US: 4 critically injured in lightning strike near White House
Four people have been seriously injured after lightning struck outside the White House, firefighters said. The four victims, two men and two women, were injured Thursday in Lafayette Park, located directly outside the White House complex, according to the District of Columbia Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services. Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers witnessed the lightning strike and rushed to render first aid, officials said. Emergency medical crews were called to the scene shortly before 7 p.m. and took the victims to the hospital with “critical and life-threatening injuries,” fire department spokesman Vito Maggiolo said. Part of…
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Demand for CBD office space slowly returns
Demand for office space remains strong as tenants slowly return to CBDs across the country. According to the Property Council of Australia’s latest Office market reporttenant demand was 0.5% higher on average in the country’s CBDs. Property Council chief executive Ken Morrison said the figures were encouraging given the damage caused by the ongoing blockades. “In a healthy sign for our CBDs, the office market continues to defy previous dire predictions, with demand still in positive territory after almost three years of the pandemic,” Morrison said. “Demand for office space was strongest in Brisbane, more than three times the historical…
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Trump endorses GOP candidate Leora Levy for US Senate
August 5, 2022 at 02:17Updated 12 m ago For: News 12 Personal Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate Leora Levy for the United States Senate. Trump endorsed Levy Thursday night in a surprise phone call to the Montville Republican Town Committee. In a statement, Trump blasted Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal for misrepresenting his military service in Vietnam and blasted Republican Senate candidate Themis Klarides for being “endorsed by three of the worst RINOs in the country,” Republican governors Larry Hogan, Charlie Baker and Chris. Christie. Trump added: “Leora Levy, on the other hand, has done a fantastic job…
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Condoms to secret documents: Nazi U-boat items to go on display for first time | Second world war
There are two enigma machines, dozens of bottles of French wine and about 200 condoms, along with toothpaste that is still mint and coffee that has retained its aroma. A trove of extraordinarily well-preserved Nazi artefacts, recovered from a sunken submarine in the 1990s after nearly 50 years at the bottom of the ocean, are to go on public display for the first time. Historians are examining thousands of previously unseen artifacts that have not been touched since 1945, hoping to find new insights into the lives of those who spent months aboard German U-boats during World War II. Visitors…
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Sunday Scaries: Reviewing the Sunday Scaries CBD Products
Have you ever been hit with a wave of stress, anxiety, or nervousness during Sunday nights? Do you dread the Monday morning ritual and the beginning of your stressful work week? You are not alone, “The Sunday scaries” is an ongoing problem for a large variety of millennials and middle-aged adults. The company Sunday Scaries has created a solution to your feelings of worry and anxiety during these times. Sunday Scaries creates outstanding CBD products to help deal with the stressors throughout the week that can creep up during the weekend. Their mission is to alleviate the stress and fear…
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NBA World Reacts To LeBron James, Lakers News
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 21: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers is seen against the Detroit Pistons during the second quarter of the game at Little Caesars Arena on November 21, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) On Thursday night, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that the Los Angeles Lakers met with LeBron James. The two parties had a “productive” discussion about their future together. Although the talks were productive, the two sides failed to reach a new contract agreement. From ESPN: James and Paul met with Lakers VP of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob…
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Wharfies strike in five states; Medicine shortage grips Australia; Police investigating deadly QLD farm shooting; US basketballer Brittney Griner sentenced in Russia; US declares public health emergency over monkeypox outbreak; NSW records 12,908 new COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths; Victoria records 34 COVID-19 deaths
Someone opened fire this morning at the Mall of America in the US suburbs of Minneapolis, sending shoppers running for cover, but police said no victims had yet been found. Bloomington police also said they were still looking for a suspect after securing the scene. Video posted on social media showed what appeared to be a man screaming as he walked near the complex’s Nike store, with at least three apparent gunshots. The mall, which opened in 1992, is the largest in the United States and is a tourist destination and community gathering place. Video posted online showed shoppers fleeing…
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Alex Jones ordered to pay parents of Sandy Hook victim $4M US for calling massacre a hoax
A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the first time the Infowars host has been held financially accountable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in US history was a hoax. An Austin jury has yet to decide how much the Infowars host must pay in punitive damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 bombing in…
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