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During his time working as the top White House physician, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson , R-Amarillo, berated employees, made sexual comments about a female subordinate, and violated the policy for drinking alcohol on a presidential trip, according to a report from the Department of Defense inspector general obtained by CNN . 'A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT': Texas leaders respond to Abbott lifting mask mandate The report also found that the freshman Texas congressman took prescription-strength sleeping medication that raised concerns from Jackson’s colleagues about his ability to provide proper care. The findings in the report stem from a yearslong investigation into Jackson, who was nominated in 2018 by former President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. But Jackson withdrew from consideration during allegations of professional misconduct, including drinking on the job and overprescribing medication. At the time, Jackson called the accusations … [Read more...] about Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson accused of sexual comments, drinking on job at White House

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Scotland High School coach Richard Bailey has had a handful of players make it to the NFL out of Laurinburg, North Carolina, none more special than Las Vegas Raiders rookie Zamir White. Shortly after the Raiders took White with the 122nd pick in the NFL draft, he said it was a moment he’d been waiting for his entire life. It’s a life he was never supposed to live. Affectionately known as Zeus, the now-chiseled 225-pound power back weighed 1 pound when his mother was six months pregnant. Doctors wanted to terminate the pregnancy. His great-grandmother demanded otherwise, even if it meant he could exhale only once. White was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate and was given two weeks to live. He spent the first three months of his life in a hospital, as he developed a leak in his kidney and needed surgery for a hernia. Later in life, White tore his … [Read more...] about Raiders RB Zamir White has overcome lifetime of obstacles

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 14 BOSTON (AP) — Vaughn Grissom was rounding third when it sank in. He had just cleared the Green Monster for his first big league hit, and he gave himself an emphatic clap before finishing his home run trot. “That was like a ‘We made it’ moment, I guess," the Braves' top prospect said after homering in his major league debut to help Atlanta beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Wednesday night. “Like a ‘We did it’ type of feeling." Grissom homered onto Lansdowne Street and then singled and scored another run, and Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer to help Atlanta complete a two-game sweep. Kyle Wright earned his league-leading 14th win for the defending World Series champions, who arrived in Boston after losing four of five to the first-place Mets and are now seven games back in the NL East. “We had a rough weekend,” … [Read more...] about Prospect Grissom homers in debut, Braves beat Red Sox 8-4

The Chicago Cubs are playing out the string in the 2022 season, just as they were doing this time last yea after selling off their stars. It’s something fans are getting used to again after six straight years of watching contending teams, and something most fans expect will happen again next August. So what’s the plan? Know one really knows but Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts and team President Jed Hoyer, and neither is providing specifics. But as the Cubs prepared to go under the national spotlight Thursday in the Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa, Ricketts broke his silence on the rebuild. “I’d be the first to acknowledge this is not the type of baseball Chicago Cubs fans deserve,” Ricketts said in a statement to the Tribune. “Our decision last year to move away from Cubs players who brought us a World Series title was tough, but we have a plan to return to championship contention by building the next great Cubs team around a young core of players augmented by free … [Read more...] about Column: Tom Ricketts breaks his silence on the Chicago Cubs rebuild, saying the team is ‘making progress’

We would’ve just called her ONJ now. But part of the appeal, I think, was all of that name, the possible royalty of it. Nobody wanted to waste a syllable. Olivia New to n - John . Just saying it might bestow a crown. The rest of her allure sprang from that classiness: She was neither queen nor first lady of anything, yet she seemed, ultimately, like … a lady. And that was something she could have some fun with, a category she could smudge. Eventually. I mean, this was a person who, at the heights of funk, disco and glam rock, recorded six country-esque albums, throw pillows for your ears. And most of their singles topped what was once known as Billboard’s easy listening chart. (So maybe she was the queen of that.) By the end of the 1970s, though, she had figured out the whole “lady” thing and spent 90 percent of her first Hollywood movie disguised that way, as a princess. There’s a lot going on in “Grease.” Most of it’s bizarre and has to do with sex and a sort of pure … [Read more...] about Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown

FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 2, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. Subscribe now to get Fox News First in your email . And here's what you need to know to start your day ... ‘DEPLORABLE AND DANGEROUS’ - FBI Director Wray pushes back on threats following unprecedented raid on Trump's Florida home. Continue reading… ‘HYPOCRITICALLY UPSET’ - Texas buses taking migrants to NYC sets off firestorm from Dems, Abbott tells them to take it up with Biden. Continue reading… 'PLAYFUL LITTLE SHOVE' - Texas college students charged after tragic boating accident leaves friend dead. Continue reading… ‘FIT THEIR NARRATIVE’ - Swimmer Riley Gaines says media pushed ‘propaganda’ … [Read more...] about FBI Director pushes back after Trump raid, TX gov responds to migrant bus criticism, and more top headlines

Attorney General Merrick Garland broke his silence on Thursday, three days after FBI agents raided former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter,” Garland said in his short statement at the Justice Department in reaction to criticism of Monday’s FBI raid of the former president. He defended the search warrant as authorized by a federal court, citing probable cause. “Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and our democracy,” he said. “Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor.” Garland added the Department of Justice (DOJ) had filed the motion to unseal parts of the warrant, citing “substantial public interest” in the details. He also defended the search warrant claiming the Justice Department tried to resolve issues they had with Trump through “less intrusive means.” Garland also lectured those who … [Read more...] about Attorney General Merrick Garland Breaks Silence: I Approved Search Warrant on Donald Trump’s Home

With the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago this week, former President Donald Trump is at one of his lowest moments since he left office. After fighting off a subpoena for half a year, Trump was finally forced to testify on Wednesday at a closed-door deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James over allegations of bank and insurance fraud at his family company—a civil case which could force it to close shop. He pleaded the Fifth, still a self-incriminating tactic for a man who, during his 2016 presidential campaign, once declared: “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” While the move may spare him of criminal liability, it will only bolster the AG’s case in civil court, where staying silent can legally be perceived as damning evidence of its own. The prospect of another long and damaging trial is also hanging over the Trump Organization and the ex-president’s former right-hand money man, Allen Weisselberg. According to Duncan Levin, an attorney … [Read more...] about Hell Week: How Trump’s Problems All Converged at Once

“Hey! I had sex in that pantry!” That’s what I said to Madrone Art Bar owner Spike Krouse, grinning as we passed through the kitchen of his apartment, which is connected by a secret staircase that leads to the venue he owns downstairs. This was not the first time I’ve bragged to Krouse about my lustful dalliance in his larder, but it is probably the first time I’ve seen this place since the licentious act occurred at a Halloween party in 2006. Back then, the apartment was full of rambunctious 20-somethings who threw raucous parties and staged naked photo shoots (not necessarily at the same time, but really, anything is possible). Settling down over some mezcal at his living room table, we begin to chat about the much-adored downstairs bar that Krouse has helmed since 2008. While there, I can’t stop myself from marveling at what a difference 16 years and some semi-responsible grownups can do to a place. What I foggily remember as the type of giant, quirky, San … [Read more...] about How a Western Addition pharmacy became one of SF’s most cherished party bars

Opinion by Nora Neus Updated 1049 GMT (1849 HKT) August 11, 2022 Nora Neus is anchor producer for John Berman at CNN. She is the author of "24 Hours in Charlottesville," a forthcoming oral history about the 2017 White nationalist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The views expressed here are her own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN) On a Saturday afternoon, August 12, 2017, Tadrint "Tay" Washington drove to downtown Charlottesville to visit a friend. It was a hot and muggy day in central Virginia. Washington had just graduated from an EMT course and done well on her practical exam. Just one written exam remained before she could officially make good on her promise to herself to find a job she was passionate about and that could provide a good life for her then-seven-year-old daughter. Washington's friend wasn't home, so she got back into her car and headed for home. The regular route was blocked; a detour pushed her further downtown. It was crowded, way more … [Read more...] about Opinion: Five years after deadly violence in Charlottesville, she’s still trying to live through it