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ASHLAND — Desirea Goon has had a love for wildlife since she was a child, and she credits that love to her father, who instilled in her an appreciation for them. Goon’s interest in wildlife led her into the veterinary field, where she has worked for over 20 years, qualifying as a veterinary technician in 2015. Last year, Goon began a new venture in his chosen field: he obtained a licence to run a wildlife rehabilitation centre. Goon is Ashland County’s only wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, according to office records. She runs a sanctuary…
PITTSBURGH — Generations of Pittsburgh residents have worked in steel mills, cheered on the Steelers, ridden roller coasters at Kennywood Amusement Park and gotten a bird’s-eye view of the enormous Edgar Thomson Works, the region’s last blast furnace.Now U.S. Steel, America’s steeltown’s best-known steel company, is on the verge of being bought by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., a deal that is stirring election-year political turmoil throughout America’s industrial heartland.The sale comes amid a new wave of political support for rebuilding American manufacturing and in the midst of a presidential campaign rally in which President Joe Biden, former President Donald…
Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Pfizer is due to conduct mid-stage clinical trials of a daily weight-loss drug later this year, as the struggling pharmaceutical group pins its hopes on the experimental drug as a way to enter a market predicted to be worth more than $130 billion a year.The New York-based drugmaker said Thursday it will begin a study later this year to evaluate optimal dosages for the weight-loss drug, which is based on a compound called danugliplon, a glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) similar to those used in…
WASHINGTON – Iranian government agents have sought to influence American protests against the Gaza war, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday, one of the sternest warnings yet against foreign interference in the demonstrations that have rocked the country this spring.Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said people working for Iran were “facilitating” the protests through social media and other cyber activity, posing as activists online and promoting and funding the demonstrations.”We want to be clear that we know American protesters are expressing their views on the Gaza conflict in good faith,” Haines said in a statement, “but it is…
The polls held in the Jalandhar West Assembly by-election in Punjab reported a voter turnout of 54.9%, which is 12.81% lower than the voter turnout in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, where the voter turnout in this constituency was reported as 67.71%.The by-election to Jalandhar West Assembly seat in Punjab was necessitated by the resignation of Ms Sheetal Angral. Jalandhar West 34 is a scheduled caste assembly seat in Jalandhar district and Doaba region of Punjab. The urban assembly seat is part of Jalandhar (Scheduled Caste) Assembly constituency 4 and by-elections were held on Wednesday 10 July 2024 along with…
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir should be held in time to demonstrate the superiority of security forces over terrorists who have been carrying out a spate of recent attacks in the state.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a party event here, Abdullah said normalcy was not being maintained in the Union Territory.”It’s not normal. But is the situation worse than 1996? If so, then don’t hold elections. If we want to bow to the forces that are attacking us, then don’t hold elections. If we need to prove…
Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court ruled on Thursday that the actions of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan were similar to those of “terrorists” in cases related to the May 9 riots, and that he had delegated the task of attacking military installations, government facilities and police personnel to his party leaders to pressure for his release. The 71-year-old PTI founder and hundreds of party members are on trial in several cases, including under the Official Secrets Act, related to violent protests by his supporters that damaged key military installations across Pakistan on May 9, 2023. Unprecedented protests erupted across Pakistan after…
Virginia was ranked number one in CNBC’s 2024 Best States for Business rankings for the third time in five years and the sixth time on record since CNBC began rankings in 2007. Virginia was ranked number one in CNBC’s 2024 Best States for Business rankings for the third time in five years and the sixth time on record since CNBC began rankings in 2007. Virginia narrowly beat last year’s top business state, North Carolina, in what CNBC called the closest result in history. CNBC annually ranks the competitiveness of all 50 states across a total of 10 categories, and Virginia…
This undoubtedly helped the film’s already strong box office success, which reached nearly $1 billion and made it the fifth highest-grossing film of the year, and star Steve Carell said he was happy to see the trend begin.”I was talking to Chris Meledandri, the head of Illumination, and initially we were like, ‘Is this actually happening or is this a one-off?'” he explained in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com ahead of this weekend’s release of Despicable Me 4.”I saw some kids somewhere in Texas, dressed up, wearing suits, going to one of the early screenings. Then it started spreading by…
HONG KONG — You can farm and eat snakes in China, but you can’t smuggle them in alive, even if you manage to slip more than 100 of them into your trousers.That’s what one man discovered when he tried to intercept customs officials at the Futian port, a land crossing between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in southern China. Authorities said the smuggler, who they did not name, was in possession of 104 live snakes, including milk snakes and Texas rat snakes, when he was caught.”During the inspection, customs officers found six canvas bags sealed with tape in the travellers’ trouser…