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The head of a world organisation combating for democracy in Russia says she thinks she was "poisoned, possibly by some nerve agent".Natalia Arno skilled "strange symptoms" whereas on a latest journey to Europe and on one event discovered the door to her room open when she returned to her lodge. A put up on Ms Arno's social media says she awoke at 5am the following day in acute ache and determined to fly house to the US on the closest flight, the place she has been recovering.While it's not but confirmed what triggered her situation, the put up says it's being investigated - it is a story that conjures up reminiscences of the Novichok poisonings of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and 5 folks in Salisbury in 2018.'Embarrassment' for Putin as Kyiv shoots down 'undefeatable' mis...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Voters in Jacksonville, Florida, have elected town’s first feminine mayor. Democrat Donna Deegan earned 52% of the vote in Tuesday’s election, beating Republican Daniel Davis, in keeping with unofficial outcomes. About 217,000 individuals voted within the race, for a turnout of 33...

A highschool scholar has been suspended for 3 days after she recorded her trainer utilizing a racial slur in school. The Missouri scholar determined to document the incident on her telephone on 9 May throughout her geometry class at Glendale High School in Springfield, US. According to NBC News, the trainer allegedly used the racial slur greater than as soon as, which is when the coed, Mary Walton, determined to take a video on her telephone, {the teenager}'s lawyer Natalie Hull mentioned.The college district has not but publicly recognized the trainer who used the N-word twice within the video.In the video, which lasts about one minute, one other scholar objects to the trainer's use of the phrase, to which the trainer responded: "I'm not calling anyone a n*****. I can say th...

This is the heart-stopping second a fisherman is attacked by a tiger shark whereas out at sea in his kayak.Footage exhibits the shark charging at Scott Haraguchi's kayak off the coast of Windward Oahu in Hawaii. But quick-thinking Mr Haraguchi manages to scare away the shark utilizing his foot."(I) didn't realise I took my left foot out of the water to brace myself from impact and actually pushed the shark's head off with it," he stated."If you asked me to do that again, even without the shark, I don't think I'd have that flexibility." He continued: "A wounded, disabled seal was seen a half hour after the shark attacked me."I imagine the shark might have wounded the seal, and was ready for it to die, and got here again and mistook me for the seal."Read extra:Missing lady disc...

The Duchess of Sussex has acquired a Woman of Vision award as she and the Duke of Sussex made their first public look because the King's coronation. Meghan inspired girls to battle for fairness as she accepted the award on the Ms. Foundation for Women's annual gala. "It's never too late to start," she stated on the occasion in New York. "You can be the visionary of your own life... There is still so much work to be done."The award from America's oldest girls's basis recognised her "global advocacy to empower and advocate on behalf of women and girls".Meghan's mom Doria Ragland additionally attended. Meghan advised the viewers how Ms. Magazine, a feminist journal co-founded by Gloria Steinem, was all the time of their home when she was rising up.She was offered with the award ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department‘s inspector normal into her look at a political fundraiser and different potential points, her lawyer mentioned Tuesday. The Justice Department‘s watchdog has but to launch its...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — House and Senate negotiators wrapped up work Tuesday on the small print of a invoice to legalize leisure marijuana for adults in Minnesota, setting the stage for remaining votes within the closing days of the legislative session. It will nonetheless take staffers a day or two to arrange t...

A former Metropolitan Police Department officer and police union official has pleaded responsible to time and attendance fraud associated to his second job at three D.C. Whole Foods places. Medgar Webster Sr., a former MPD officer and the previous Vice Chairman of the D.C. Police Union, labored 1,400 hours...

Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, grabbed a lady by the neck and kissed her in opposition to her will 3 times earlier this 12 months, in line with new data in an affidavit. Mahomes was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and one rely of batte...

Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with an extended political historical past in Pennsylvania, gained Philadelphia’s mayoral major on Tuesday, seemingly setting her up as town’s one hundredth mayor and the primary lady to serve within the function. Parker, 50, who served for 10 years as a state consultant for nor...