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[ad_1] Photo: J. VanDerKern (Shutterstock) My relationship with martinis can be traced back to the bar at Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa, an iconic establishment that’s decorated like a French bordello. Desperate to be perceived as refined, I ordered a dirty martini with my shrimp cocktail and ribeye. Marco—the platonic ideal of an old-school bartender—asked if […]

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A vegan mother is facing life in prison for murdering her 18-month-old child who starved to death on a strict raw fruit and vegetable diet.  A Florida jury convicted Sheila O’Leary, 39, on Wednesday of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse and two […]

[ad_1] Former US Defense Secretary James Mattis criticized Russia’s war in Ukraine, calling it “immoral” and “operationally stupid,” while speaking Friday at the Seoul Forum 2022.  “We have a saying in America, we say that nations with allies thrive, nations without allies wither and we’re watching Russia wither before our eyes right now,” Mattis said. When […]

[ad_1] Overnight missile strikes on a residential tower and a recreational center in a coastal town southwest of the Black Sea port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 17 and injured dozens of others, Ukrainian officials said. One of the missiles hit a nine-story residential tower in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, about 50 miles southwest of […]

[ad_1] Photo: pixelrain (Shutterstock) I was skeptical of Nordic Walking when I first heard of it. It seemed like a try at commodifying taking a stroll, like, “You’re not really walking until you’re doing it with these expensive walking poles,” but after looking into the research behind it, my mind was changed completely. Nordic walking […]

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A retired official from the state attorney general’s office will serve as Connecticut’s secretary of the state for the next six months, completing the term of Denise Merrill following her resignation to care for her husband, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday. Mark Kohler, of North Haven, […]

[ad_1] President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference in Madrid on Thursday. (Susan Walsh/AP) President Biden indicated Thursday that he supports an exception to the 60-vote threshold needed to advance legislation in the Senate to codify abortion and privacy rights following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade. “I believe we […]

[ad_1] After visiting numerous bombing sites and detention centers, conducting hundreds of interviews and scouring piles of documents, the United Nations has put a number to the human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine: at least 3,924 civilians dead as of May 15, of whom 193 were children, and 4,444 injured. The numbers, released in […]

[ad_1] Photo: CatwalkPhotos (Shutterstock) As a rule of thumb, I try to never check luggage when I fly, but there are times when it is simply unavoidable. Also unavoidable is the subsequent required trip to the luggage carousel. You know the scene: The area is littered with your fellow exhausted travelers who are eager to […]

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S Coast Guard said one of its cutters repatriated 46 Cubans to Cuba on Tuesday, following multiple interdictions off the coast of Florida this week.  The figure comes as the Coast Guard overall has seen a sharp increase in migration from Cuba to the United […]