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• Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver — and when to avoid it

  30-12-2024 23:55 via foxnews.com
  
  A choking emergency can turn really scary, really quickly.Whether it’s yourself or another person, knowing how to remove the blockage while staying calm can be the difference between life and death.The Heimlich maneuver is a first-aid method recommended by most health organizations, which uses abdominal thrusts to dislodge an obstruction from a person’s windpipe.BOY, 8, SAVES CHOKING FRIEND WITH HEIMLICH MANEUVER: SEE THE VIDEOMass General Brigham, a health care system in Boston, Mas
  
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• Post Office campaigners vow to fight on as they get OBEs

  30-12-2024 23:46 via bbc.com
  
  Four former sub-postmasters are made OBEs in the New Year Honours list.
  
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• Gonzaga men's basketball charter nearly collides with departing Delta flight in scary scene at LAX

  30-12-2024 23:46 via foxnews.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into what was nearly a catastrophe as a Delta flight almost crashed into the Gonzaga men’s basketball charter plane at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Friday. Footage of the moment showed that Delta Flight 471 was about to take off when an air-traffic controller was heard screaming, "Stop, stop, stop!" at the charter plane carrying the men’s basketball team across the runway. Luckily, the war
  
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• Appeals court upholds $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict against Trump

  30-12-2024 23:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal appeals court has upheld writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million civil judgment against President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Southgate knighted in New Year Honours - full list

  30-12-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Former England manager Gareth Southgate is awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.
  
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• Parents of women killed by ex-boyfriends receive honours

  30-12-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Carole Gould and Julie Devey co-founded a group supporting families affected by male violence.
  
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• 'Miscarriage not dark secret to hide' says Klass as she becomes MBE

  30-12-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Klass, who has suffered four miscarriages, has spoken about the psychological effects of baby loss.
  
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• Gareth Southgate, Stephen Fry and Olympians lead New Year Honours list

  30-12-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Keely Hodgkinson, actress Sarah Lancashire and Post Office scandal campaigners are also recognised.
  
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• ‘Guardian Angels’ founder slams New York sanctuary city policies after woman set on fire

  30-12-2024 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  After announcing his citizen law enforcement group, the "Guardian Angels," would be returning to patrol the New York subway, Curtis Sliwa is pushing back against New York Mayor Eric Adams and slamming the city’s migrant sanctuary policies, saying: "We’re in a crime crisis." Sliwa announced the Guardian Angels would be resuming safety patrols on New York subway trains after a woman was burned to death on the New York City subway during Christmas week. The New York Post reported S
  
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• Welsh Ambulance Service declares critical incident as 999 calls soar

  30-12-2024 23:26 via bbc.com
  
  More than 340 calls were waiting to be answered when the critical incident was declared.
  
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• Justin Baldoni calls Blake Lively's claims 'false and destructive,' lawyer says new lawsuit will expose truth

  30-12-2024 23:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Justin Baldoni plans to "expose" what his lawyer calls a "false" narrative created by Blake Lively's legal complaint against the actor.The actor's impending lawsuit will share the "truth" after Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment leading up to filming the Colleen Hoover-adapted movie, "It Ends With Us.""This is not a response or countersuit – it’s a deliberate pursuit of truth," Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told People magazine.BLAKE LIVELY SUES JUSTIN BALDONI FOR SEXUAL
  
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• A North Carolina county pummeled by Hurricane Helene suffers another blow

  30-12-2024 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Avery County in North Carolina suffered a setback over the weekend when rain washed away a dozen foot bridges that provided access to emergency services.
  
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• U.S. Treasury says its computers were hacked by a Chinese 'threat actor' in 'major incident'

  30-12-2024 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Treasury department said a state-sponsored Chinese hacking operation was able to use third-party software to access the desktop computers of Treasury employees.
  
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• Havana syndrome patients reportedly promised healthcare that never came

  30-12-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Letter allegedly written by US official shows contradictions in how government handled mysterious health incidentsA leaked letter purportedly written by a senior US military official and published on social media on Monday highlights stark contradictions in the government’s approach to victims of Havana syndrome – a mysterious series of health incidents affecting personnel at embassies and consulates overseas.The letter, dated 24 March 2024 and signed by air force Brig Gen Shannon O&
  
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• Are medals awarded during the Paris 2024 Olympics losing their luster?

