Why No. 22 was vital to Mets’ Juan Soto signing
No. 22 is so important to Juan Soto that he included it in his record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract and will continue to wear No. 22 with the Mets. He also has a gold chain with his number 22 on it, which he wore during Thursday's inaugural press conference at Citi Field. “22 was the […]
Century 21 owner signs Sephora, Barcade to vital Broadway block
Century 21, the discount fashion department store, will reduce its footprint from 250,000 square feet to 100,000 square feet when it reopens in May 2023 after more than two years of closure due to the pandemic. But ASG Equities, the real estate arm of the store's owners, the Gindi family, quickly set to work finding […]
Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists | Conservation
IA growing body of research shows that it's not just humans who get smarter as they age, but animals as well. Largemouth buffaloes can be 127 years old, Greenland sharks can be 392 years old, and some sponges can live for more than 10,000 years. And age is not just a number. As animals grow […]
Trump says media is ‘vital’ to making America ‘great again,’ vows to work with ‘free, fair and open’ press
Exclusive: PALM BEACH — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that it is “essential” to have a “free, fair and open media” to “make America great again” and that he has a “duty… '' he told FOX News Digital. He called on the American people to cooperate with the media, including those that treated him “incomprehensibly […]
Trump’s recess appointment power is constitutional and vital to his agenda
President-elect Trump's victory means an end to business as usual in Washington. His desire to exercise his appointment authority while on leave is a clear sign of how serious he is about making the federal government responsive to the will of the American people. Our founders never imagined a situation where Congress would plan to […]
‘Unwavering U.S. Leadership Is Vital for the World’
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Confirmed On Wednesday, he spoke by phone with President-elect Donald Trump shortly after his victory in the 2024 presidential election, praising Trump's campaign promise to return the United States to geopolitical pre-eminence. President Zelenskiy described the conversation as a “great phone call,” perhaps recalling the long-running dispute over a conversation […]
‘Promising’: Navy Ship Carries Out Vital Task That Could Give US Edge Over China If War Broke Out In Taiwan
The U.S. Navy conducted the first successful replenishment of a warship weapons system at sea using the Transportable Rearmament Mechanism (TRAM) of the USS Chosin, officials announced Friday. During a demonstration 30 miles off the coast of San Diego, sailors aboard the cruiser USS Chosin used a hydraulically-powered TRAM to insert an empty missile shell […]
NC Factory That Makes Vital IV Fluids Closes Due to Flooding
A plant manufacturing intravenous (IV) fluids in Marion, North Carolina, has closed after flooding from Hurricane Helen. Baxter International, located about 55 miles outside of Asheville, has closed and is now covered NPR reported Friday, noting that employees said the building was evacuated just before the worst of the storm hit the area. Baxter International […]
Will Ferrell’s Netflix doc Will & Harper is flawed but vital viewing for cis people | Will Ferrell
LCisgender people are very interested in us trans women. They want to know things like: What was it like to have your genitals repositioned by a surgeon? How did you know from the beginning that you were really a girl? Is it disgusting that we now have to participate in the negative aspects of sexism? […]
Reforming 340B vital for affordable medication for low-income patients
Time 340B Drug Pricing Program Established in 1992, the program was intended by Congress to help low-income and uninsured patients afford prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies that make drugs covered by Medicaid are required to participate in the program, which offers them to patients at a discount that averages 25 to 50 percent off the wholesale […]