PRIME on NewsNation https://www.newsnationnow.com U.S. News Mon, 06 May 2024 03:19:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2020/07/cropped-favicon-tranparent-bkg.png?w=32 PRIME on NewsNation https://www.newsnationnow.com 32 32 How to lower risk of stillbirth https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/how-to-lower-risk-of-stillbirth/ Mon, 06 May 2024 03:19:30 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2788339 (NewsNation) — As Bereaved Mother's Day recognizes the profound grief of losing a child, Samantha Durante Banerjee, who experienced a stillbirth in 2013, is urging greater awareness about steps expectant mothers can take to protect their babies.

"The more I learned about stillbirth, which is a word that I had never heard once through my nine months of pregnancy, the more I learned that there were so many things that I and my providers could have done differently that might have given my daughter a different outcome," said Durante Banerjee, executive director of the advocacy group PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy.

Durante Banerjee's first-born daughter was stillborn just two days before her due date, despite what had seemed like a normal, healthy pregnancy. Such losses are common, with more than 21,000 stillbirths occurring each year in the U.S. — about 65 every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While not all stillbirths are preventable, Durante Banerjee notes that about 25% are. She stresses the importance of monitoring fetal movements and insisting on medical attention if any changes occur, something many parents in the U.S. aren't educated about.

"If you notice any changes to your baby's normal patterns, frequency or strength of movement, speak up right away," she advised.

For bereaved parents, Durante Banerjee said: "You're not alone. And it's not your fault ... We are out there fighting for change in the name of your child, and all of our babies."

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Taylor Greene vows to advance effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/taylor-greene-vows-to-oust-house-speaker/ Mon, 06 May 2024 02:59:32 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2788318 (NewsNation) — Despite her own party members calling it a waste of time, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to move ahead with her effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.

The Georgia Republican filed her “motion to vacate” a month ago and said she intends to bring it to the House floor on Monday.

“It’s a horrible idea,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told The Hill. “Moses could not do a better job than what Mike Johnson is doing right now.”

Virginia Republican Bob Good agrees. “She’s not acting in the best interests of President Trump,” he told The Hill on Sunday. “I don’t think this is a good move six months before an election. She’s always been about herself primarily.”

Johnson, himself, has dismissed Greene’s effort, saying he does not consider her a serious lawmaker.

“I don't think she is proving to be. No. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about her. I gotta do my job. We do the right thing and we let the chips fall where they may,” Johnson said.

Adding to Greene’s challenge: only two fellow House Republicans have said they’ll back her move. And the Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, said he’ll help kill the motion.

“The time has come to turn the page on this chapter of Pro-Putin Republican obstruction," Jeffries said earlier this month. “House Democrats have aggressively pushed back against MAGA extremism. We will continue to do just that,” he added.

Greene has blasted Johnson’s cooperation with Democrats to pass a spending bill and the trio of supplemental foreign aid bills benefiting Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine. She also opposed the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Greene's move is allowed thanks to a rule change that lets a single member raise a “privileged motion.” Before that, a House member had to have the backing of their party or caucus to file a motion to vacate. Then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to the change to win the votes needed to become Speaker.

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Bill seeks to advance menopause research: 'The stigma is real' https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/bill-advance-menopause-research-stigma-real/ Mon, 06 May 2024 02:54:40 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2788270 (NewsNation) — As a group of bipartisan senators pushes for $275 million in federal funding for menopause research and education, Emmy-winning journalist Tamsen Fadal emphasizes the dire need to raise awareness about this significant hormone shift affecting millions of women.

"The stigma is real. It's very real," said Fadal, who has an upcoming documentary titled "The M Factor" about menopause. "By the year 2025, if you just take a look at the numbers, 1 billion women across the world will be in menopause. That's ... a little bit more than half the population."

Yet, Fadal notes, most women don't even know what they're dealing with when they experience symptoms like hot flashes, brain fog and anxiety.

"The problem is, and most of them don't even know what they're dealing with. So they're well into their symptoms. They don't know what's happening. And then they're left to wonder what is going on? They face a lack of treatment, a lack of education, and a lack of options about menopause," she said in a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime."

