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Abbott orders probe after Texas hospital advertises ‘birth packages’ in Mexico: ‘Citizenship is not for sale’
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered a state investigation into Mission Regional Medical Center after the hospital confirmed it ran Spanish-language billboards in Mexico advertising “Birth Packages in South Texas” to pregnant foreign nationals near the border. The move matters because it feeds a wider Republican push against so-called “birth tourism” and birthright citizenship, with…
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Researchers claim they’ve created healthier burgers that taste as good as a Big Mac
Researchers at Stanford University in California trained an AI tool to create burger recipes based on age, taste and nutritional needs. They claim it tastes better than a Big Mac.
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MTG brands Mitch McConnell’s wife a ‘communist spy’ as she flees to China during terrifying hospitalization
Former US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has claimed there is a “100 percent chance” that Elaine Chao, the wife of Senator Mitch McConnell, is a “Chinese communist spy”. Greene based the allegation on Chao’s reported trip to China during McConnell’s lengthy hospitalisation, pointing to Chinese media photographs that appear to show Chao meeting Vice President…
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Political heiress dies in ‘incredibly painful’ circumstances aged just 55 after failed election bid and ugly squabble over family fortune
Renata Ford, the widow of the controversial former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has died at the age of 55. Her death was announced by her brother-in-law, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who described the loss as “incredibly painful” for her two children, Stephanie and Dougie. The cause of death has not been made clear. The passing…
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Surprisingly large number of people may have marker for tick-linked meat allergy
There’s still a slew of questions about why some people develop alpha-gal syndrome.
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Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum arrested on drug charges
Andrew Gillum, the former Democratic nominee for governor of Florida and one-time mayor of Tallahassee, was arrested in Alabama last week on drug possession charges. The arrest marks a further downfall for a politician once regarded as a rising star in the Democratic Party, who narrowly lost the 2018 governor’s race to Republican Ron DeSantis…
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‘The Odyssey’ star Matt Damon reveals strict diet choice that ‘changed my life’ after hidden health issues
Actor Matt Damon has revealed that he permanently cut gluten from his diet after discovering it had been affecting his health, describing the change as life-altering. He made the comments on Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast while discussing the intense physical transformation he undertook to play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film “The Odyssey”. The…
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Lindsey Buckingham’s Alleged Stalker to Undergo Mental Health Exam, Criminal Case Suspended
Michelle Dick appeared in court as her public defender sought the exam