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Having lost the presidency, the Senate majority and now major platforms for disseminating lies and calls to violence, Trump World, or what’s left of it, automatically shifted into self-pitying snowflake mode. With quivering voices, its members accused the tech companies of censorship. When Simon & Schuster announced it would not be publishing the book by one of the instigators, Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator called the move “Orwellian” and a “direct assault on the First Amendment....

So, if you have an episode of syncope, you should be evaluated by your healthcare provider to determine its cause. Occurrence Syncope occurs when the blood flow to the brain becomes markedly reduced, for as few as five or six seconds. The brain’s blood flow can be interrupted for a number of different reasons. Fortunately, in most cases, syncope is a transient condition that is not caused by a serious medical problem....

Medicare covers tests that screen for common risk factors for the disease like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. However, when you already have heart disease, what will Medicare do to help you treat it? Medicare and Chest Pain Causes of chest pain run the gamut from anxiety to heartburn to pneumonia. When your chest pain is the result of a heart problem, however, emergent care could save your life....

Anyway, that’s how you spin the story if you want Medicare chopped or dropped, as many conservatives do. They’re backing a raft of proposals to make the elderly pay more of their future medical costs. The optimists, on the other hand, give future Medicare funding a cheerier spin. No need for ice floes, they say. Our standard of living will boom over the next 45 years. GDP will grow, grow, grow....

Working with tissue samples from a cluster of families with histories of early Alzheimer’s, the scientists found that stricken individuals share d a specific mutation on chromosome 1, one of the 23 paired chromosome found in every cell. No one knows just how the newly discovered gene causes trouble, but it closely resembles and Alzheimer’s gene found earlier on chromosome 14. “Finding two similar genes that cause Alzheimer’s is the break we’ve been waiting for,” says Dr....

They, and the rest of the public, later learned that Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge in a deal that ends a nearly 12-year long case. The rapper’s prior conviction was thrown out in July based on doubts about the credibility of the arresting officer in his 2008 trial, according to reports. The judge in the new trial—Common Pleas Court Judge Leon Tucker—decided the time Meek Mill had already served was enough....

The first part of the new season will premiere on November 3, 2022, with two episodes on the first day, followed by one episode each week. This veteran superhero show follows the young heroes of the DC universe. The official synopsis of the show reads: Thankfully, the main cast is returning for the new season alongside new villains like Lex Luthor (Titus Welliver) and Brother Blood (Joseph Morgan). Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Nightwing Gotham’s own Nightwing has been one of the pivotal characters of the Titans from the very start....

Not only will the upcoming series delve deep into Penelope (played by Nicola Coughlan) and Colin’s (Luke Newton) love story, but there are also three new faces joining the show’s cast, set to make things on the ’ton very interesting. As if things could not get any better, filming for Season 3 has officially begun. So, who are the new faces joining the world of Bridgerton? Newsweek has everything you need to know....

Capcom has confirmed that Mega Man 1-6 will be released for iOS and Android devices, with a launch date currently set for January 2017. This continues Capcom’s strategy of “aggressively” integrating its franchises on mobile, after the publisher revealed its initial plans to release mobile games based on Mega Man and Monster Hunter earlier this year. Exactly when in January these releases are due to take place has yet to be confirmed, but Capcom has given fans of Mega Man a form to fill in to be notified once the games are available....

SPOILERS FOR DEATH STRANDING FOLLOW On Twitter yesterday, the Mega Man account send a tweet to Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima what power they would get for defeating Die Hardman, the character played by Tommie Earl Jenkins. In Mega Man, the Robot Master bosses have themed named and powers, which the protagonist can gain by defeating them. Mega Man’s Robot Masters have simple names such as Wood Man, a robot that uses leaves to attack, so fans can see why the Twitter account has to ask the question about Die Hardman....

There was a top prize of $117 million and a cash option of $83.9 million, but did anyone take it home last night? Nobody matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball, so the jackpot has rolled over again for Tuesday’s drawing—where it will be worth $128 million with a cash option of $91.8 million. However there was one big winner, with one ticket from Kentucky that matched all five numbers for the $1 million prize....

First Five: 24-25-47-52-57Mega Ball: 24Megaplier: 4x Friday night’s 07/16/21 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $117 million, with a cash-value option worth $83.6 million. There was no grand prize winner, so the Wednesday 07.20/21 jackpot rises to at least $128 million. The winning numbers last Tuesday (07/13/21) for the $104 million jackpot were: 03-10-17-26-55 with a Mega Ball of 24. The Megaplier was 2x. There was no grand prize winner on Tuesday, nor were there any tickets sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million....

The pre-tournament favourites and reigning world champions made the worst possible start to their Group G campaign on Wednesday, losing 3-0 to Sweden courtesy of two goals from Stina Blackstenius and a header from Lina Hurtig. The United States lost their 44-game unbeaten record as a result, but Rapinoe felt that they were the masters of their own downfall at the Tokyo Stadium. “We got our asses kicked, didn’t we?...

New Idea was ridiculed after suggesting the couple had split on their front cover, which promised an “official palace statement.” The magazine is dated February 22 and the cover was published online on Monday in Australia, which was still Sunday in the U.S. due to the time difference. The mass market Australian weekly showed a picture of Harry and Meghan with a rip between them alongside the headline: “It’s All Over!...

“The WCC [World Cricket Committee] discussed Law 19.8 in relation to overthrows, in the context of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Final. WCC felt that the Law was clear but the matter will be reviewed by the Laws sub-committee in September 2019,” the MCC said in a statement. The incident happened when England required nine runs off the last three balls to lift the World Cup. Ben Stokes, the batsman who was on strike at that moment played a shot to the mid-wicket region and took off for a brace....

In a statement provided to Newsweek on Thursday, McDonald’s USA is ensuring fans that they are working to address the shortage of the Pokémon Happy Meals and its contents as well as encouraging restaurants to set “reasonable” limits on the number of Happy Meals sold per customer. “We love seeing fans’ passion for our limited-time Happy Meal promotion celebrating 25 years of Pokémon. With such significant demand for our promotional Pokémon TCG cards, and some fans even going to extreme lengths to get them, we’re working quickly to address shortages and also strongly encouraging restaurants to set a reasonable limit on Happy Meals sold per customer....

Mumbai City FC are one of the most in-form sides in the ISL competition, with three wins in a row. The consistent performances have pushed them to the top of the standings. They had started with a loss against NorthEast United FC but have recovered in a strong fashion since then. The Islanders have racked up three clean sheets in a row, with dominant performances against Odisha FC and SC East Bengal....

Seems the more Brown is lauded abroad, the more he’s reviled at home. When French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited London, he praised Brown for his “courage and loyalty”—yet the U.K. press took this as another embarrassment, since it highlighted Brown’s support for the unpopular Treaty of Lisbon (which will allow EU governance of Britain in place of a constitution that British voters would reject). Similarly, when Brown met George W....