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Florida surgeon general altered Covid-19 vaccine analysis to suggest higher risk for younger men, Politico reports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

(CNN) — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo altered an analysis released by the Florida Department of Health last year to suggest mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pose a significant health risk to men ages 18 to 39, Politico reported Monday.Politico said it obtained a document as part of a public records request that shows Ladapo’s changes to the eight-page analysis. The changes deleted comments that said a link with slightly increased risk of cardiac-related deaths after Covid-19 vaccination was “no longer significant” for multidose vaccines and “there is little suggestion of any effect immediately following vaccination.” The document shows an added line that says mRNA vaccines may be driving an increased risk of cardiac-related death in males, especially those ages 18-39.The version released publicly in October 2022 said Covid-19 vaccination was “associated with a modestly increased risk for cardiac-related mortality 28 days following vaccinat...

Police release identity of man who barricaded himself in vehicle after carjacking

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has released the identity and charges of the man who barricaded himself in a vehicle following a carjacking. John Anthony Dominguez Capellan, 26, was arrested on Monday after he led police officers on a short pursuit after he stole a car near the 1200 block of Northeast 11th Avenue. Authorities managed to box him in after the chase and after he refused to exit the car, the SWAT team was called in.He was arrested shortly after without further incident.Dominguez Capellan faces three charges, including resisting an officer. He is expected to appear in front of a judge to determine his bond.

WHO: Sudan fighters’ occupation of health lab poses ‘huge biological risk’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said there is a “huge biological risk” after fighters in Sudan seized the country’s national public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles.“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab,” said Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan on Tuesday, talking to reporters in Geneva via video link.Fighters “kicked out all the technicians from the lab … which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,” Abid said, adding that this created an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation.A power struggle between Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemeti,” has plunged Sudan into fierce fighting. The WHO representative did not specify which side’s fighters have seized the laboratory.U.S. Secretary of State Anton...

UK wants to cut ‘unnecessary waits’ for post-Brexit Brits abroad

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. is “always” trying to “find ways to minimize unnecessary waiting times for British nationals,” Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said Tuesday, following a report the prime minister is seeking a deal with the EU to cut post-Brexit passport checks.Bloomberg reported that Sunak, who has sought to repair ties with the European Union after years of post-Brexit acrimony under his predecessor, is eyeing an agreement with the bloc that would allow British citizens to sail through the EU’s electronic gates for passport checks.Since Brexit, most British travelers making their way through the bloc’s airports have been expected to queue for a manned desk, where passports are checked and then stamped.Bloomberg said British diplomats had raised the matter informally. Pressed on that report Tuesday, a spokesperson for Sunak said they were not aware of any “live discussions to that end,” but that the U.K. would “always want to f...

Harry Belafonte, radical activist and entertainer with a ‘rebel heart,’ dies at 96

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

(CNN) — Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN.He was 96.Belafonte died Tuesday morning of congestive heart failure, Sunshine said.

Police investigating stabbing in Fall River

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

Police are investigating a stabbing at a home in Fall River Monday night. Officers responded to an address on Home Street around 10:30 p.m. for a report of a fight in progress. Upon arrival, there was no active disturbance outside, but police assistance was requested by the occupant of a second floor apartment. One inside, they found a lone stabbing victim in a bedroom. The victim was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, according to police. He has since been released from the hospital. During the investigation, police say they encountered a woman outside the residence. Due to her level of intoxication, a medical rescue was requested to take her to a local hospital. While being assisted by first responders, the woman allegedly assaulted a paramedic and bit a female officer. The woman, later identified as Irianis Suarez-Rivera, was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation. She was later placed under arrested and charged with disturbing th...

Wall Street Journal: Bud Light owner places two execs on leave after transgender influencer backlash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

(CNN) — Anheuser-Busch has placed two executives who managed Bud Light’s sponsorship of two Instagram posts from a transgender woman on leave, according to the Wall Street Journal and other media reports.Ad Age was the first to report that Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing, was placed on leave. Todd Allen, most recently Budweiser’s vice president of global marketing, is set to replace her. Daniel Blake, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president who oversees market for mainstream brands, was also put on leave, according to the Wall Street Journal.Anheuser-Busch did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.The executive shakeup comes after Bud Light saw both support from trans activists and backlash from conservative media for its collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who has 1.8 million followers on Instagram and 10.8 million on TikTok. The beer maker sponsored two Instagram posts by M...

Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers headed from Green Bay Packers to New York Jets in trade for draft picks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

(CNN) — The Green Bay Packers and New York Jets have agreed to trade longtime Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the Big Apple, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst told reporters Monday.Gutekunst said the trade has not yet been finalized as the two sides work out the details, but he expects the trade to be completed soon.The long-awaited trade will reportedly see the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player sent to the Jets along with the Packers’ 15th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, according to reports from ESPN and NFL Network.The Packers will receive the Jets’ 13th overall pick in this month’s draft, as well as one of the Jets’ second-round picks and their 2024 first-round draft pick if Rodgers plays at least 65% of the Jets’ offensive plays this season, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported.Rodgers, 39, has spent his entire 18-season NFL career with the Packers, where he led the team to a 31-25 victory in Super Bowl...

Sweden expels 5 Russian Embassy staff on suspicion of spying

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden on Tuesday informed Russia that five employees with the Russian Embassy in Stockholm have been asked to leave the country, saying they are suspected of spying.Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said their activities are “incompatible” with their diplomatic status.In a statement, Billström said Russia’s Ambassador to Sweden, Viktor Tatarintsev, had been informed of the decision earlier Tuesday. A year ago, Sweden expelled three Russian Embassy staff as several countries kicked out Russian diplomats.Sweden’s SAPO domestic security agency has said that “every third Russian diplomat in Sweden is an intelligence officer.” It is not known how many diplomats from Russia are officially assigned to Sweden.Billström’s announcement came after public broadcasters in the Nordic countries reported in a joint investigation that Russia is suspected of spying in the waters of the Baltic Sea and North Sea using civi...

Buses to replace Red Line’s Braintree branch for 16 nights in May

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:47 GMT

A batch of weekend and nighttime closures will hit segments of the Red Line in May to give MBTA crews more time to perform maintenance and repairs aimed at lifting speed restrictions, the T announced Monday.MBTA officials rolled out a schedule of shutdowns and diversions for next month impacting all four major subway lines and several commuter rail lines. Much of the work planned for the Red Line is related to slow zones, which today cover about 26% of the entire line that stretches from Cambridge to Braintree and Mattapan.Subway service on the Red Line will go offline between JFK/UMass and Braintree stations around 8:45 p.m. each night for 16 nights next month: May 8-12, May 15-19, May 22-25 and May 30-31. Shuttle buses will replace trains during those spans.The MBTA said the series of evening closures will “allow MBTA crews to perform critical rail and tie replacement work on the Braintree Branch that will alleviate speed restrictions.”Shuttle buses will replace Red Li...