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A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta will be airlifted to Spain on Thursday for a procedure to prevent infection because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances, the woman’s partner said.Jay Weeldreyer told The Associated Press by phone from a hospital in the island nation that his partner, Andrea Prudente, is at risk of a life-threatening infection if the fetal tissue isn’t promptly removed.Prudente, 38, experienced heavy bleeding on June 12, followed by a premature rupture of the amniotic sac and the separation of the placenta, according to Weeldreyer, 45. While the hospital…

New York’s top House Republican Elise Stefanik said the party’s “Commitment to America” pledge will boost the Big Apple and the Empire State by helping tackle crime and providing more educational opportunities to students. Stefanik spoke about the newly unveiled GOP platform in a Friday interview with The Post, listing several of its core components, namely support for law enforcement and a “crack down” on liberal prosecutors. “We are focused on providing resources for 200,000 more police officers across the country to counter the Democrats’ call for defunding the police,” said Stefanik, the House GOP Conference leader who represents the North…

Albert Pujols’ name is in the history books, alongside Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds. The Cardinals slugger homered twice against the Dodgers on Friday, the 699th and 700th long-balls of his 22-season MLB career. Pujols joined Ruth (714), Aaron (755) Barry Bonds (762) in the ultra-exclusive club. In the top of the third inning, the 42-year-old sent a pitch from Los Angeles’ Andrew Heaney 434 feet into the stands for a 2-0 Cardinals lead and his 20th homer of the season. The wait for No. 700 didn’t take long. Pujols’ milestone home came one inning later, a three-run…

Amid the formal pageantry, speeches, prayers and songsr at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral Monday, members of the Royal Family found quiet ways to celebrate the Queen through fashion. Many of the women closest to the queen wore jewelry and pieces of clothing given by the late monarch or meant to symbolize her impact.  Get the latest on Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral with The Post’s live coverage Here’s a full breakdown of all the fashion homages at the service: Meghan Markle Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, wore the pearl-and-diamond drop earrings gifted to her by the Queen.Karwai Tang/WireImage The Duchess of Sussex…

Text messages show that NFL star Brett Favre worked with John Davis, the former head of Mississippi’s welfare agency, who pleaded guilty to state and federal charges connected to one of the largest welfare schemes in the state’s history. CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports.Source: CNN Read the full article here

In a gruesome reminder of the human cost of Russia’s invasion, most of the bodies showed signs of a violent death, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration.”There are bodies with a rope around the neck, with hands tied, with broken limbs and with gunshot wounds. Several men had their genitals amputated,” Syniehubov said in a Telegram post on Friday.”All this is evidence of the terrible torture to which the occupiers subjected the residents of Izium.”Syniehubov added that most of the bodies were civilians and only 21 were military.Izium, which sits near the border between the Kharkiv…

From Prince Harry’s fear of becoming “irrelevant” to Meghan Markle’s break-up threats, five bombshell claims have been made by royal author Valentine Low in a new book Prince Harry’s fear of becoming “irrelevant” and an attempt at bridge building by William that was turned down are two of a number of bombshell claims to come from a new book about the royals. The rift between the Sussexes and other members of the Royal Family has been seen in headlines over the past couple of years where Harry and Meghan have been critical of their life in the UK when talking…

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run on Friday night, becoming the fourth player to reach the milestone in major league history.The 42-year-old Pujols connected for No. 699 in the third inning, then launched No. 700 in the fourth.With the drive in the final days of his last big league season, Pujols joined Barry Bonds (762 homers), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) in one of baseball’s most exclusive clubs. Read the full article here

CNN  —  An Arizona Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a 1901 ban on nearly all abortions in that state can be enforced, a decision that is likely to see an appeal and is all but certain to galvanize female voters to turn out in greater numbers in the state’s closely contested US Senate and governor’s races. In ruling that Arizona’s near-total ban on abortion could take effect, Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson granted a request by the state’s Republican attorney general to lift a court injunction that had barred enforcement of Arizona’s pre-statehood ban on abortion after…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that inflation could soon decline, leaning on charts analysis from legendary technician Larry Williams.”The charts, as interpreted by Larry Williams, suggest that inflation could soon cool down substantially — soon — if history’s any guide,” he said. The “Mad Money” host’s comments come after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by another 75 basis points and reiterated its hawkish stance against inflation.To explain Williams’ analysis, the “Mad Money” host first examined a chart of the current Federal Reserve sticky price consumer price index (in black) compared to the burst of inflation in the…