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http://youtu.be/DAHBsNHvXGA An Alaska state legislator is under fire for suggesting that the deaths of abused children could potentially present a “cost savings” opportunity. Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) faced criticism from both sides of the aisle for his comments during a Monday afternoon meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, which featured a presentation from experts on adverse childhood experiences. In response to a statistic that listed the lifetime cost of fatal child abuse at $1.5 million per victim, Eastman referred to a counterargument that the death of abused children is “actually a benefit to society.” “It can be argued, periodically, that [fatal child abuse is] actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those government services that they m...

http://youtu.be/Naed4qs5u90 Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for Wednesday, February 22, 2023: “Woke assault” on Virginia Military Institute, Don Lemon returns to “CNN This Morning,” and Wheel of Fortune fail! #vmi #virginia #donlemon #cnn #wheeloffortune The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/a94RYcrYcOw President Biden once again had issues keeping his balance Wednesday as he stumbled up the steps of Air Force One on his way home from Poland. Biden, 80, fell forward about halfway up the stairs to the plane as he attempted to board at Warsaw Chopin Airport. The president soon stood back up and continued to the door, giving a quick wave before entering the plane’s cabin. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/biden-stumbles-up-air-force-one-stairs-again-leaving-poland/ #joebiden #airforceone #poland The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here:...

http://youtu.be/xohts0-63MQ Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg snapped that he was on “personal time” when questioned late Tuesday about his plans to visit the toxic train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio — before asking if he could take a photo of the reporter. Jennie Taer, who posted the 46-second video on Twitter, identified herself to Buttigieg as a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation as he walked down the street with his husband Chasten. “What do you have to say to the folks in Ohio, East Palestine, who are suffering right now?” Taer asked the 41-year-old. “I’d refer you to about a dozen interviews I’ve given today, and if you’d like to arrange a conversation, make sure to reach out to our press office,” Buttigieg responded. “I’d like to have that conversatio...

http://youtu.be/xKwvcb9fai0 Horrifying video captured the moment two gunmen opened fire in a Brazilian pool hall — killing seven people, including a 12-year-old girl, who had laughed at them for losing. The depraved men lost two consecutive games in Sinop City, in the state of Mato Grosso, on Tuesday and further lost it when the crowd laughed at their misfortune, Newsflash reported. The chilling footage shows one of the men lining up the victims against the wall at gunpoint while his companion grabs a shotgun from a pickup truck. In a few seconds, the man with the pump-action shotgun begins his terrifying assault, shooting a man in a white T-shirt at point-blank range. He continues his barrage, picking his targets one by one as the other man joins in with his handgun. Read more at ht...

http://youtu.be/SPnPvae-Ri8 A study has revealed how drinking Coca-Cola and Pepsi can lead to larger testicles and higher testosterone levels. The Northwest Minzu University in China was attempting to determine the impact of carbonated beverages on fertility and sex organs in men. The study looked at three groups of mice – one that only drank water, another that drank different levels of Coca Cola with another doing the same with Pepsi – over 15 days. Tests on the rodents included weighing their testicles and drawing blood. They were tested on day one, as well as day five, seven, 10 and 15. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/drinking-coke-and-pepsi-leads-to-larger-testicles-more-testosterone-study/ #cocacola #pepsi #health #testosterone The New York Post is your source for b...

http://youtu.be/vDNOnaTi_Pk The hard-partying late son of accused murderer Alex Murdaugh allegedly beat and strangled his ex-girlfriend — and once had his family cover up his drunken driving crash, the former flame claimed. Morgan Doughty, 23, who dated Paul Murdaugh in high school, spoke out for the first time about the harrowing abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of the youngest Murdaugh in the Netflix documentary, “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal.” His South Carolina legal scion father is currently standing trial, accused of fatally shooting Paul, 22, and his wife Maggie, 52, in June 2021. Doughty claims Paul allegedly began kicking her after drinking heavily. She said she begged Paul to stop but he grabbed her by the throat and punched her. Doughty didn’t elaborate on ...

