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Jul 22 2023
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Israel's Netanyahu recovers from heart procedure while tensions surge over judicial overhaul plan
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in hospital on Sunday after an emergency heart procedure while opposition to his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country. Netanyahu’s doctors said on Sunday the heart pacemaker implantation went smoothly and that Netanyahu, 73, felt fine. According to
Associated PressApr 11 2024
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30 Grand Rapids-area high school baseball players to watch in 2024
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - From talented underclassmen to four-year varsity standouts, high school baseball diamonds across the Grand Rapids area are loaded with big bats and live arms in 2024.
With the heart of the season beginning this week, there is plenty of time to see some of the area’s top players, and we’re bringing you a list of the top 30 sluggers, hurlers and fielders to watch this
MLive.comJul 21 2023
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He left his heart in San Francisco, but Tony Bennett also left memories in Sonoma County
Legendary crooner Tony Bennett may be remembered for hit songs like “I Left My Heart In San Francisco,” but locals also remember the times he came to Sonoma County to perform or enjoy local food. The singer died Friday in New York City at the age of 96. Caroline Neyman, senior director of operations at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park, said she was in awe of Bennett the one time he
The Press DemocratApr 12 2024
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Claudine Gay speaks of her mother’s immigrant journey from Haiti in first public remarks at Harvard since resigning as university president
Claudine Gay’s first public remarks at Harvard since resigning as the university’s president in January came not from lecture notes in a classroom, but from her heart in a chapel on campus. Gay, who resigned amid controversies stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, campus antisemitism, and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly works, remains a professor at the Ivy League institution. She
The Boston GlobeJul 21 2023
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Tony Bennett's song 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' has a beautiful origin story
As fans remember Tony Bennett, who died on July 21 at age 96, music lovers are looking back at one of his most beloved songs, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” The legendary jazz crooner first performed the song in 1961 at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, and it quickly became his signature tune. The song paints a wistful picture of someone pining for his love in the Golden Gate City, or
NBC Today ShowJul 21 2023
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Family remembers man who drowned saving strangers at RI beach: ‘He had a heart of gold'
A man who drowned this week while trying to rescue two young swimmers in Narragansett, Rhode Island, is being remembered as a selfless hero who had a heart of gold. Idmael Elmonus died Tuesday in the water at Scarborough State Beach after he rushed in to help a 17-year-old and 20-year-old who were struggling in the water, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. WJAR reports that lifeguards had already
NBC 10 BostonJul 21 2023
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Tony Bennett, crooner who sang ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ dies at 96
Legendary crooner Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner.
He passed away Friday at age 96.
In 2021, Tony Bennett and his family opened up about the singer being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Bennett was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016, but the public had been unaware
CNN (Online News)Sep 28 2014
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Obama-Holder friendship at the heart of their partnership
It was Super Bowl halftime when Eric H. Holder Jr. buttonholed President Obama at a White House viewing party in 2011. But the attorney general did not want to talk about the game; he wanted to talk shop.
Holder informed his boss that he was prepared to recommend that the administration no longer defend a federal law defining marriage as between a man and woman because it was
Washington PostApr 13 2024
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Former D.C. officer assaulted on Jan. 6 comes to Ohio to talk Trump, attacks on democracy
Rioters who overran the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, beat then-D.C. police officer Michael Fanone unconscious with their fists and pipes, stunned him with his own Taser repeatedly, sprayed him in the face with a chemical irritant and tried to take his gun. Fanone suffered a traumatic brain injury and a heart attack at 40 years old. He's one of more than 140 officers who were injured that day
The Columbus DispatchApr 13 2024
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Governor Vetoes Bill Protecting Children From Transgender Procedures In State With GOP Supermajority
Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that would have protected children from life-altering transgender surgeries, claiming that it trampled on parental rights. The Republican-backed bill would have banned surgical procedures like removing the breasts of girls who identify as boys and other genital-related surgeries. It also would have banned placing children on
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