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May-Thurner syndrome came into the spotlight this week when the election campaign for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) announced that she had been diagnosed with the condition, which can affect blood flow. The hard-right congresswoman was hospitalized after experiencing “severe swelling in her upper left leg” and underwent surgery to remove an…

CNN  —  Their nominations secure, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were left to read the tea leaves Tuesday as voters across the country cast primary ballots and, in one critical state, approved Republican-backed changes to…

By Anthony ZurcherBBC North America correspondent2 hours agoImage source, Getty ImagesRepublican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a plan for getting new military assistance for Ukraine approved by Congress - and for keeping his tenuous hold on power.With Democrats wary and a Republican right flank eyeing open rebellion, however, Mr Johnson…

A 40-mile stretch of California’s Highway 1 remained closed Monday after a landslide during a major storm over the weekend caused chunks of the road to fall down a cliff, in an incident that stranded about 1,600 people until they could be evacuated.The landslide occurred Saturday afternoon near Rocky Creek Bridge, one of several historic spans…

The plane had been attempting to land at Truckee Tahoe Airport, police said.March 31, 2024, 1:26 AM ET• 2 min readTwo people were killed as a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land in Truckee, California, on Saturday, local airport and law enforcement officials said.The Daher TBM 900 took off from Denver, Colorado, on Saturday…

Less than a week after a container ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge — causing the Baltimore bridge to collapse and topple partly onto the ship — officials are still working to identify and contain environmental pollutants that may be leaking into the Patapsco River.So far, officials have released little information about the 764…

By Bernd Debusmann Jr, travelling with President Biden, & Brandon Drenon, Washington DCBBC News28 March 2024Updated 1 hour agoImage caption, President Joe Biden was joined by his predecessors, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, for a fundraiser his team says will raise over $25m.US President Joe Biden hosted a record-breaking election fundraiser…

Four people were killed and five others were wounded in and near Rockford, Illinois, on Wednesday in what the city’s mayor called a “random and senseless act of violence.”Some of the victims, including a woman who fled a home invasion in Winnebago County and a man who tried to help her, were stabbed, officials said.A suspect, a 22-year-old man,…

House Republicans finally felt they were done going through the stages of grief. Over months of infighting, emotions ran the gamut from denial to depression while they watched the conference struggle with the aftermath of ousting the speaker of the House. But many Republican lawmakers had begun to accept that their slim majority was unlikely to…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly waters, and rescuers searched for survivors.It was also not clear what caused the cargo ship to crash into the Francis Scott…