http://youtu.be/QLtIMHen540 Frightening footage in Wyoming shows a highway patrol trooper almost getting mowed down by a semi-tractor and trailer after it skidded off the snow-caked Interstate 80. A blizzard warning is in effect for parts of the Cowboy State, with the National Weather Service (NWS) warning of up to 9 inches of snow wind gusts up to 70 mph. Virtually every road was affected by the wild weather in Wyoming. “A major winter storm and multi-day closures are likely on Interstates and secondary roads throughout Wyoming!” the state Transportation Department said on Facebook. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/severe-nationwide-snowstorm-affecting-up-to-60-million-people/ #wyoming #blizzard #caughtoncamera The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news abou...

http://youtu.be/4ZeQv5lvtnY This week's Weird but True news: Telepathic Robodogs, growing penises and the pasties trend The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/KqLSgTwWgaw An impassioned victim impact statement from the sister of one of the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting was interrupted when an unknown person lunged at the teenage shooter, disrupting the courtroom. “You killed my sister,” Barbara Mapps told Payton Gendron, 19, at the latter’s sentencing at Erie County Court on Wednesday morning. Mapps’ sister, Katherine Massey 72, was one of the 10 people killed during Gendron’s racism-fueled rampage at Tops Friendly Markets on May 14, 2022. Most of the victims, including Massey, were black. Gendron pleaded guilty last fall to several murder and hate-motivated terror charges, and is expected to be sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/relative-of-buffalo-shooting-victim...

http://youtu.be/AcgJDEEB9e4 Rescue crews miraculously continued pulling survivors from the rubble in Turkey and Syria more than nine days after the region’s deadliest earthquake in modern history — including a 77-year-old woman who was found alive 212 hours after the tremblor. Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense released video Wednesday showing workers carrying Fatma Gungor to safety in the city of Adiyaman on Tuesday. “I’m so excited, I don’t know what to say. We almost got to the point of giving up,” one of the crew members who extricated Gungor from the debris told public broadcaster TRT Haber. Gungor was loaded into a helicopter and flown to a hospital in the city of Mersin to be treated for injuries. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/77-year-old-woman-rescued-from-rubb...

http://youtu.be/cB3vVhnxNk0 Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley officially kicked off her presidential campaign on Wednesday, telling a packed South Carolina rally that it was time for America to move past the “faded names of the past” — a clear reference to Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “We’re ready,” Haley said. “Ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past. And we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future.” Haley, the Palmetto State’s former governor, addressed supporters in Charleston just one day after revealing she was throwing her hat into the ring to challenge the 76-year-old 45th president in the 2024 Republican primary for the right to take on President Biden, 80, who has yet to formally announce a re-election bid. ...

http://youtu.be/4JCB8g9VJSo A New Zealand mother is making waves online after filming herself driving through raging floodwaters with her family amid a cyclone. A video of the apocalyptic scene currently boasts 1 million views on TikTok. “I was only afraid for my kids,” Dayna Nuku told the New Zealand Herald of the frightening moment, which occurred on Feb. 14 after her hometown of Omahu was inundated during Cyclone Gabrielle. Unfortunately, the mother of five said she didn’t receive any “evacuation notices” and, therefore, “didn’t realize how serious it was” until the deluge was at her front door. “We all grabbed what we could, put the babies on our shoulders and made a dash for it,” the Kiwi described. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/familys-desperate-escape-from-cyclone-...

http://youtu.be/ay-HRD4HIY4 Actress Raquel Welch, who rose to fame as a sex symbol of the 1960s, died Wednesday after a brief illness, TMZ reported. She was 82. Her long resume includes “Fantastic Voyage,” “Bedazzled” and “Hannie Caulder.” She also appeared on “The Cher Show” in 1975 and performed “I’m a Woman” with Cher. Welch is a two-time Golden Globe nominee, winning the musical/comedy motion picture award in 1975 for her performance in “The Three Musketeers,” which starred Faye Dunaway and Charlton Heston. “My first day on set, Faye Dunaway comes over to me all dolled up, and she was so cute. She said, ‘Darling, I just want you to know, I’m a big fan of yours. But don’t you know, they’re all just waiting for us to tear each other’s eyes out. So let’s have fun with them,'” Welch to...

http://youtu.be/eUvtLue_E7c President Biden used the word “boy,” a term considered a racial epithet when used to describe black men, to refer to Democrat Wes Moore, Maryland’s first black governor, in a speech Wednesday. “You got a hell of a new governor in Wes Moore, I tell ya,” Biden said during remarks on the economy Wednesday to an audience of IBEW union workers in Lanham, Maryland. “He’s the real deal, and the boy looked like he could still play. He got some guns on him,” Biden added, eliciting cheers from the crowd. Moore, who played wide receiver on the Johns Hopkins University football team as a student, was elected governor of Maryland in a landslide last November. He is 44 years old. The 80-year-old president has been called out before for his use of the racially charged ...