Fadal's own menopause journey involved visiting five different doctors before understanding what was occurring, highlighting gaps in medical training about the condition.

Under a proposal by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, $125 million would be set aside for clinical trials, public health and medical research on menopause. The remaining money would help support menopause detection and diagnosis, train doctors on treating menopause and raise public awareness around it.

"I love to see a bipartisan bill like this. I love to see everybody coming together on Capitol Hill," Fadal said. "We've still got work to do. But I think we're going to do it."

The bill is backed by 17 senators — three Republicans, 13 Democrats, one independent and all of them women. Several senators said Thursday they hope the bill will also encourage doctors, women and men to speak more openly about the health milestone all women experience.

While the legislation has cleared what is typically one of Congress’ biggest hurdles — getting bipartisan support — its prospects are uncertain. It’s difficult getting bills through Congress at any time and the challenges are compounded now by the divisiveness on the Hill and the dwindling number of days on the legislative calendar before the November election.

The group of women will need to get buy-in from their male colleagues to make the money for menopause research a reality. Congress is overwhelmingly represented by men.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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2024-05-06T02:54:42+00:00
Sinaloa cartel probe led to deputy’s drug arrest: DEA https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/sinaloa-cartel-deputy-drug-arrest-dea/ Mon, 06 May 2024 01:59:56 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2788240 (NewsNation) — “Operation Hotline Bling” was well underway in Riverside County, California when Sheriff’s deputies realized that one of the people arrested in the investigation into the Sinaloa drug cartel’s smuggling and distribution operation was one of their own.

Riverside County Sheriff’s correctional officer Jorge Oceguera-Rocha was arrested along with 14 others, according to a news release from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Sheriff's Office.

Jorge Oceguera-Rocha, 25, was arrested in September. The release said he had more than 100 pounds of fentanyl pills in the trunk of his car. He resigned as a corrections officer.

The entire operation netted law enforcement an estimated $16 million in narcotics: 376 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.4 pounds of cocaine and enough fentanyl to produce 10 million doses.

Oceguera-Rocha has pleaded not guilty to possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for sales, both felonies. He is due back in court on Monday.

The joint news release did not specifically link Oceguera-Rocha to the Sinaloa cartel, but did say he had “a pivotal role of trafficking large quantities of narcotics within Riverside County while off duty.”

The Sinaloa cartel was once helmed by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, perhaps one of the most prominent and powerful drug lords since the height of Pablo Escobar’s empire in the 1980s and early ’90s.

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2024-05-06T01:59:57+00:00
Green Party's Jill Stein: We are 'normalizing the murder of children' https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/israel-palestine/green-party-jill-stein-gaza-yemen-genocide/ Mon, 06 May 2024 01:43:38 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2788227 (NewsNation) — Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein urged President Joe Biden to immediately defuse escalating conflicts in Gaza and Yemen, describing the situation as a potential "pre-World War 1 type situation with nuclear weapons thrown into the mix."

In a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime," Stein said the U.S. must respect U.N. resolutions and the International Court of Justice's ruling that the situation in Gaza is a "plausible genocide." She accused American political elites of "normalizing the murder and torture of children on an industrial scale."

From coast to coast, U.S. campus protesters put up tents to protest Israel’s military action in Gaza and demand the schools divest from companies they claim “profit from Israeli apartheid.”

Stein, arrested last week at a protest, said she is "healing" but sees the situation "digging in" despite some colleges agreeing to divest from companies linked to the conflicts.

The presidential candidate also touted her long-shot 2024 election bid, saying her campaign is "on track" to appear on ballots nationwide as the "pro-worker, anti-war, anti-genocide, climate emergency choice" that Americans want.

Stein rejected the idea that her candidacy could function as a spoiler, taking votes from Biden. "I think the concept that votes are taken away or that anybody owns your vote is anti-democratic at its face," she said.

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Dead Oklahoma teen's brother: Some injuries do not 'seem possible' https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/oklahoma-teen-noah-presgrove/ Mon, 06 May 2024 01:32:22 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2788176 (NewsNation) — The brother of a 19-year-old Oklahoma teen found dead along a rural highway says he can't wrap his mind around the idea that no one knows what happened, suggesting a coverup could be occurring.

