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On Monday, officers responded to a shooting that took place in Greenwood County. Jeffrey David Powell is suspected of shooting dead one man, two women, and injuring a child. “The status of the victims is unknown at this time as well the motive for the shooting,” a release from the sheriff’s office said. The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Department released the following statement on the ongoing manhunt that’s underway for Powell....

In a video shared by NBC-2, the altercation between anti-mask protesters and pro-mask demonstrators can be seen after the Lee County School District announced a temporary mask mandate. Individuals seen in the video start to shove one another, prompting police on the scene to break them up before things escalated further. The announcement was made at the meeting by the district superintendent. The mandate’s rules go into effect on Wednesday for 30 days....

An outcry in the U.K. followed the case of Sarah Everard, 33, who disappeared as she walked home from her friend’s house in Clapham, a suburb in south London, on March 3, 2021. Wayne Couzens, 48, was a diplomatic protection officer with London’s Metropolitan Police, a role which entitles him to carry a firearm. While not on duty at the time of Everard’s disappearance, he had used a police warrant card and handcuffs to deceive her into getting into his car, the court heard....

All of which is where Tucker Eskew comes in. A sandy-haired good ol’ boy in his late 30s from an upscale family in upstate South Carolina, a veteran of 20 years of hardball Southern politics and public relations, Eskew is in charge of a new White House enterprise with a grandiose title: the Office of Global Communications. Its task right now: to ensure that the world knows that Iraqis are grateful for our presence....

Good question–and one that a remarkable number of Democrats seem to be ask-ing themselves as the 2004 presidential campaign begins. The early odds of unseating President George W. Bush look daunting. Yet the list of possible Democratic challengers keeps growing. Already in: Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. John Kerry and Sen. John Edwards (who took the plunge last week). Rep. Dick Gephardt joins the race this week, Sen. Joe Lieberman next week, Daschle (assuming The Shrine works its will) the week after that....

The Investors Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence’s latest TIPP poll found Biden was backed by 49 percent of registered voters, putting him eight points ahead of Trump on 41 percent support. According to the pollster’s past surveys, Biden held a 7-point lead over Trump at the start of August and a similar 8-point lead at the start of July, meaning his rating in the tracker poll has remained level over the past few months....

And as a result, leading election forecasters see it increasingly likely that a number of them may lose their seats. It’s the latest sign that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could lose control of the upper chamber, which the Kentucky Republican has led since January 2015. “I think it’s 50-50,” McConnell told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday about the prospects of keeping the Senate majority. “We always knew this was going to be a challenging cycle....

This article discusses types of pollution and the effects of air pollution on cardiovascular health. Types of Pollution A pollutant is a substance or type of energy that contaminates the environment. Pollution can come from natural and manmade sources, and has effects on wildlife, climate, and human health. Air Pollution Air pollution is the most common type of pollution and occurs in both the indoor and outdoor air that we breathe....

From the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the 86-year-old pope called for an end to Russia’s “senseless” war in Ukraine and other “forgotten” and long-running conflicts, including the Syrian civil war and clashes between Israel and Palestine. “Our time is experiencing a grave famine of peace,” he said, speaking to the thousands of people gathered for Pope Francis’s 10th “Urbi et Orbi” (to Rome and to the world) Christmas message....

WINGERT: How did you react to your first visit to an orphanage? YELISEYEVA: I couldn’t help crying. I didn’t know anything about orphans or orphanages, but I knew the situation was not good. The feeling there was hard–it was not very friendly, not a healthy atmosphere. So many people there just use the kids. I thought it was so important for the kids to have a place out of the orphanage....

Thousands of British tourists visited Algarve earlier this month, but now the Portuguese government has put the U.K. on its red list for travel and requires British travelers who are not vaccinated to quarantine for two weeks after arriving in Portugal. The Delta variant is believed to account for almost all of the U.K.’s new coronavirus cases. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below: British arrivals can quarantine at their home or in a place stipulated by Portuguese health authorities....

BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter Round nine of the Malaysia Super League (MSL) will take place this weekend, with the results unable to change who will occupy the top spot and the relegation zone. Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT), currently with a four-point lead at the top on 21 points, will play away to bottom placed Negeri Sembilan (5 points), and the Tigers will remain leaders regardless of what happens in this match and the other five matches....

All that extra inventory means that those lucky enough to be looking for a house are now entering a buyer’s market. Across the country, builders and home owners are offering incentives like covering closing costs, adding extra goodies like upgraded appliances or even contributing to the initial down payment. But even buyers who get a great deal should be wary of unexpected costs. That extra-large house might not seem like such a deal if heating costs go up significantly....

Postecoglou stepped down from the national team role in the days following the 3-1 aggregate win over Honduras - a result which secured Australia qualification for the fourth consecutive World Cup - with the reasons for his departure still yet to be known. The story about Postecoglou’s resignation broke weeks before his official announcement - in the hours following the Asian playoff victory over Syria - but Sainsbury explained the players still believed he was going to be their coach in Russia after qualification was secured against Honduras....

A large coronary artery called the posterior interventricular artery, or posterior descending artery (PDA), runs lengthwise along the back of the heart, supplying blood to its posterior (bottom) portion. Like the other coronary arteries, the posterior descending artery can be affected by coronary artery disease. Anatomy Structure The heart is roughly cone-shaped, with a base (the wider part of the cone) and apex (the tip of the cone). There are four cardiac chambers: the smaller atria toward the base of the heart, and the larger ventricles toward the apex....

While PPH is fully treatable if your medical team can find the cause and stop the bleeding quickly enough, it’s a serious condition that can lead to shock and sometimes death due to a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Roughly 1 to 5 out of 100 people will experience PPH, which is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. Definition Some bleeding after childbirth, known as lochia, is normal....

The antiviral cocktail showed to be more than 80 percent effective at preventing hospitalizations from COVID-19 in clinical trials, according to the company. Pills are easy to store, transport and administer, raising their potential to be widely available, but must be taken within five days of symptom onset, which isn’t a lot of wiggle room amid a testing backlog. Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant, the United States saw a massive increase in demand for COVID-19 tests ahead of the holiday season....