SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Over the past 20 years the state of Georgia has become a hot spot for the creation of new cinema. It seems like every week a new crew is somewhere in the state to film for an upcoming project. The state is perhaps best known for being a background for a majority of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So we thought we would bring up the names of a few individuals who you may or may not know are from The Peach State. Robert Patrick – Though he has appeared in over 170 on-screen projects Patrick will…
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(NEXSTAR) โ Legendary quarterback Brett Favre says he was “recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease” while speaking at a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Favre, 54, is testifying at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee examining welfare reform, according to The Hill. The former quarterback has been accused of using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families state funds for corporate gains. Favre previously told The Bubba Army radio show that during his football career โ which spanned 20 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets, and the Minnesota Vikings โ he believes he suffered…
(NewsNation) โ A new blood test could help women determine their risk of heart disease decades before an official diagnosis, researchers found in a 30-year study. The study, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found women with high levels of three specific blood markers had more than three times the risk for heart disease compared to women with the lowest levels. The single blood test measured inflammation and two types of fat in their bloodstream, which extended doctorsโ ability to detect heart disease risk beyond the traditional 10-year estimate. โChromingโ: Dangerous TikTok trend threatens lives Women who…
NEW YORK (AP) โ Sean โDiddyโ Combsโ vast music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his arrest last week and the unsealing of an indictment against him. Under his many musical monikers โ including Diddy, Puff Daddy and P. Diddy โ the industry data and analytics company Luminate said the mogulโs music saw an average 18.3% increase in on-demand streams during the week of his arrest compared to the prior week. George Howard, a distinguished professor of music business management at Berklee College of Music, said he’s not surprised by the increase. To him, streaming is akin to…
Originally published by The 19th: Your trusted source for contextualizing Election 2024 news. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee on Sunday, 3-1/2 months out from Election Day on Nov. 5.ย Itโs unusual for a presidential candidate and presumptive nominee to drop out so soon before the election. But itโs not totally unprecedented in history and doesnโt necessarily spell chaos for how the 2024 election will be run and administered, election experts said Sunday.ย โA major partyโs presumptive nominee stepping down months before Election Day is…
(The Hill) – When Brittany Mahomes, the co-owner of a professional soccer team and the wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, liked an Instagram post from former President Trump last month, a debate quickly picked up on social media about her game day-pal, Taylor Swift.ย How could Swift — who had endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 — be friends with someone who backs Trump? Mahomes eventually unliked the Instagram post amid the backlash. But she took to the social media site in the immediate aftermath to post a message seemingly addressing the controversy: โTo be a hater as…
NEW YORK (AP) โ Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor’s earliest return to New York’s lineup from a back injury likely is Tuesday night’s series opener at the Atlanta Braves. Lindor missed five straight games entering Saturday and had played only one inning in the past seven games. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Lindor felt better Saturday and hoped to run sprints, hit and take ground balls. Lindor received a numbing injection on Thursday for the facet joints on each side of the spine. Local Georgia team gives home schooled kids the chance to play varsity football Mendoza said he envisioned Lindor…
(The Hill) – A health advocacy group is launching a first-of-its-kind voting campaign to organize and engage people who are impacted by medical debt. ย The effort by Community Catalyst will launch with ads in key battleground states following the presidential debate on Tuesday night, according to plans shared first with The Hill. The campaign called โI Am A Medical Debt Voterโ will center around the stories of people impacted by the medical debt crisis, as well as medical debt resources and tools, through paid media, digital organizing, and in-person events in key states, the organization said. โNever before has anyone…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) โ The U.N. General Assembly adopted a โPact for the Futureโ to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the worldโs divided nations to move quickly to implement the agreement’s 56 actions. As Czech President Petr Pavel put it Monday at the summit meeting surrounding the pact: โOur work begins at home.โ The 193-member world body approved the pact Sunday. The document is meant to link nations in tackling challenges ranging from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty โ and improve the lives of…
Clarification: This article was updated on July 23, 2024 at 3:58 p.m. to clarify how Georgiaโs two main political parties qualify candidates for local and state races.Keith Padgett is no political novice.The south Savannah Republican, the partyโs candidate for the District 162 state House seat held by Democrat Carl Gilliard, ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the school board two years ago.Heโs active in the Chatham County Republican Party and 1st vice president of the Southeast Georgia Republican Assembly (SEGRA), an ultraconservative GOP faction.Yet in a recent fundraising letter to local Republicans, the 38-year-old Padgett misstates both state and federal…