Dailen Presgrove told “NewsNation Prime” in a Sunday interview, that the scene where his brother Noah's body was discovered didn't match the initial portrayal of a hit-and-run crash. "Some of those injuries, it just doesn't seem possible that he would have fallen out of a car."

"There was no tire marks on the street, there was no car parts along the road, his teeth were sitting there next to his face," Dailen Presgrove said. "If he had gotten hit by a car going 65-70 miles an hour, it just doesn't make sense that the situation looked like it did."

Presgrove’s body was discovered wearing nothing but shoes, along a rural stretch of US 81 in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, on Labor Day in 2023. His family says he was last seen alive at a party he attended with a group of friends. The teen had a caved-in skull, road rash on his hip, a gravel rash on his shoulder, multiple bruises and scattered teeth.

While the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said this week it is no longer investigating Noah Presgrove's death as a murder, his brother believes an accident or "some sort of other sinister situation played out and is now getting covered up."

Presgrove urged anyone who knows anything, including potential private investigators, to come forward.

"Whether it's your own story or whether it's a story of a friend, we please, please encourage you to reach out to us, to the OHP, to ... anyone at all just reach out to them with a message," he said. "As time continues to pass and these interviews continue to play, I know it has to be eating them up inside."

A former FBI agent is questioning why the investigation into his death is not being treated as a homicide case.

"It doesn't make any sense," Jennifer Coffindaffer said Sunday on "NewsNation Prime." "I understand ... there were a lot of people with information. What have they said that makes (police) think that it wasn't something more insidious?"

Coffindaffer noted the strange circumstances surrounding the case, including an ATV accident Presgrove was involved in before his death, as well as "writings that were actually done on his body that were then removed" and his teeth being located feet from his body.

"So many unanswered questions," she said. "I'm so surprised that law enforcement hasn't after eight months ... focused in on who the suspects may be."

"If this isn't a murder, there is no reason for law enforcement not to discuss with them what happened accidentally," Coffindaffer said.

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2024-05-06T01:40:08+00:00
Paul Whelan is ‘disintegrating in a Russian prison': Brother https://www.newsnationnow.com/prime/paul-whelan-idisintegrating-in-russian-prison-brother/ Sun, 05 May 2024 03:59:26 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2787156 (NewsNation) —  When American basketball star Brittney Griner was released after 10 months as a prisoner in Russia, she was surprised that fellow American Paul Whelan wasn’t on board with her.

“When they closed the door,” she told ABC, “I was like, ‘are you serious? You’re not gonna let this man come home right now?’”

A prisoner for more than five years now, Whelan is not in a good way.

“He’s just disintegrating, and will continue to do so,” David Whelan said Saturday on “NewsNation Prime.” “His cognitive mental health is deteriorating. We’re starting to get a sense of that in phone calls. He’s got physical problems. He’s got a cracked tooth he can’t get fixed.”

Whelan has been in Russian custody since Dec. 28, 2018. He was in Russia to attend the wedding of a former fellow U.S. Marine, accused of espionage.

As for gaining his release, David Whelan says the current and former administrations don’t appear to be able to figure out how to do it.

“I think they’re (U.S. government) making it a priority, (but) I think that they’ve failed so far, and will continue to fail to find a way to bring Paul home. They still haven’t cracked the enigma for them about why Paul’s case is different."

Whelan says his message to President Joe Biden is simple: “Keep working on it.”

And his message to his brother: “Stay strong.”

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2024-05-05T03:59:27+00:00
Trump running mate hopefuls gather at Mar-a-Lago https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/trump-running-mate-hopefuls-gather-at-mar-a-lago/ Sun, 05 May 2024 03:27:28 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2787100 (NewsNation) —  Nearly all the people mentioned as possible running mates for former President Donald Trump gathered at his Palm Beach, Florida club for a donor retreat Saturday.

