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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has released a video on X saying she and her congressional staff involved in a Toledo, Ohio, car accident earlier this month are in good shape, thanking the well-wishes for helping fuel her “very rapid recovery.””As I move to physical rehabilitation, sharing a message with the thousands who shared good wishes from our community, across our region, our country, and around the world,” the longest-serving woman in U.S. House history, Kaptur, 80, wrote on X and sharing the video.”It’s made a huge difference in my very rapid recovery.…

A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people, including a child, and wounded 75 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery there.Russian officials didn’t say what the drones targeted, but the city is an important oil refining hub, home to two refineries and a petrochemical plant. Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia, eaten into Russian refining capacity and unsettled the Russian public.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it is a…

BANGKOK: A gunman killed a Thai official inside a local government office on the capital Bangkok’s outskirts on Monday (Aug 10), authorities said, days after a teenager’s shooting spree at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control.Police said the suspected shooter, former lawmaker Chalong Riewrang, fired at Thongchai Yenprasert, the chairman of the Provincial Administrative Organization in Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok, because of a disagreement over borrowed money.”The motive was personal,” Police Lieutenant General Wattana Yijin told reporters, adding that Thongchai’s driver was also wounded but is not in a critical state.Thongchai later died of his…

EXPLAINERAs the winners of the Champions League and Europa League face off, here is everything to know on the venue, history, quotes from the coaches and more.The UEFA Super Cup is the annual game between the winners of European football’s top two competitions – the Champions League and the Europa League – and is seen as a curtain-raiser to the new season in Europe.This year the French champions and Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will take on English Premier League side Aston Villa, who are Europa League champions.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHere’s everything you need to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Where you live in your neighborhood could significantly affect your sleep, according to experts and recent research on urban landscapes.Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based nutritionist and author of “The Sleepdemic Solution,” confirmed that household surroundings and ambient neighborhood conditions can directly interfere with restfulness.Factors such as cohabitating with family members, pets or high-noise environments frequently disrupt sleep patterns, she said.POPULAR SMOOTHIE INGREDIENT MAY REDUCE ONE KEY HEALTH BENEFIT, STUDY SUGGESTS”If you live in noisy environments, the fact is that it is going to be noisy and you do have to make some…

If you thought DiJonai Carrington clotheslining Sophie Cunningham, then posting “White privilege” from the locker room after her ejection, would cause the sports media to acknowledge the actual racism in the WNBA, you thought wrong.To neutral observers, the story on Saturday is hardly difficult to analyze. Carrington committed a dirty, flagrant worthy play that could have seriously injured Cunningham, leaving her bloodied in the mouth from the contact. The officials rightfully ejected Carrington. She responded by accusing league officials of racism, an accusation that, while baseless, is nevertheless serious.And yet, the race ladies of Threads and Bluesky have rushed to…

OpenAI has halted some “internal activities” involving a new model amid fears over the cyber threat it potentially poses, amid a wave of security incidents involving major AI labs.Recent disclosures that AI systems from Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta were involved in security incidents prompted a wave of concerns over the development of models. U.S. lawmakers, meanwhile, are stepping up efforts to introduce an “AI Kill Switch” bill.Last week, Meta disclosed that an AI model it was developing had hacked a third-party system by accessing the internet, due to a misconfiguration by an independent testing company it was working with. The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scott Spiezio underwent an MRI for back pain in 2018. The results of which would seem inconsequential.When Spiezio exited the MRI, he was yellow. He had jaundice; his liver was failing after years of battling alcoholism.The World Series champion, who was 47 at the time, was given a 20% chance of surviving. Scott Spiezio #26 of the St. Louis Cardinals poses during Photo Day on Feb. 26, 2007, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. (Doug Benc/Getty Images)Spiezio was told by doctors he had to stop drinking for six months before he…

Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the WA coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president has nominated acting central bank governor Destry Damayanti as the sole candidate to take over the job she has held since the abrupt resignation of Perry Warjiyo last month, the government said on Monday (Aug 10).”There is only one name, it is Destry Damayanti,” presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi said in response to questions from reporters in Jakarta.Parliament, which is in recess, will have the final word on the new governor – a nomination closely watched by markets.Before taking over from Perry in an interim capacity, 62-year-old economist Destry had been a deputy governor of the central bank…