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An Australian lifeguard helped rescue a woman who was critically injured by a white shark while swimming off a popular Sydney beach on Saturday. The 35-year-old woman, who has not been identified, suffered serious leg and arm injuries in the morning attack at Coogee Beach, according to a police statement. She was swimming with two …
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency said Saturday funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be held in July, as mediators say an agreement to end the war is close. The funeral, burial, and farewell ceremonies for Khamenei would take place between July 4 and 9, Iran’s state-run television, IRIB, …
Ricky Resendez first tried e-cigarettes in eighth grade. By the time he got to high school, he was vaping daily. “It was just kind of normal,” said Ricky, a 17-year-old recent graduate in Superior, Wisconsin. “Kids were vaping in class, in the bathrooms, wherever.” Nationally, nearly 6% of middle and high school students — amounting …
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise awareness of a lesser-known problem: a life-threatening allergy to meat triggered by tick bites. The problem, known as alpha-gal syndrome, was first linked to a particular species of ticks about …
When Amy Piccoli’s son brought home a stomach bug in May 2024, she thought she knew what she was in for. The Los Angeles mom of three was used to seasonal illnesses and 24-hour viruses. Piccoli got sick, as she expected. But she soon became “really dehydrated” and ended up in the emergency room. As …
DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) – Funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, state media reported on Saturday. Khamenei, was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran in February. His death marked the …
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army on Saturday withdrew its troops from a base in a southern Lebanese village after Israeli troops advanced in an area nearby, a military official said. The departure from the army barracks in Kfar Tebnit came as the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for about 20 locations, including the …
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL (AP) — The United States and Iran appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday the U.S. and Iran agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were …
June 13 (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal that would end the months-long conflict in the Middle East, with a final text of the deal reached. Pakistan is now preparing for an electronic signing expected within …
NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – Kenneth Leech, a former star bond manager at Western Asset Management Co, pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing a probe into alleged “cherry-picking,” the assigning of profitable trades to favored investors and losing trades to other investors. Leech admitted to one count of obstructing a U.S. Securities and Exchange …