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Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach was in critical condition on Monday after the school announced he was hospitalized with a “personal health issue.”University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) spokesman Marc Rolph told the Associated Press that Leach was listed in critical condition. The school initially said he was treated at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville. UMMC is located in Jackson – about 125 miles from the Mississippi State campus.Leach had previously acknowledged a bout with pneumonia late in the 2022 season that was causing a persistent caught, but it was unclear whether his recent illness was related to this…

The Greek government lashed out at Turkey Monday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened over the weekend to hit Athens with ballistic missiles.”It is unacceptable and universally condemnable for threats of a missile attack against Greece to be made by an allied country, a NATO member,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Monday, arriving in Brussels for a European Union foreign affairs meeting.”North Korean attitudes cannot and must not enter the North Atlantic Alliance,” he said.Speaking during a town hall meeting with youths in the northern Turkish city of Samsun on Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey had begun making its…

Conservatives fear that Senate Democrats, who will hold a 51-49 majority next year, will be able to push through President Biden’s judicial nominees much more easily with little recourse for Republicans.Republican Herschel Walker lost a critical seat for Republicans from the Georgia runoff last week, giving Democrats a slim majority for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said that majority will have a “significant” impact, especially when it comes to moving Biden’s nominees.”Obviously judges and nominees will be a lot easier to put on the bench,” Schumer said. “It’s been amazing how…

Depression is a common mental health disorder and a leading cause of disability around the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).Research shows gut microbiota may play a role in depressive disorders and that depressive symptom levels vary across ethnic groups.Now, researchers from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have demonstrated that 13 types of bacteria found in the gut are associated with depression symptoms.A new study, published in Nature Communications, shows how gut bacteria may play a role in depression through the production of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and glutamate. Depression is a chronic feeling of sadness, emptiness,…

A couple and their new cat have gone viral on TikTok after it was revealed the feline was included in their recent purchase of a new home.Tori Taillac, an aesthetic physician assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, and her fiancé, Alex Kravets, moved into their new place last month. Eagerly awaiting them was Loki, an adventurous, outdoorsy feline who began courting the soon-to-be married couple when they first toured the home, Tilliac said.”Most people ask for money or appliances during the seller concessions phase of buying a home — instead we asked for one of their cats,” Taillac posted on…

Jacquemus staged its spring 2023 show at Le Bourget outside Paris today. As always, the front row was filled with the brand’s devoted celebrity fans. The guest who turned the most heads? Pamela Anderson, who arrived at the show wearing top-to-toe Jacquemus.The 55-year-old actor and philanthropist’s head-turning look included a statement accessory. Pamela wore a white halter-neck dress equipped with cream fringing at the waist—fringe was a theme of the looks unveiled in the show, as actual hay fell from the ceiling—and a thigh-high slit, with a single white sheer glove and a white leather pair of sandals. Anderson topped…

An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, August 15, 2022.Marco Bello | ReutersA federal judge on Monday dismissed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging the government’s access to materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort, marking the formal end to Trump’s monthslong legal fight following the FBI’s raid of his home.The judge’s order came four days after Trump declined to appeal a higher-court ruling that canceled the appointment of a special master to review the thousands of items taken by federal agents during an Aug.…

Three children died and one was left in critical condition after they fell into a frozen lake in central England Sunday as large parts of the country contend with severe winter weather.The boys – ages 6, 8, 10, and 11 – were rushed to a hospital in the West Midlands, about 100 miles north of London, after uniformed police officers pulled the boys out of the icy lake. The oldest three suffered from cardiac arrest and could not be revived, police said.The 6-year old remained in critical condition.”The boys’ deaths are a tragedy beyond words,” Richard Stanton of the local…

The Wall Street Journal on Monday named Emma Tucker as its next editor-in-chief, marking the first time the Rupert Murdoch-owned financial broadsheet will be headed by a woman. Tucker, who currently serves as the editor of The Sunday Times, another Murdoch-owned newspaper, will succeed current Journal editor Matt Murray at the beginning of February. Robert Thomson, chief executive of The Journal’s parent company, News Corp, described Tucker as a “brilliant, inspiring editor, with digital nous and the highest standards of integrity.” “Her global vision and experience will be particularly important at a time of immense international opportunity for The Wall…

CNN  —  The US Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hold arguments in a second case in February concerning President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, which is currently on hold. The challenge has been brought by two individual borrowers – Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor – who are not qualified for full debt relief forgiveness and who say they were denied an opportunity to comment on the Education Secretary’s decision to provide targeted student loan debt relief to some. The justices have already announced they will hear arguments in a different case this term, in a dispute brought…