Sam, a 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair, stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with decals of planets and cartoon characters. A nurse checked his blood pressure. A pediatrician asked about school, home life and friendships. It seemed like a routine teen checkup, the kind that happens in thousands of pediatric practices across the U.S. every day – until the doctor asked his next question. “Any cravings for opioids at all?” asked pediatrician Safdar Medina. Sam shook his head. “None, not at all?” Medina said again, to confirm. “None,”…
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Borussia Dortmund are relishing a rematch with Paris St Germain in the Champions League semi-finals. This was after knocking out Atletico Madrid in a thrilling tie on Tuesday to set up a meeting with the French side they played in the group stage. Dortmund overturned a 2-1 deficit from their quarter-final first leg against Atletico to win 5-4 on aggregate. They will now renew their acquaintance with PSG, who beat Barcelona 6-4 over two legs to book their semi-final berth. Dortmund coach Edin Terzic feels his side, who won the Champions League in 1997, are now better prepared to face the…
Laura Gutowski’s husband always made her feel trapped. The lifelong homemaker said her husband of more than 30 years never let her get a job in Grants Pass, Oregon, the small city surrounded by mountains where they lived, an hour north of the California border. She shared a seven-bedroom home with her husband’s family, but when he died three years ago, she was told to leave, Gutowski told USA TODAY. Gutowski, now 55, was left with only $120. First, she lived in her Chevrolet Cavalier, then briefly at a shelter that shuttered 16 months after launching. Now Gutowski, who uses a…
Asian stock markets recorded mixed trading on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve boss, Jerome Powell, indicated that interest rates could stay higher for long to offset a rebound following the latest bout of Middle East-fuelled selling. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both fell in New York, though the Dow eked out a gain. Asia was mixed, with Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Seoul, and Bangkok down, but Shanghai, Singapore, Wellington, Taipei, Jakarta and Manila rising. London barely moved at the open as data showed Britain’s annual inflation rate fell less than expected last month. Paris and Frankfurt both rose. While traders…
Katie Couric is reflecting on the “sexist attitude” she experienced as a female journalist in the ’90s. On Sunday’s episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the veteran news anchor reflected on her relationship with former “Today” show co-host Bryant Gumbel while they were the faces of the morning program between 1991 and 1997, when Gumbel left NBC for CBS. The Television Hall of Fame inductee praised Gumbel as “a seamless broadcaster” who is “really talented” and “incredibly smart,” but acknowledged they sometimes butted heads. “He’s a guy’s guy. You got that right,” Couric, 67, told Maher. “He was prickly, but I mean, what a talent. I mean,…
Jury selection continues in the New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump on charges he falsified business records to conceal $130,000 in hush money paid to a porn star to help his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide reimbursement payments to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for the money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Daniels claimed she and Trump had sex in 2006, not long after Melania Trump gave birth to their son Barron. Trump denies the claim. Learn more:Criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. The 34…
In a recent release of its Global Economic Outlook at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, the IMF provided projections for Nigeria’s economy, indicating a significant shift in inflation rates. Division Chief of the IMF Research Department, Daniel Leigh, highlighted the impact of Nigeria’s economic reforms, including exchange rate adjustments, which have led to a surge in inflation rate to 33.2 percent in March. Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 33.2 percent according to recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Also, the food inflation rate increased to over 40 per cent in…
The Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, granted businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum. Earlier, the celebrity bar man pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira during his trial. Cubana Chief Priest was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira by allegedly spraying and tampering with the nation’s currency at a social event, contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007. He was alleged to have sprayed the naira on February 13, 2024, at…
About 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators were, on Wednesday, arraigned before the Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for their involvement and roles in the failed invasion of the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly. The case, with charge number Mi/5 20c/2024, is between the Commissioner of Police and the 29 suspects. On Saturday, April 13, 2024, some masked persons suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, to hoist their flag before the joint security personnel demobilised them. They were arraigned on seven counts of treasonable felony, unlawful society, illegal…
BBC Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm. In the second 12 months on the front line – as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy – we found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year. BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been counting deaths since February 2022. New graves in cemeteries helped provide the names of many soldiers. Our teams also combed through open-source information from official reports, newspapers and social media. More than 27,300 Russian soldiers died in the second year…