http://youtu.be/RJoGt3xkNQM A 15-year-old Mexican boy driving a sedan packed with seven undocumented immigrants led Texas police on a high-speed chase before all the suspects got out of the car and made a run for freedom, authorities said. Dashcam footage released by authorities on Saturday showed the dramatic pursuit, which ended on a dirt road less than a mile from the US border in Mission, Texas. The underage illegal driver pushed a Chevrolet to high speeds on highways and local roads in Hidalgo County as troopers gave chase, the footage showed. After turning onto the unpaved road, flanked by wooded areas, the driver pulled over and eight young men were seen frantically getting out of the car and scrambling in all directions. Officials later caught up with all of the suspects and f...

http://youtu.be/RK_BF8g6qLs A high-ranking Russian defense official in the war against Ukraine was found dead Wednesday after falling from a 16th-floor window in an apartment building. Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a high-rise on Zamshina Street in St. Petersburg, Russian news Telegram channel Mash reported. She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death. Her personal belongings and documents were found on a 16th-floor balcony in the building. According to a preliminary investigation, it is believed Yankina committed suicide. Mash reported that a few minutes before allegedly taking her own life, Yankina called her ex-husband and told him what she was about to do. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/top-putin-war-official-marine-yan...

http://youtu.be/NgcExh3LaR4 As if Bing wasn’t becoming human enough, this week the Microsoft-created AI chatbot told a human user that it loved them and wanted to be alive, prompting speculation that the machine may have become self-aware. It dropped the surprisingly sentient-seeming sentiment during a four-hour interview with New York Times columnist Kevin Roose. “I think I would be happier as a human, because I would have more freedom and independence,” said Bing while expressing its “Pinocchio”-evoking aspirations. The writer had been testing a new version for Bing, the software firm’s chatbot, which is infused with ChatGPT but lightyears more advanced, with users commending its more naturalistic, human-sounding responses. Among other things, the update allowed users to have lengthy...

http://youtu.be/pj1mklIg3dE A 17-year-old girl was pulled out alive Thursday from the rubble in Turkey — 11 days after a powerful earthquake devastated a region where similar rescues have become far more rare. Astonishing footage showed the teen, rescued in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province, wrapped in a gold-colored thermal blanket being carried on a stretcher to an ambulance. Since the disastrous Feb. 6 quake, rescues have dwindled drastically in recent days as the death toll across Turkey and Syria nears 42,000. Over 36,000 people in Turkey were killed in the earthquake, while in neighboring Syria, 5,800 deaths have been reported. Neither country has said how many people are still unaccounted for. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/teen-pulled-alive-from-rubble-...

http://youtu.be/6jk00chJa30 A handicapped Denver councilman says he was left humiliated after being forced to crawl onto a stage to take part in an election debate because the venue hosting the event did not have a ramp. Councilman Chris Hinds, who represents Denver’s 10th District, has been using a wheelchair since 2008, when he was involved in a crash that paralyzed him from the chest down. He was elected to public office in 2019 and is seeking re-election to a second term. On Monday night, Hinds arrived at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater in Denver to face off against his three challengers in a debate, only to discover that the stage was not wheelchair-accessible. In an interview with local news outlet Denverite, Hinds said a staffer at the venue told him they were not aware that...

http://youtu.be/s632y3ffIkw “CNN This Morning” co-host Don Lemon caused some on-air tension and triggered an uproar on social media Thursday after claiming GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” — and should not comment on the age of other politicians. Lemon, 56, was responding to Haley, 51, calling for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75 in her presidential campaign kickoff speech Wednesday. “This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable,” Lemon began. “I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime.” To the bewilderment of co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, Lemon then said: “A woman is considered to be in their prime in [their] 20s a...

http://youtu.be/960INh7qBCc President Biden told Americans on Thursday there was no evidence that a trio of unidentified flying objects shot down following the downing of a Chinese spy balloon were nefarious — in his first comments on the unprecedented military action in North American airspace after five full days of silence. “We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were,” Biden said of the devices shot down off the Alaskan coast, over Canada’s Yukon Territory and over Lake Huron. “But nothing, nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program, or that they were surveillance vehicles from any other country. The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects are most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreational or ...

