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Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, Donald Trump and other senior GOP leaders have repeatedly called for the Biden administration to revoke the visas of foreign nationals in the U.S. who openly support Hamas or other U.S. designated terrorist organizations. Last month, one of the 20 promises in the preamble of the platform adopted at the Republican National Convention was to “deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again.” But protest organizers contend that Trump and other Republicans are ignoring a key fact. The overwhelming majority of demonstrators are U.S. citizens who, under the…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – When was the last time you checked to make sure your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System was up to date? If it’s been a while, it’s very important that you take the time to log into DEERS and review or update your information. “DEERS plays a vital role in the administration and management of military health care benefits, supporting the needs of service members, veterans and their families,” said Regina Julien, deputy assistant secretary for medical operations at the Defense Health Agency. “It is essential that beneficiaries can update their information in DEERS…

The University of California, San Francisco has received a groundbreaking gift from the CrankStart Foundation to launch a workforce development program that will train nearly 2,000 San Franciscans for careers in healthcare over the next five years. The $14 million gift will support partnerships with local nonprofits to train area residents for high-paying jobs at UCSF, including medical practice coordinators, medical assistants and radiology technicians. The UCSF Career Pathways Initiative provides career advancement opportunities for individuals from historically underinvested communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the unemployed, underemployed and transitional youth ages 18-24. It is also open to…

Are you a Stanley fan or an Owara fan? Either way, everyone is jumping on the water bottle trend and buying up their favorite bottle style. Owala is releasing a new color drop called Riptide for $33. The bottle will be released on Tuesday, August 13th (August 13th, 2024) at 12pm EST. The bottle is a new 24oz FreeSip bottle with a muted blue and gray color scheme. When it comes to hydration, everyone should have choices, which is why the FreeSip is designed to give you flexibility. Anyone can hold the bottle upright and drink from the built-in straw,…

Ken Luinard – USA TODAY SportsHours after the release of the preseason AP Top 25 poll on Monday, Fox Sports released its “Ultimate 134” rankings for every FBS team ahead of the 2024 college football season.The Fox Sports rankings are different from the AP rankings because the AP rankings are compiled by a group of sports writers while the Fox Sports rankings are compiled by a single analyst, which is why Fox analyst RJ Young sees a big gap between the ACC’s two top programs, Clemson and Florida State, entering 2024.The Seminoles are No. 5 in Young’s rankings but No.…

Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the Atlantic by Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.Ernesto was located in the Caribbean Sea about 300 miles east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday morning and was moving west at 18 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm is expected to move through the Leeward Islands, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Maarten, on Tuesday morning and reach Puerto Rico by the evening. “Ernesto is forecast to move northward over the western Atlantic after passing Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,” the…

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Danes in central Copenhagen on Thursday marked the return of super-spicy Korean ramen to supermarket shelves after it had been banned for being too spicy – a decision that has since been partially reversed.In June, Danish stores removed three varieties of Buldak instant ramen from South Korean manufacturer Samyang Foods after the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration determined that high levels of capsaicin in the noodles posed a serious health risk.Danish regulators have said capsaicin, the compound found in chilli peppers that gives people a hot taste, can cause poisoning, nausea, high blood pressure and vomiting if consumed in large…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — A group of South Bay area residents filed a lawsuit against a national hospital corporation Monday night.They held an all-night prayer vigil to mourn the lives they say are at risk.They blame HCA Healthcare, which owns San Jose Regional Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital.Maria Noel Fernandez is with Working Partnerships USA.”What we know is that while they’re currently trying to expand Good Sam, they’re actually trying to pull away from Regional Medical Center, where the majority of their customers are people of color and working-class people on the East Side,” Fernandez said. “What we’re…

Michael Barham, the Chargers’ head of Diversity in the NFL Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative, shared a bit about what the past month has been like. “It was an amazing experience,” Baham said. “A once in a lifetime experience.” Now in its third year, the program has allowed Bolt to offer Baham a unique experience. Barham, a sports medicine student at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, had the opportunity to spend time accompanying Bolt’s director of athlete health, wellness and performance, Marco Zucconi, and his medical staff during training camp last month. Burnham got a first-hand look at…