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FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly canceled a planned trip to visit his girlfriend in Chicago as his plane was on the tarmac Friday when frustrated White House officials summoned him to Washington for a meeting.

In a social media post, Patel called the report by MS Now “all false except one thing.”. »

Humpback whales are increasingly spotted off Rio de Janeiro as their population recovers from past commercial whaling.

The species' population has jumped from around 2,000 to around 35,000 in approximately 40 years, close to their population before whaling, said Enrico Marcovaldi, co-founder of the Humpback Whale Project.

It shows that the whales are making a recovery, are healthy and thriving, and hopefully they’ll continue to do so,” said Marcovaldi. »

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma.

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. »

The mystery deepened this week when Trump ally and far-right influencer Laura Loomer made the explosive claim on Twiter/X that McConnell is “officially brain dead”.

Townsend added that she was camped out at the hospital waiting for McConnell to be taken off life support.

Senate Republican whip John Barrasso and political commentator Scott Jennings have also said they had 20-minute phone calls with McConnell on important topics. »