❗️Canada's Trudeau announced sanctions against Putin, acknowledging, however, that their impact is mostly symbolic as the Russian president most likely does not own any assets in Canada
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🚨Two people are dead and two others were taken to the hospital after a drive-by shooting near the Mall of Louisiana on Bluebonnet Boulevard at Picardy Avenue, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.
BRPD police added this was a “highly-planned” and “targeted” shooting. According to Sgt. L’Jean McKneely with the BRPD, the shooter pulled next to the victims’ car, opened fire, and then got into a separate getaway vehicle. It is unknown how many suspects are involved.
“Today, we have seen yet another troubling episode of gun violence shake the core of our community with a shooting along Bluebonnet Blvd. this afternoon. This violence affects the lives of everyone within our parish,”
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BRPD police added this was a “highly-planned” and “targeted” shooting. According to Sgt. L’Jean McKneely with the BRPD, the shooter pulled next to the victims’ car, opened fire, and then got into a separate getaway vehicle. It is unknown how many suspects are involved.
“Today, we have seen yet another troubling episode of gun violence shake the core of our community with a shooting along Bluebonnet Blvd. this afternoon. This violence affects the lives of everyone within our parish,”
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❗️🇺🇸🇷🇺 US Treasury adds Russian president, foreign minister to the sanctions list
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✈️ A 33-year-old California man is facing federal charges after he asked a Southwest Airlines flight attendant if she’d like to see his penis and then urinated on the floor of the cabin, the Department of Justice announced.
“Hardridge allegedly had his hands in his pants and asked if the flight attendant wanted to see his penis. The flight attendant declined and again requested that Hardridge remain on the carpeted area of the aisle,” prosecutors from the District of New Mexico said in a news release.
The flight attendants informed the captain of Hardridge’s alleged actions. The plane was then diverted to Albuquerque, where the man was taken into custody.
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“Hardridge allegedly had his hands in his pants and asked if the flight attendant wanted to see his penis. The flight attendant declined and again requested that Hardridge remain on the carpeted area of the aisle,” prosecutors from the District of New Mexico said in a news release.
The flight attendants informed the captain of Hardridge’s alleged actions. The plane was then diverted to Albuquerque, where the man was taken into custody.
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💊 Over Half of U.S. Abortions Now Done with Pills, Not Surgery
More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, an upward trend that spiked during the pandemic with the increase in telemedicine, a report released Thursday shows.
The new increase “is not surprising, especially during COVID,’’ said Dr. Marji Gold, a family medicine physician and abortion provider in New York City. She said patients seeking abortions at her clinic have long chosen the pills over the medical procedure.
In 2020, pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions, up from roughly 44% in 2019.
The preliminary numbers come from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. The group, by contacting providers, collects more comprehensive abortion data than the U.S. government.
More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, an upward trend that spiked during the pandemic with the increase in telemedicine, a report released Thursday shows.
The new increase “is not surprising, especially during COVID,’’ said Dr. Marji Gold, a family medicine physician and abortion provider in New York City. She said patients seeking abortions at her clinic have long chosen the pills over the medical procedure.
In 2020, pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions, up from roughly 44% in 2019.
The preliminary numbers come from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. The group, by contacting providers, collects more comprehensive abortion data than the U.S. government.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦The US is ready to help Ukraine's president Zelensky leave Kiev, The Washington Post reports
😷 CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from wearing masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals.
The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC’s risk map and puts more than 70% of the U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Those are the people who can stop wearing masks, the agency said.
The agency is still advising people, including schoolchildren, to wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is high. That’s the situation in about 37% of U.S. counties, where about 28% of Americans live.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals.
The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC’s risk map and puts more than 70% of the U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Those are the people who can stop wearing masks, the agency said.
The agency is still advising people, including schoolchildren, to wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is high. That’s the situation in about 37% of U.S. counties, where about 28% of Americans live.
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🔎 Major drug distributors and J&J finalize opioid settlement, launching nationwide funding
Three major drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson finalized a $26 billion agreement on Friday to bring relief to states and communities affected by the opioid epidemic, in what lawyers say is a turning point in the deadly public health crisis.
The companies’ announcement, a formal declaration that the firms will go through with a previously reported deal, kick-starts a 60-day countdown to the date the agreement is considered effective and begin the release of funds — money that local leaders across the country have started determining how to spend.
After an unprecedented effort to achieve close to a national consensus for the deal, a vast majority of communities have agreed to take part, launching new measures to tackle opioid abuse, including increased transparency in the supply of drugs.
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Three major drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson finalized a $26 billion agreement on Friday to bring relief to states and communities affected by the opioid epidemic, in what lawyers say is a turning point in the deadly public health crisis.
The companies’ announcement, a formal declaration that the firms will go through with a previously reported deal, kick-starts a 60-day countdown to the date the agreement is considered effective and begin the release of funds — money that local leaders across the country have started determining how to spend.
After an unprecedented effort to achieve close to a national consensus for the deal, a vast majority of communities have agreed to take part, launching new measures to tackle opioid abuse, including increased transparency in the supply of drugs.
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⚡️ Biden tasks State Department with allocating $600 million in aid to Ukraine, including $350 million for defence
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⚡️ Meta Platforms Inc is banning Russian state media from running ads, monetising content on its platform
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DPR Air Defence Forces have intercepted two Tochka-U OTR rockets; a number of buildings have been damaged, says DPR
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⚡️Kindergarten building damaged as result of Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk, DPR says
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⚡️ Seven civilians killed in LPR and DPR in shelling by Ukrainian forces over past 24 hours, LPR says
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⚡️ Russian forces have destroyed 821 Ukrainian military targets, MoD says
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⚡️ Russian MoD: Russian armed forces establish full control over the city of Melitopol
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⚡️ Russian military strike Ukrainian infrastructure using air and sea-launched cruise missiles
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⚡️ Ukrainian nationalist battalions blow up electrical substations and bridges over rivers as they withdraw, Russian MoD says
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⚡️ Russian space agency suspends cooperation with Europe on launches at Kourou spaceport and recalls staff from French Guiana
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⚡️ Over 80 Ukrainian border guards who surrendered on Zmeiny Island have been delivered to Sevastopol, Russia's Black Sea Fleet says
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