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Biden says the US and its allies had nothing to do with Wagner Group’s rebellion against Russia

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday sought to distance the United States from the weekend rebellion in Russia, insisting in his first public remarks since the episode that the West had nothing to do with the mutiny.Speaking from the White House, Biden suggested it was too early to say how the situation would unfold going forward. And he said he may speak again with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to coordinate their response after conferring in a phone call Sunday.“It’s still too early to reach a definitive conclusion about where this is going,” he said in the East Room. “The ultimate outcome of all this remains to be seen, but no matter what comes next I will keep making sure that our allies and our partners are closely aligned in how we are reading and responding to the situation.”Biden’s statement reflected a carefully calibrated American response to the brief uprising by the Wagner Group that amounted to the biggest threat in years to ...

Putin thanks nation for unity after aborted rebellion

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

By The Associated PressRussian President Vladimir Putin thanked the nation on Monday for unity after an armed rebellion over the weekend was aborted less than 24 hours after it began. Earlier in the day, the mercenary chief defended his short-lived insurrection in a boastful statement. In his first appearance since the rebellion ended, Putin also thanked most of the mercenaries for not letting the situation deteriorate into “bloodshed.” He said all necessary measures have been taken to protect the country and the people from the rebellion.He blamed “Russia’s enemies” and said they “miscalculated.” The Kremlin also tried to project stability on Monday when authorities released a video of Russia’s defense minister reviewing troops in Ukraine.Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the mercenary group, said he wasn’t seeking to stage a coup but was acting to prevent the destruction of Wagner, his private military company. “We started o...

Quick Fix: Tomato Mozzarella Flatbread is an easy-to-make vegetarian dinner

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

Linda Gassenheimer | Tribune News ServiceLooking for an easy dinner, I remembered some flatbreads I saw on several restaurant menus. The flatbread crust was traditionally made without yeast, but now several types of crusts are used, including pizza dough.For a quick vegetarian dinner, I decided to use a thin crust ready-made pizza dough such as Pillsbury. The dough is cooked on its own for a few minutes, then covered with the ingredients and baked to finish. You can also use pita bread and other thin crusts.I sliced the Parmesan cheese instead of grating it to give more flavor. Pistachio nuts also add flavor and some protein.Helpful Hints:— You can use any pasta sauce.— You can use different types of cheese. Use this recipe as a guide for amounts.— You can use any type of shelled nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans).Countdown:— Preheat oven.— Bake the dough for a few minutes.— While dough bakes, prepare ingredients.— Remove dough from oven and complete the recipe.Shopping List:To buy: 1 ...

Save your food scraps, save the Earth: More cities and states look to composting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

Matt Vasilogambros | Stateline.org (TNS)In its fight against both climate change and rats, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a new ordinance earlier this month that will require residents to dispose of food scraps and yard waste in vermin-proof curbside containers for future compost, diverting organic materials from landfills and turning them into rich soil.If signed by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, the city’s mandate would be the largest municipal composting program in the country, keeping 8 million pounds of organic waste every day out of landfills (around the weight of 160 full garbage trucks) and drastically reducing the city’s methane emissions.The Big Apple’s composting plans are both ambitious and aggressive, said Council Member Sandy Nurse, who chairs the Committee on Sanitation and pushed for a “zero waste” legislative package that includes the composting measure. The council passed it by a veto-proof margin. Once the city rolls out curbside organic waste colle...

Is a cancer clinical trial right for me?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

Mayo Clinic Staff | (TNS) Mayo Clinic News NetworkClinical trials, also known as clinical studies, help medical researchers understand how to diagnose, treat and prevent cancer and other diseases and conditions. Healthcare professionals translate findings from clinical trials into treatments that can lead to longer, healthier lives for people with cancer.Clinical trials are an important option to consider if you’re facing a cancer diagnosis. Joining a clinical trial may provide experimental treatment options you may not otherwise have.What is a clinical trial?Research studies that involve people are called clinical trials. Researchers design cancer clinical trials to test new ways to find, diagnose, prevent and treat cancer and to manage cancer symptoms and the side effects of cancer treatment.People who volunteer to participate in clinical trials help researchers test:— New drugs or drug combinations.— New medical procedures.— New devices or surgical techniq...