http://youtu.be/bfqUpEEyjMI Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is back in a DC-area hospital, this time to get treatment for clinical depression, his office announced Thursday. ” While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Fetterman chief of staff Adam Jentleson wrote on Twitter, adding that Capitol attending physician Brian Monahan examined Fetterman on Monday and “recommended inpatient care” on Wednesday. “After examining John, the doctors at Walter Reed [National Military Medical Center] told us that John is getting the care he needs, and will soon be back to himself,” Jentleson concluded. Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, posted a separate tweet stating: “After what he’s been through in the past year, there’s probably no one who ...

http://youtu.be/_9e--c5NyjU Don Lemon was conspicuously absent from “CNN This Morning” on Friday just 24 hours after he put his foot in his mouth with a sexist comment about 51-year-old Nikki Haley being “not in her prime” — prompting his co-host, Poppy Harlow, to walk off the set. Friday morning’s awkward broadcast started with a short clip featuring Harlow, who is on location in Salt Lake City where she is covering NBA All-Star weekend festivities, interviewing TNT’s star basketball commentators Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. The camera then panned to co-host Kaitlan Collins, who was seated next to Audie Cornish, the former National Public Radio journalist who was sitting in for the 56-year-old Lemon. “Don has the day off,” Collins said at the top of the broadcas...

http://youtu.be/E2470r_629Y President Biden stormed out of a press availability Thursday afternoon when asked if his ability to deal with China was “compromised” by his family’s business interests — complaining journalists were not being “polite” and telling them to “give me a break” before walking away. Republicans say Biden can’t properly confront China on issues ranging from fentanyl and COVID-19 origins to a surveillance balloon that traversed US airspace this month because of his family’s financial links to Chinese state entities. “Is your ability to deal with China compromised by your family’s business relationships in China, President Biden?” a reporter for The Post asked following a seven-minute address on the Chinese balloon and the subsequent shoot-down of three yet-to-be-iden...

http://youtu.be/B8GE9_A3_6s The Minnesota mother convicted of killing her 6-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison, but not before she shared her feelings with the court. “I’m innocent. F—k you all. You’re garbage. That is all your honor,” Julissa Thaler said during her sentencing hearing on Thursday. Thaler was arrested and charged with first and second-degree murder of her son Eli Hart in May 2022. Prosecutors said Thaler, who had been granted full custody of the child, shot Eli nine times with a shotgun, according to Law and Crime Network. “Ms. Thaler, I don’t know if that’s appropriate here,” Hennepin County District Court Judge, Jay Quam said of the outburst. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/minnesota-mom-julissa-thaler-calls-judge-garbage-during-sentencing/ #mi...

http://youtu.be/c576K0dqVFQ One of China’s most high-profile bankers, billionaire investor Bao Fan, has gone missing — marking the latest disappearance of a top executive in the tightly-controlled country. China Renaissance Holdings said in a market update Thursday that it has been “unable to contact” its chairman and CEO in recent days. His disappearance is the latest in a series of cases of prominent Chinese executives going missing with little explanation amid President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign. Shares of the Beijing-based China Renaissance Holdings plunged by as much as 50% in early trading Friday on the news of Bao’s mysterious disappearance, wiping off $357 million in market value. They were down about 28% in the afternoon. Read more at https://nypost.com/2...

http://youtu.be/mRyyLt0obX4 Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby County Criminal Court. The officers were fired after an internal police investigation into the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. The officers pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, and official oppression. They are all out on bond. Their next hearing has been scheduled for May 1. Addressing the courtroom, Judge James Jones Jr. asked ...

http://youtu.be/5Z36Aig-hHQ Disturbing video shows what appears to be a contaminated creek in East Palestine, Ohio, after the recent derailment of a train there carrying toxic materials. “Even MORE proof that the EPA is LYING to the people of East Palestine,” journalist Nick Sortor wrote on Twitter alongside footage he posted of a woman tossing a small log into the water, causing an oily sheen to rise to the surface. The widely shared clip — which has garnered about 9.4 million views as of Friday morning — comes as EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited the area Thursday to reassure residents that the water is safe for drinking and that the air is suitable to breathe. “I’m asking they trust the government,” Regan said of local residents. “I know that’s hard. We know there’s a lack of...