It was officially an event for about 400 mega-donors, but the VP hopefuls got their chances to pitch themselves. One big name not there: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Among the notables believed to be on Trump’s shortlist is South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, whose chances have dimmed since her revelation that she killed a young dog decades ago when living on the family farm.

“It freaks a lot of people out,” said Princeton University politics lecturer Dr. Lauren Wright. “Killing a puppy is not one of those decisions that people see … as part of working farm life,” Wright told “NewsNation Prime.”

“The fact that she wrote it and she thought it would be a positive with the base, I think, was a giant misread.”

Wright also discounts Noem’s chances because she wouldn’t add any notable voting bloc to the ticket. “I don’t think she was a serious contender because I don’t think she brings anyone extra. Anyone who likes Kristi Noem was already going to vote for Trump.”

Noem’s book contains one other notable error: her statement that she had met North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. Her spokesperson has said the editor is updating the book's reference to that. “No Going Back,” is scheduled to be released on Tuesday.

As for who may become Trump’s running mate: “I just hope that if someone’s going to be supporting of the president … of the agenda … have his back, help us win,” said Florida Rep. Byron Donalds.

Who would help Trump? Former Trump attorney May Mailman likes South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. She believes Scott would be seen by voters as presidential, but not someone who would upstage Trump.

“He ran for president. It wasn’t a successful run, but he didn’t fall on his face," Mail man said.

Trump is not expected to name a running mate anytime soon, which is no problem for Mailman. “Maye the person is not on this list. We’ve still got a while before the RNC … and as long as he’s got the pick in before then, that’s really all that matters.”

The Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin July 15 in Milwaukee.

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Dead Oklahoma teen's sister: 'Something happened at the party' https://www.newsnationnow.com/investigation/dead-oklahoma-teens-sister-something-happened-at-the-party/ Sun, 05 May 2024 02:42:14 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2787066 (NewsNation) — The sister of a 19-year-old Oklahoma teen found dead along a highway believes people are withholding information about what occurred at a party in the hours before his death last year.

Madison Rawlings told "NewsNation Prime" in a Saturday interview, that she thinks "something happened at the party that (her brother Noah Presgrove) was attending the night before. And I just think that people know and they need to speak up."

Presgrove's body was discovered wearing nothing but shoes, along a rural stretch of US 81 in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, on Labor Day in 2023. His family says he was last seen alive at a party he attended with a group of friends.

The teen had a caved-in skull, road rash on his hip, a gravel rash on his shoulder, multiple bruises and scattered teeth.

While the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said it is not investigating Presgrove's death as a murder, Rawlings issued a plea to anyone present at the party who may have witnessed something or has photos or videos.

"I just hope that they can find it in their hearts to just do the right thing," she said. "And if you're doing the right thing, then that's all that we can ask of you."

Presgrove had spent the evening drinking at the house party with friends. At some point, he was involved in an ATV accident, got into a fight with his girlfriend and then left, never to be seen alive again.

Though Rawlings said she doesn't want to accuse anyone, she believes there are people withholding information about what transpired at the gathering. "I just want to know ... how he died," she said.

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2024-05-05T03:34:00+00:00
Tiktok 'brought us out of poverty': Influencer on possible ban https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/tech/tiktok-influencer-possible-ban/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:30:49 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2772547 (NewsNation) — A popular TikTok creator warned that banning the video-sharing app in the United States would cut off an important resource and community platform, especially for families like his with children who have a disability.

Jason Linton, who has 13.8 million followers on TikTok, where he shares content about life with his adopted multiethnic family, said the potential ban would be devastating. Linton's son has a disability, and he uses the app to raise awareness while getting support from other parents.

"It cuts off a resource that we have to get information and also to share information with our community," Linton said in a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime.”

The clock is ticking for TikTok, which faces a Jan. 15 deadline to cut ties from its Chinese ownership or be banned in the U.S. over national security concerns. Lawmakers fear the app's parent company, ByteDance, could share American user data with China's authoritarian government.

Linton, who says TikTok helped lift his family out of poverty through brand deals, was among several creators who recently visited the White House. He said it appeared President Joe Biden wanted "to have his finger on the pulse" of youth voters regarding the potential ban.

