#White House condemns online attacks against openly gay Interior spokesman

#White House condemns online attacks against openly gay Interior spokesman

The White House is condemning recent online attacks against an openly gay Interior Department spokesman, calling them cruel and unacceptable. The attacks online are targeting Tyler Cherry, Interior’s principal deputy communications director, and started when the right-wing social media account LibsofTikTok criticized Cherry’s appearance on X, formerly known as Twitter. The account shared photographs and…

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#Over 2,000 killed after earthquakes shakes Afghanistan

#Over 2,000 killed after earthquakes shakes Afghanistan

More than 2,000 people were left dead after a pair of devastating earthquakes rattled Afghanistan on Saturday. A Taliban government spokesperson said Sunday that the death toll from the powerful earthquakes reached more than 2,000 — making it one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the nation, the Associated Press reported. There are fears that…

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#New study links ‘good’ cholesterol with dementia

#New study links ‘good’ cholesterol with dementia

A study shows that so-called “good cholesterol” may not be as healthy as previously believed.  The study, published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, claims that high or low levels of high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, could increase dementia risk for older people. Researchers tracked more than 180,000 California residents through health surveys for about two years…

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#Gaetz moves to oust Speaker McCarthy 

#Gaetz moves to oust Speaker McCarthy 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), following through with his pledge to do so after the Speaker put a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government on the House floor. A vote on the motion to vacate the chair will have to be…

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#Is Italy headed for a debt crisis? 

#Is Italy headed for a debt crisis? 

Markets have not distinguished themselves in anticipating European economic crises. In late 2009, on the eve of the Greek sovereign debt crisis, Greek government bonds traded with a yield that was barely above that of German government bonds. A year later, the Greek sovereign debt crisis shook U.S. and world financial markets and Greece eventually…

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