  30-12-2024 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  French bronze medal-winning Olympic swimmer Yohann Ndoye-Brouard wondered over the weekend whether a medal he captured is from this summer or 100 years ago.
  
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• Viewers call out 'Squid Game' for casting a cisgender actor as a trans character

  30-12-2024 20:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  After the premiere of the second season of Netflix’s “Squid Game,” viewers are criticizing the show’s decision to cast a straight cisgender male actor as a trans character Hyun-ju.
  
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• For Olympic boxer Claressa Shields, biopic 'The Fire Inside' is a knockout depiction of her career

  30-12-2024 20:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The Fire Inside” starring Ryan Destiny as Claressa Shields and Brian Tyree Henry as her trainer, Jason Crutchfield, brings Shields’ story to the big screen.
  
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• Five charged in connection with Liam Payne's death

  30-12-2024 19:56 via bbc.com
  
  The One Direction star died in October after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.
  
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• Israel sets out case to UN security council for full assault on Yemen’s Houthis

  30-12-2024 19:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Council tells Israeli ambassador it condemns air raids that have killed Yemeni civilians as well as Houthi attacksIsrael has set out its case to the UN security council for a full assault on Houthi forces in Yemen, claiming the Iranian-backed group now represents a well-armed terrorist army that threatens not just the regional economy but the entire global order.The Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, also called for the Houthis to be designated as a foreign terrorist organisation, a s
  
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• Russia and Ukraine swap at least 300 prisoners in exchange deal

  30-12-2024 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Some of the freed Ukrainians had been held since war’s early days, while Russians were captured in Ukraine’s Kursk offensiveRussia and Ukraine have carried out a major prisoner exchange, with at least 150 people from each side returning home before New Year’s Eve, in a swap partly brokered by the United Arab Emirates.“The return of our people from Russian captivity is always very good news for each of us. And today is one of such days: our team managed to bring 189 Ukrain
  
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• Why was there a wall near runway at South Korea plane crash airport?

  30-12-2024 18:40 via bbc.com
  
  An air safety expert says lives could have been saved if the "obstruction" was not there.
  
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• Gaza hospital director being held at notorious Israeli prison, say family

  30-12-2024 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Hussam Abu Safiya feared injured as Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza shut down after 11 weeks under siegeOne of the few doctors still working in northern Gaza has been taken to an Israeli prison and his hospital shut down, his family believe.Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, was initially taken to the Sde Teiman detention camp, according to his son, who has been told that the doctor’s leg was badly injured during a raid on th
  
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• £500,000 reward offered after £10m jewellery stolen from London home

  30-12-2024 17:57 via bbc.com
  
  The stolen items include two De Beers butterfly diamond rings and a Van Cleef diamond necklace.
  
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• Israeli spy network uncovers Hezbollah commander's plans to marry his 4 mistresses

  30-12-2024 17:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli spy agencies have uncovered information about Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr's plans to marry his four mistresses over the phone, according to a report. The New York Times reported this week about its investigation into how deeply Israeli spies had penetrated Hezbollah leading up to the assassination of its top leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as other commanders in the Iran-backed terror group. Israel announced in July that its forces had killed Shukur during what was, at the
  
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• Six former Florida State basketball players sue coach over failed $250,000 payments

  30-12-2024 17:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  The plaintiffs — Darin Green Jr., De’Ante Green, Cam’Ron Fletcher, Josh Nickelberry, Primo Spears and Jalen Warley — say coach Leonard Hamilton promised them the money.
  
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• Serbian court jails parents of teenager who killed 10 in school attack

  30-12-2024 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Trial conducted solely against teenager’s parents as their son could not be criminally prosecuted due to his ageA Belgrade court has jailed the parents of a 13-year-old boy after he shot dead nine students and a security guard at an elementary school in Serbia’s capital last year.The killings, on 3 May 2023, deeply shocked the Balkan state, where mass shootings have been rare despite high levels of gun ownership. Continue reading...
  