The ward executives of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, where the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, was suspended, will pay him a solidarity visit on Wednesday. The visit, scheduled to take place at the party’s national secretariat, will be held at 11.00 am. The development comes two days after the Legal Adviser of the ward, Halliru Gwanzo, suspended Ganduje from the party. Gwanzo, who addressed journalists in Kano, said the APC ward leadership took the decision, given the bribery allegations hanging on Ganduje’s neck. He cited the bribery charges filed against Ganduje…
Reuters Lord Cameron, pictured with Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz, says the situation in the Middle East is “very concerning” Lord Cameron has urged Israel to do “as little as possible to escalate” tensions in the Middle East, ahead of talks with PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel has vowed to retaliate after Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack at the weekend. The UK foreign secretary will push Israel to rein in the scale of its response over fears it could lead to a regional wider war. He called on Israel’s government to be “smart as well as tough”. Speaking to reporters…
Arewa PUNCH investigations have revealed that as more Boko Haram insurgents who surrender their arms and ammunition to the government and renounce acts of terrorism and banditry continue to be reintegrated into the life of normalcy, there are big concerns that the females among them are increasingly finding it difficult to get male spouses. More findings indicate that even as the repentant terrorists are settled into their various home communities, the females among them have complained that since their return, it has been difficult for them to marry as the law-abiding men in the society avoid them like a plague. This fresh…
DSNS Several floors of an eight-storey building were badly damaged in the Russian missile strike A Russian missile attack has killed 11 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. A spokesman for Ukraine’s president said there were more than 50 victims of the attack, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area. Three missiles had struck close to the centre of the city, officials said. The attack came hours after reports of a Ukrainian strike on a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea. Details have yet to be confirmed, although local social…
Former Kwara State Senator, Rafiu Ibrahim, is dead. He was said to have died at the age of 57 after a brief illness. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the family and obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. The statement read, “We kindly request your prayers and support during this difficult time. His burial arrangements will be communicated in due course. “We pray Allah forgives his shortcomings and grants him Al-Jannah Firdaus. Ameen.” Mourning the lawmaker, the state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said he received with shock and sadness reports of the death of Senator Rafiu Ibrahim of the…
The Adamawa State Government has urged parents and guardians to support the Governor Ahmadu Fintiri-led administration in tackling cases of insecurity in the state. The government said this had become imperative following the upsurge in attacks carried out by armed youth gangs in the state popularly called Shila boys. Addressing journalists in Yola, on Tuesday, the Adamawa Deputy Governor, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta-George, said the government was working to deal with the security issues arising from the nefarious activities of the youths using dangerous weapons to dispossess residents of their valuables. The PUNCH reports that youths armed with dangerous weapons usually…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company has concluded plans to invest N1.2bn in network expansion and improvement in power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market in Kano. This was contained in a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications at KEDCO, Sani Bala Sani, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday. He said the expansion and power generation are some of the company’s major plans to improve power supply in an accelerated fashion, especially in areas such as Dawanau International Grains Market, being the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa, with numerous cottage industries. According to him, the company is prioritising…
According to Love, the country-turned-pop star is “not important” or “interesting as an artist.” In her new interview with Standard, Courtney Love had a lot to say. For starters, she doesn’t mind being the villain in someone else’s story. “People used to say that I was so difficult,” she told the UK-based outlet. “They said I was disagreeable. Yes, I am completely disagreeable and I’m never going to apologize for that. I always wanted to be known as a b**ch,” the blonde icon said. According to her, the late Kurt Cobain sought social approval, while Love couldn’t be bothered wasting her energy on…
The Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo, is expected to open his defence at the state governorship election petition sitting in Abuja on Wednesday. This came after the Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday, closed its defence in the petition by the Social Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in the Kogi State November 11 election, Murtala Ajaka. The PUNCH reports that counsel for INEC, Uchenna Njoku on Monday tendered several documents to support the victory of the governor. Some of the documents include the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of the Election, INEC Manuals for Electoral Officers, and…
Moderates expressed support for the move, but Johnson faces demands and some opposition from the GOP’s hard-right flank. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a plan to advance foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Tawain in separate bills and move a fourth piece of legislation wrapping other Republican national security priorities together. Those GOP priorities would include implementing a loan-lease program for Ukraine aid, which would lend Ukraine money backed by seized Russian assets, and imposing more sanctions on Iran. Johnson’s outlined the plan in remarks to reporters after what he described as a “fruitful and productive” GOP conference meeting Monday…