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A maze of crude oil pipe and equipment is seen with the American and Texas flags flying in the background at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas.Richard Carson | ReutersWASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday aimed at limiting the president’s ability to draw down the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve for any reason other than a “severe energy supply disruption.”The law is meant to prevent a repeat of President Joe Biden’s numerous withdrawals from the SPR in 2022 that Republicans contend were intended to lower consumer gas prices ahead of the midterm electionsThe bill passed…

Winter’s back in Calgary and the heavy snow has been making getting around the city a challenge. Just after 11 a.m., a collision on southbound Deerfoot Trail N.E. at Airport Trail N.E. blocked the left hand lane but was cleared within the hour.At around 11:25 a.m., a serious multi-vehicle collision occurred on the QE II about 65 kilometres north of Calgary, immediately east of Carstairs, closing northbound lanes.Just before noon, northbound Stoney Trail N.E. was closed between 16 Avenue N.E. and McKnight Boulevard N.E. due to a crash.Other crashes were reported throughout the city. “The weather has created winter driving…

Recent polling shows 91 per cent of parents in regional areas believe childcare costs have risen over the past three years compared with 86 per cent of metropolitan respondents.The Minderoo Foundation’s ‘Thrive By Five’ initiative and its director, former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill is pushing to provide three years of free preschool for children across Australia. Source: Sky News

Dana Point, California CNN  —  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was elected to a fourth consecutive term Friday after winning the support of about two-thirds of the RNC members who gathered here for their winter meeting. McDaniel fended off a stronger-than-expected challenge from Harmeet Dhillon, an RNC committeewoman from California and an attorney who has represented former President Donald Trump. The vote was conducted by secret ballot and McDaniel needed a majority of the members casting ballots to win. After just one round of voting, the parliamentarian announced that McDaniel had received 111 of the 167 votes cast. Dhillon…

Disgraced Long Island Rep. George Santos allegedly made tasteless jokes about Adolf Hitler and “the Jews and blacks,” according to an alarming new report. The Republican congressman — who claimed to be a “proud American Jew” during his campaign before admitting to The Post last month that he was “clearly Catholic” — purportedly made the wisecrack in a Facebook thread obtained by Patch. The since-deleted comment was a reply to a March 2011 post from a friend who suggested that a photo of someone saluting looked “something like Hitler,” the outlet said. “hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh hiiiiiiiiiiiitlerrrrrrrrrrr (hight hitler),” Santos replied, according to…

A recent Twitter post that asks social media users which pen is their favorite writing utensil has gone viral and it has stirred debate among modern-day scribes.Chris Grosse, a sports marketer from Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, shared a photo-attached tweet that displays seven pen options – each of which has an assigned number.”OK, you can only write with ONE type of pen for the rest of your life, which one are you picking? (ignoring the ink color),” Grosse tweeted on Wednesday, Jan. 25.CHICAGO BOOKSTORE OWNER’S TWEET ABOUT CUSTOMER’S $800 RETURN GOES VIRAL: ‘DON’T DO THIS TO A SMALL BUSINESS’The post has…

The death penalty phase of West Side Highway terrorist Sayfullo Saipov’s trial will likely delve into procedures at the most secure wing of the nation’s “supermax” prison. Prosecutors on the case seeking the death penalty intend to argue Saipov could still pose a “future danger” from behind bars, in part because of the threat of security breaches at ADX Florence, where he’ll be jailed.  At a court hearing Friday, Saipov attorney Andrew Dalack argued prosecutors should be limited to referencing only issues that have occurred on the prison’s “H unit,” which houses terrorists and others under Special Administrative Measures, known…

DANA POINT, Calif. – Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel won re-election on Friday, bringing to an end nearly two months of barbs and accusations amid a major fight for the future of the GOP.”With all of us united, the Democrats are going to hear from us in 2024,” McDaniel said from the podium after the results of the secret ballot was announced.McDaniel won the support of 111 committee members who cast ballots in a secret ballot vote for chair, more than the majority of the 168 members needed to secure a fourth two-year term steering the RNC, which is unprecedented…

New research shows head injury is directly related to increased mortality rates.The 30-year study revealed that adults who suffered a head injury had two (2.21) times the rate of mortality than those who did not, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaThe study, published by JAMA Neurology on Jan. 23, also found that mortality rates among those with moderate to severe head injuries were almost three (2.87) times higher.NEW YORK POLAR PLUNGE GROUP DIVES INTO ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ COLD WATER THERAPY: ‘NEVER FELT BETTER’Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel considered this an “important study,”…

Commercial content 21+. After winning six of their last eight games, the Heat are finally starting to resemble the gritty defensive squad that bullied its way to the NBA Finals in 2020. They’ll look to continue that run in a favorable spot Friday against the division-rival Magic. Give some credit to Orlando, which has won two straight games against the shorthanded Celtics and Pacers heading into this one. In their previous 12 games, though, the Magic went 4-8 straight up and owned the NBA’s fifth-worst net rating (-6.0) with bottom-eight marks in offensive rating (111.6) and defensive rating (117.6). Risk…