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• Dealing the Dead

  30-12-2024 16:45 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News exposed how the bodies of the unclaimed poor are dissected and leased out for medical research without people’s consent or their families’ knowledge.
  
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• Uncovering the atrocities of the Assad regime at its 'death factory' on the hill

  30-12-2024 16:36 via foxnews.com
  
  In the shadow of Syria’s brutal civil war, one institution stands as a chilling symbol of the regime’s systemic violence: Sednaya prison. Referred to as the "Death Factory" or the "Human Slaughterhouse," Sednaya became a site of unimaginable suffering. Around 100,000 individuals, according to reports, have disappeared into Assad'a prisons, where people, including thousands of women and children, were detained, tortured and killed."Rights groups have documented that at least 10%
  
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• Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence

  30-12-2024 16:14 via theguardian.com
  
  A spate of murders has taken the Caribbean nation’s total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked to organised crime, say policeThe government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the Caribbean dual-island nation took the number of murders this year to 623.Five men were shot overnight in an estate on the outskirts of the capital, Port of Spain, a man killed outside a police station on Saturday, and a 57
  
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• Gal Gadot reveals she had a 'massive blood clot' during pregnancy

  30-12-2024 15:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Gal Godot revealed she was diagnosed with “a massive blood clot” in the brain during her eighth month of pregnancy earlier this year that required emergency surgery.
  
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• South Korea deadly plane crash: US sends investigators to country still reeling from disaster that killed 179

  30-12-2024 13:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The death toll for what amounted to be South Korea's most fatal plane crash in decades stands at 179 people on Monday, a day after the disaster gripped the nation already in intense political turmoil. The United States is now sending investigators to help determine what caused the Jeju Air plane to crash-land at Muan airport and slam into a concrete barrier on Sunday.Meanwhile, South Korean officials are combing through more than 600 body parts, and the stench of blood remains in the air at
  
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• Briton, 18, hands himself in to Dubai jail over sex with girl, 17

  30-12-2024 11:40 via bbc.com
  
  Londoner Marcus Fakana was arrested after a romance with a British girl, 17, on holiday in Dubai.
  
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• Control, censorship and ‘penalties’: inside the Assad regime’s propaganda arm

  30-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For years reporters at Syria’s state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their workAfter 21 years, the day Farouk feared had finally come. An envelope sealed with red wax made its way through the faded hallways of Syria’s national news agency, Sana, and landed on his desk. Inside was what employees called a penalty, the contents of which could range from a reprimand from the editors to a summons to one of Syria’s brutal security branches.&l
  
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• The death of Jimmy Carter

  30-12-2024 00:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carter went on to become an international statesman and human rights campaigner
  
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• South Korea plane crash: country mourns as investigations into cause of Jeju Air disaster begin – latest updates

  30-12-2024 00:16 via theguardian.com
  
  After 179 die at Muan airport, a team of US investigators will join local authorities to look at possible causes of the flight 2216 accidentFull report: South Korea in mourningGlobal condolences flow following deadly air disasterCondolences are flowing from across the world following South Korea’s deadliest plane crash. As AFP reports, world leaders have expressed their sympathy as relatives of those on board gathered at the airport in grief.I express our deep condolences to the victims, s
  
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• More than 60 people dead after road accident in southern Ethiopia

  30-12-2024 00:07 via theguardian.com
  Incident at Gelan bridge in Bona Zuria Woreda ‘claimed lives of 66 people so far’, says Sidama health bureauMore than 60 people have died after a road accident in southern Ethiopia, the local health authority said on Sunday.Sidama state is in the south of Ethiopia, about 300km south of the capital Addis Ababa. Continue reading...
  
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• Jimmy Carter, former US president and tireless rights advocate, dies aged 100 – latest updates

  30-12-2024 00:01 via theguardian.com
  Former president, who spent decades after time in office campaigning for better global health and human rights, has passed awayFull report: Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100The former Georgia house of representatives minority leader Stacey Abrams called Carter “a giant who never saw anyone as smaller than himself” in a post on X.“Whether at a Boys & Girls Club banquet or when he sponsored a medical clinic for the uninsured in his corner of rural Georgi
  
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