Bruins trade Taylor Hall to Blackhawks to clear cap space

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

The first shoe to drop in the Bruins’ offseason was a big one – if not an unexpected one.To clear up cap space, the B’s traded Taylor Hall to the Chicago Blakchawks on Monday. The B’s also included the rights to Nick Foligno, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent on Saturday.The move sends Hall and his $6 million cap hit for the next two seasons to the Hawks, who may still be in rebuilding mode but Hall could get the chance to ride shotgun with the player many believe will be the next great player in Connor Bedard, who is expected to be taken by Chicago with the first overall pick in Wednesday’s draft.In return, the B’s get two young defensmen, 22-year-old Alec Regula, a 6-foot-4, 208-pound third round draft pick in 2018, and 24-year-old Ian Mitchell, a second round pick in 2017, a 5-foot-11, 173-pound blueliner who played for coach Jim Montgomery at the University of Denver.Both are right shot defensemen, which could signal there could be a D...

Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now US cancer patients can’t get meds

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

Arthur Allen | KFF Health News (TNS)On Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredded documents tossed into a garbage truck. Over the next 10 days, the inspectors assessed what looked like a systematic effort to conceal quality problems at the plant, which provided more than half of the U.S. supply of generic cisplatin and carboplatin, two cheap drugs used to treat as many as 500,000 new cancer cases every year.Seven months later, doctors and their patients are facing the unimaginable: In California, Virginia, and everywhere in between, they are being forced into grim contemplation of untested rationing plans for breast, cervical, bladder, ovarian, lung, testicular, and other cancers. Their decisions are likely to result in preventable deaths.Cisplatin and carboplatin are among scores of drugs in shortage, including 12 other cancer drugs, attention-deficit/hyperactivity d...

Lupica: Bad as it looks for Yankees, things could be worse

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

You know all the things Yankee fans don’t like about their team, and the way the season has gone so far, starting with what really has become the most famous stubbed toe maybe in baseball history. It’s the one belonging to Aaron Judge. Big toe for the big guy, big problem for the Yankees, probably you’ve noticed.So go ahead and start there, and then move quickly to a Yankee offense that is scoring about as well lately as New York City FC. Then there’s the roster, one that never really had a leftfielder coming into the season, and still had Josh Donaldson on it. You can throw in Giancarlo Stanton, the other big guy, who moves up on the Fourth of July in baseball barely hitting more than Domingo German’s weight.Sometimes you get the idea that the only thing making Yankee fans happy at this point in the season is that they’re not rooting for the Mets.But as mad as they are at Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman, as mad as they constantly are with a ma...

Florida couple drop suit against OceanGate CEO who died in Titan sub

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

The Winter Park, Florida, couple who sued OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush for fraud have dropped the lawsuit in light of his death aboard the lost Titan submersible, according to a statement released by the couple’s spokesperson Monday.Marc and Sharon Hagle, the millionaire adventurers who previously were the first married couple to go on a commercial space flight in 2022, sued Rush for fraud in February after multiple planned expeditions to the wreckage of the Titanic were delayed and they said they were denied a refund.“Like most around the world, we have watched the coverage of the OceanGate Titan capsule with great concern and enormous amount of sadness and compassion for the families of those who lost their lives,” the statement said. “We honor their zest for life, as well as their commitment to the exploration of our oceans.”The couple have informed their attorneys to withdraw all legal actions against Rush in light of his death, according to the statement. The spokesperson, Jessi...

Trying to save his life, lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman argue he is mentally ill

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:20 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman convicted in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history had psychotic, delusional and paranoid symptoms that made him unable to understand the world or make appropriate decisions, his lawyer said Monday, launching an effort to persuade jurors to spare his life.Robert Bowers has had a psychotic condition since childhood, as well as serious brain defects and a history of suicide attempts, defense lawyer Michael Burt said on the opening day of the penalty phase of Bowers’ federal trial. Bowers was convicted this month in the 2018 killings of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.The defense argues that Bowers was unable to form the requisite level of intent to allow the jury to impose a death sentence. Medical tests found Bowers’ brain to be “structurally deficient,” with symptoms of epilepsy and schizophrenia, Burt said.Prosecutor Troy Rivetti, in his opening statement Monday, said the government wa...