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The Russian army killed one resident of Donetsk region yesterday, December 24. The head of the Donetsk regional state administration Vadym Filashkin posted this on Facebook. “On December 24, Russians killed one resident of Donetsk region – in Udachne,” Filashkin said. He emphasized that the total number of victims of the Russian invaders in Donetsk region (2,909 killed and 6,534 injured) is given without taking into account Mariupol and Volnovakha. Read also: Shelling in Donetsk region: Russians killed man, wounded woman in Pokrovsk and its area As Ukrinform reported, on December 23, Russians killed one and wounded two residents of…

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawsuit against veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer for an off-target poll released just before last month’s election may be the first of its kind in a modern U.S. presidential election.   In researching my book, “Lost in a Gallup,” a narrative history of prominent polling failures in presidential elections since 1936, I uncovered nothing akin to Trump’s litigation, which accuses Selzer of “brazen election interference.”   The lawsuit may not survive what are likely to be sharp legal challenges. But its apparent unprecedented nature could have an uneasy effect on pollsters, given their checkered record of accuracy. It is not…

The U.K.’s Alan Mann Racing today specializes in maintaining classic cars and developing restomods, but it was once a mainstay of the racing scene, as this video explains. Alan Mann Racing, or AMR for short, was founded in 1964 by racing enthusiast Alan Mann, who’d gotten his start running a garage that prepared race cars for competition. Mann soon negotiated a deal with Ford to run Lotus Cortinas. It was the start of a close partnership between AMR and the Blue Oval that would define the team. This was the era of Ford’s Total Performance push, when the automaker sought…

Stephanie Armour, Julie Rovner | (TNS) KFF Health NewsMany of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives.The picks hold different views on matters such as limits on abortion, the safety of childhood vaccines, the COVID-19 response, and the use of weight-loss medications. The divide pits Trump picks who adhere to more traditional and orthodox science, such as the long-held,…

Solana remained stable above the $175 level. SOL price is now recovering losses and facing hurdles near the $200 and $205 levels. SOL price started a fresh increase after it tested the $175 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $190 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a connecting bearish trend line with resistance at $185 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if the bulls clear the $205 zone. Solana Price Eyes Upside Break Solana price formed a…

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion and reproductive rights have been central to the races for president and governor in North Carolina, a battleground state that has more moderate abortion restrictions than elsewhere across the South.That’s been even truer in the fight for a seat on the state Supreme Court that abortion rights supporters say will play an important role in determining whether Republicans can enact even more restrictions. Registered Republicans currently hold five of seven seats and could expand that majority even further in Tuesday’s election.Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat who is running for reelection,…

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By MIKE STOBBENEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.The numbers represented some good news about sexually transmitted diseases, which experienced some alarming increases in past years due to declining condom use, inadequate sex education, and reduced testing and treatment when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Last year, cases of the most infectious stages of syphilis fell 10% from the year before — the first substantial decline in more than two decades. Gonorrhea cases dropped 7%, marking a second straight year of…

A new Wordle puzzle is available! Get hints, the answer, and everything you need to know about the December 16 game. Image Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images The famous New York Times word game, “Wordle,” has become a global addiction. All players have six tries to guess the five-letter answer for each day’s “Wordle” in the games section of the publication. So, what was today’s Wordle answer? See the hints for the December 16, 2024, Wordle and the answer by scrolling all the way down below. What Is Today’s Wordle Hint? The Wordle hint for December 16, 2024, is: Loud and…

Melbourne — Australian police said Monday they are hunting for three suspects over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, designating it a terrorist act. Mask-wearing attackers set the Adass Israel Synagogue ablaze before dawn on Friday, police said, gutting much of the building. Some congregants were inside the single-story building at the time but no serious injuries were reported. The fire sparked international condemnation, including from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Police have “three suspects in that matter, who we are pursuing,” Victorian police chief commissioner Shane Patton told a news conference. Investigations over the weekend had made “significant…