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Mexico’s National Seismological Service said the 7.1-magnitude quake struck around 6.8 miles from the resort of Acapulco, in Guerrero state, at about 1:47 a.m. on Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey lists the quake’s magnitude as 7.0 and occurring at a depth of 12 miles. Major tremors were felt across the beach resort, causing electricity and telephone lines to go out for 1.6 million people in Guerrero, as well as users in the states of Oaxaca and Morelos and in the capital Mexico City....

Diagnosis Pica is diagnosed in people more than two years of age who eat one or more non-food substances for a month or longer. Pica usually affects children, pregnant women, and people living in institutionalized settings. In order to be diagnosed with pica, a person must not consume nonfood substances secondary to cultural beliefs or as a symptom of a nutritional deficiency. People with pica have no basic aversion to food rather they prefer to eat dirt, clay, ice, ash, paper, or so forth....

The Portugal international is set to become a free agent in the summer, with a 10-year spell at Santiago Bernabeu coming to a close. No fresh terms have been tabled to the 34-year-old as yet and the Champions League final on June 3 could be his last outing for the club. ‘Zidane the best coach in the world’ Pepe, though, is refusing to give up an earning an extended stay and will continue to ignore links to the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Inter until a definitive decision has been taken....

What Causes Peripheral Vertigo? Peripheral vertigo is most commonly caused by a malfunction of one or more of the structures in the inner ear. These structures make up the vestibular system, which is responsible for your balance. Vertigo can also be caused by your brain (central vertigo). The following conditions are the most common causes of peripheral vertigo: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) Meniere’s disease Vestibular neuritis Otosclerosis Medications such as antibiotics, blood pressure medications, or pain medications...

The Islamists have played a double game. Even as they railed against Musharraf’s security alliance with the United States, and his sporadic drives against extremists, they quietly worked with the increasingly unpopular general. The military-mullah alliance goes back to the 1980s, when the military funded Islamist guerrillas fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and survives today. In 2003, MMA votes allowed Musharraf to pass a constitutional amendment to retain simultaneously the posts of president and army chief of staff....

According to the American Cancer Society, doctors may choose from a number of different methods to take a sample of the involved tissue, or a biopsy, for testing and microscopic analysis. When PET/CT is available, it is used for staging the cancer. PET/CT scans combine CT and PET, or positron emission tomography to find out how far the cancer has spread and how big it has become. This article will define PET/CT and discuss its role in Hodgkin lymphoma....

The owner, who wished to stay anonymous, took to Reddit to share the party in a post to Subreddit “Cats”. “My sister requested that I throw a birthday party for her cats while I’m babysitting them. I think I delivered,” she captioned the images. The party celebrated the birthdays of littermates Mabel and Dipper, along with Ahsoka whose birthday falls within the same week yet is a year older, and melted hearts online in doing so....

In a post shared on TikTok, waitress Sinead Cartwright, known on the platform as sin.marie, plays a CCTV video of the restaurant she works at, showing her tripping over the dog, with a caption that says: “The [dog’s] ok …..the beers [didn’t] make it though.” In the video, she can be seen coming out of the restaurant to serve the outdoor tables, holding a tray with two pints, when suddenly she trips over a dog lying in the middle of the sidewalk and the tray goes over....

The animal rights organization posted its video on the social media platform on Tuesday this week, and it has since soared in popularity to become a trending topic. The clip shows various fruits cut in half, with someone handling them suggestively. Each fruit comes with a caption stating its alleged benefits in the bedroom. “Chili peppers will have you hot and heavy in no time,” states the video. It also suggests that juice from oranges increases blood flow and that zinc—found in avocados, for example—can increase libido....

Buttigieg, 38, the first openly gay major presidential candidate, traveled back to South Bend, where he gave a speech announcing the halt of his presidential bid. Buttigieg’s decision came after he failed to recapture the momentum lost in South Carolina and Nevada following a strong finish in Iowa and New Hampshire. In an emotional speech Sunday evening, Buttigieg remarked: “By every conventional wisdom, by every historical measure, we were never supposed to get anywhere at all....

The star running back says he found out then he had a 2-year-old son living in Sioux Falls, S.D., named Tyrese Robert Ruffin. He had been working with Tyrese's mother to arrange a meeting with the boy when he received a call last week that the child was in the hospital with severe injuries. Peterson raced to South Dakota last Thursday, where he saw little Tyrese for the first time....

MORE: Where Manning ranks all-time | He can’t stay away from QBs But he says it doesn’t involve an NFL comeback. And contrary to the rumor mill, he won’t be joining the coaching staff at his alma mater in Knoxville — at least for now. Manning was the keynote speaker at the Middle Tennessee Sports Awards in Nashville, an event honoring more 150 student-athletes. He touched on a number of topics, including whether or not he’d be open to a comeback at age 40....

One of those golfers, 24-year-old Justin Thomas, emerged with the victory. He carded a final-round 68 and finished the tournament 8 under par. He won by two strokes over Francesco Molinari, Patrick Reed and Louis Oosthuizen. MORE: Thomas to receive $1.89 million for PGA victory Jordan Spieth had a chance to prove his dominance as he tried to become just the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam. This was his only shot to become the youngest player to accomplish the feat; Tiger Woods was the last to complete the Slam in 2000 at 24 years, 5 months when he hoisted the Claret Jug at St....

Jason Day holds a two-shot lead over Jordan Spieth after shooting a 6-under 66 to get to 15 under. Spieth shot a 7-under 65 in Round 3 and is now a combined 50-under-par in this year’s majors. MORE: Best images from PGA Championship | Tiger bows out | PGA Championship winners Day has finished in the top 10 in nine of his 20 major championship starts, but is still searching for a breakout win....

It’s no surprise Open champion Jordan Spieth is one of them. Spieth finished second in the first two Playoff events and leads the points race with 5,071 points. It shouldn’t shock too many people that PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas is also in contention with 5,044 points after winning the second Playoff event at the Dell Technologies Championship. PGA Tour schedule: FedExCup playoffs, tournaments, standings and more Dustin Johnson is the third in the pack and at 33-years old, considered a seasoned veteran ahead of 24-year olds Spieth and Thomas....

Previous winners at TPC Boston are: two-time champ Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson and Rickie Fowler. PGA Tour schedule: FedExCup playoffs, tournaments, standings and more PGA Tour playoffs: What’s at stake? The winner earns more than $1.5 million and 2,000 FedExCup points. Only the top 70 players in FedExCup points after this weekend move on to week three for the BMW Championship at Conway Farms. Bubba Watson is one player on the bubble at No....

Location Phalloplasty is a very complex, multi-stage procedure, with each surgery expected to take six to eight hours. It occurs while you’re put to sleep, with recovery happening in the hospital. After a final consultation and check-up in a pre-op room, patients are taken to the operating room and given anesthetics intravenously. What sort of equipment can you expect there? Here’s a quick breakdown. Operating table: Patients are placed on an operating table that allows surgical staff a good working environment....

Facts About Pheochromocytoma and Blood Pressure Pheochromocytomas produce high levels of chemicals called catecholamines, which are strong hormones associated with stress, and they act on the cardiovascular system to increase heart rate, blood pressure, and blood flow. These tumors commonly produce epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine and dopamine – three compounds that are among the strongest known for increasing blood pressure. The body normally uses tiny amounts of these chemicals to respond to dangerous or stressful situations....