The TikTok star argued security concerns need to be addressed across all social media platforms, not just through a TikTok ban that would disproportionately hurt certain communities.

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2024-04-30T19:32:59+00:00
Connecticut barbers on saving child from intersection: 'It was a reaction' https://www.newsnationnow.com/good-news/connecticut-barbers-save-child-intersection/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:27:44 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2772557 (NewsNation) — Two Connecticut barbers are being hailed as heroes after a security camera captured them springing into action to stop a little girl from running into a busy intersection.

"I saw the little child running full speed towards the intersection. I just couldn't sit here and look to see what's going to happen," Osvaldo Lugo said in a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime," describing the dramatic rescue in East Hartford.

Lugo said he was cutting hair at his shop when his coworker Rafael Santana first noticed the girl's reflection and reacted. Surveillance video shows the two barbers rushing out and grabbing the child just steps away from the road.

"I did it out of that...I'm a dad myself. So it was just a reaction from me just being a dad," Santana said. "I don't know about being a hero, I just was there just at the right time."

The barbers said the girl's mother was nearby searching for her daughter. When Lugo picked her up, he said the little girl only repeated "Mama, Mama."

It took Lugo a few minutes to find the parents. He said the mother was at a bus stop and didn’t realize her child was gone.

"It was a recipe for disaster," Lugo said of the near-tragic situation, noting the shop's location on a high-traffic corner. "I'm here every single day, and I know this area, I know the traffic."

While downplaying being called heroes, the barbers emphasized the dangers the girl could have faced and their instinctive need to protect a child, with Lugo saying "nothing good" would have happened if they hadn't intervened.

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2024-04-29T03:31:09+00:00
'Everybody has lost everything': Resident recalls tornado touch down https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/nebraska-resident-recalls-tornado/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:50:17 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2772485 2024-04-29T03:36:27+00:00 Dr. Jill Stein says she is going to the ER after arrest at student protest https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/israel-palestine/green-party-jill-stein-arrested-protest/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:06:27 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2772288 (NewsNation) — Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein said she may have suffered a rib fracture after she says she was knocked to the ground and assaulted by police during her arrest at a pro-Palestine protest at Washington University in St. Louis.

"Today I have really sore ribs, I'm going to the emergency room to see whether I have a rib fracture because they were using their bikes as a weapon," Stein said during a Sunday interview on "NewsNation Prime." "Basically ramming the handles of the bike into our chests and into my ribcage and trying to flip us over."

Stein, 73, who was arrested Saturday, spent six hours in police custody and is facing charges of assaulting a police officer. "I wiggled out of that assault, and was told by the officer that I was assaulting him, which is absolutely ludicrous," Stein said.

More than 100 people — including 23 students and four university employees — were arrested at the protest that called for the university to divest from Boeing and boycott Israeli academic institutions, in addition to other demands.

Stein said she was participating in a peaceful demonstration against U.S. policy in Gaza when police arrested protesters for trespassing and resisting arrest. She condemned the tactics as "the militarization of our police" trained alongside "Israeli military forces" in "anti-humane and abusive tactics."

The three-time Green Party presidential candidate said she felt "enormous solidarity" with the student protesters, who she praised for risking their futures at the university to demand divestment from weapons companies supplying arms used against Palestinians.

Stein urged President Joe Biden to intervene and "end the genocide in Gaza and the occupation," saying he needs to "assert the authority of his office" rather than enabling further violence approved by the Israeli government.

Stein's campaign manager, Jason Call, and deputy campaign manager Kelly Merrill-Cayer, were also arrested according to Stein's X account.

Stein had attempted to de-escalate the situation between protestors and police but the police were not responsive and began arrests shortly afterward, according to Stein's X account.

Stein, who is Jewish, in a video said, “we’re going to stand here in line with the students who are standing up for democracy, standing up for human rights, standing up to end genocide."

Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as administrators with graduation ceremonies next month face demands that schools cut financial ties to Israel against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war.

Photos showed uniformed police attempting to remove masked protesters as others, also wearing masks, linked arms to thwart the efforts.

