the downhill last weekend in her first Olympiad. Liz McIntyre, 28, a lateblooming Dartmouth graduate, won the silver in moguls – alpine’s wacked-out sister sport....