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Nigeria gunmen abduct 287 students in latest school attack

Gunmen attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday and kidnapped at least 287 students, the principal told authorities, the West African country’s second mass kidnapping in less than a week. Kidnappings of students from schools in northern Nigeria are a frequent occurrence and have been a source of concern since Islamic extremists kidnapped more […]

Biden to attack billionaires, float raising corporate tax during State of the Union

President Biden touted a massive corporate tax hike in his State of the Union address Thursday night, while targeting billionaires such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as well as others. He plans to criticize wealthy Americans. Opinion polls show that voters disapprove of his handling of the economy, and Biden, […]

Microscopic plastics could raise risk of stroke and heart attack, study says | Environment

Doctors have warned of the potentially life-threatening effects of plastic pollution, finding that people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics had a significantly increased risk of stroke, heart attack and premature death. Researchers in Naples examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than […]

Marine Corps’ Top General Returns To Work After Heart Attack

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith returned to work on Tuesday after a four-month leave of absence due to sudden cardiac arrest on Oct. 29, the Marine Corps announced in a statement. Mr Smith underwent open-heart surgery on January 8 to repair the bicuspid aortic valve in his heart, which is believed to be the […]

Iditarod opens with moose attack, field dressing, and a carcass crash

The Iditarod is a sporting event like no other. Charging across Alaska’s frozen tundra on a dog sled isn’t for a diversion. That’s before it becomes necessary to kill the attacking moose. We are still working out the details, but in the first 24 hours #Iditarod24: One musher punched an aggressive moose in the face, […]