WASHINGTON – Negotiations between President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin over the Democrats’ huge social and environment bill are going poorly, a person familiar with the talks said Wednesday, the latest sign that leaders’ hopes of moving the bill through the Senate before Christmas were increasingly bleak.
LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson is a free man.
NEW YORK – The revelation that Fox News Channel personalities sent text messages to the White House during the Jan. 6 insurrection is another example of how the network’s stars sought to influence then-President Donald Trump instead of simply reporting or commenting on him.
WASHINGTON – When Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert cracked a racist, Islamophobic joke about Democratic Rep.
BOSTON – The trial of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the latest bellwether in the U.S. Justice Department’s controversial effort to crack down on economic espionage by China.
McMINNVILLE, Ore. – The opioid epidemic blew into this picturesque Oregon town like a toxic wind, leaving overdoses, addiction, homelessness and wrecked families in its wake.
WASHINGTON – The House voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, making it the first time the chamber has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” of Tehran’s program as it enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.
If selecting a cut tree, watch for these signs that the tree is too far gone. - Needles are a dull, grayish-green color - Needles fail to ooze pitch when broken apart and squeezed - Needles feel stiff and brittle - Needles pull easily off tree Once you have your tree home, recut the trunk about one inch above the original cut.
Dear Dr. Roach: About three months ago, I had an attack of gout. I believe it was my first, but I may have had one a few months earlier that was diagnosed as a foot infection. The symptoms lasted well over a month. My last uric acid reading was 5.1, but it was 8.6 in February. I am watching my diet – I have not eaten red meat in over 30 years – and have basically eliminated shellfish, which I love. I also take 100 mg of allopurinol.