Megan Green, president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, said in a social media post that she was present and the protest remained calm “until the police came in like an ambush.”

The university’s statement defended the action and said protesters “did not have good intentions on our campus and that this demonstration had the potential to get out of control and become dangerous.”

Some arrested also face charges of resisting arrest and assault, including injuries to three police officers, the statement said. Those injuries include a severe concussion, a broken finger and a groin injury.

The Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the arrests as “heavy-handed.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Texas ‘needs some backup’ at the border: Pennsylvania lawmaker https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/texas-border-backup-pennsylvania-kim-ward/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 02:51:10 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2758731 (NewsNation) —  Pennsylvania state senate president Kim Ward wants to send National Guard troops from her state to the southern border to back up the guard troops already there.

“What aren’t our federal government officials seeing when these things happen,” she asked Sunday on “NewsNation Prime.”

Ward is among the Pennsylvania senate Republicans who passed a resolution last month calling on Gov. Josh Shapiro to send National Guard troops south.

“In Texas, they need some help. They need some backup.”

Shapiro quickly rejected the idea. "This issue requires leaders in both parties to step up and deliver real, comprehensive solutions — not more of the failed talking points and political grandstanding that have brought us decades without immigration reform,” said Manuel Bonder, the governor’s spokesperson.

One Pennsylvania Guard member, Cam Pursel, also believes it’s a bad idea.

“I know the role the National Guard should play, and I’ve agreed to put my life on the line to serve our country. But I am not willing to do so, nor have my life uprooted, for political theater,” Pursel wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Psychologist warns against teens self-diagnosing via TikTok https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/teens-self-diagnosing-tiktok/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 02:41:14 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2757508 (NewsNation) — Some doctors and parents are raising alarms about a rising trend of teenagers self-diagnosing like autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression based on videos they see on the popular social media platform TikTok.

A recent poll by the Adweek Research Center found that 55% of students use social media to self-diagnose, while 65% of teachers report witnessing this phenomenon in their classrooms.

"They could be seeking treatment that's not correct, medication that's not correct," Dr. Don Grant, national advisor of healthy device management for Newport Healthcare, said during a Saturday interview on "NewsNation Prime." "They could be adopting performative behaviors that then become a self-fulfilling prophecy."

Grant expressed particular concern about teens self-diagnosing complex conditions like personality disorders, which require professional evaluations and cannot be reliably identified in adolescents based solely on online videos and unvetted advice.

"If you are not trained, if you do not have any background, if you do not have the licensing, the clinical training and you're just giving out diagnoses or advice, that's just not okay," Grant said. "And in a lot of states, it's illegal."

He pointed to examples of blatantly unqualified sources on TikTok equating innocuous behaviors like ear-wiggling to having ADHD as particularly egregious cases of misinformation.

Younger Americans are generally more open to talking about mental health, but they may not have the resources or opportunities to go see a professional, so they turn to what they know.

To counter this troubling trend, Grant and other experts urge parents to have open and judgment-free conversations with their children about social media self-diagnosis.

"As digital immigrants, we kind of let them be the virtual canaries in the digital coal mines," Grant advised parents. "If you don't understand it, play the digital immigrant card...Just ask them and say, 'Tell me about this.'"

If legitimate concerns arise from these discussions, experts stress the importance of seeking professional evaluations from licensed mental health providers to determine if clinical investigations are truly warranted.

"Otherwise the outcomes again could be very dangerous," Grant cautioned.

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Cartels infiltrating native reservations with fentanyl: Tribal leader https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/cartels-native-reservations-fentanyl/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 01:49:10 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2757370 (NewsNation) — Tribal leaders in Montana issued an urgent plea to Congress, saying they are overwhelmed and outmatched as Mexican drug cartels exploit jurisdictional loopholes to embed themselves on Native American reservations with devastating effects.

Jeffrey Stiffarm, president of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, testified that the Sinaloa Cartel operates with near impunity in his region, capitalizing on chronic underfunding of law enforcement on the 652,000-acre reservation patrolled by just nine officers.

"We are fighting a losing battle. The cartels are winning, the drug dealers are winning," Stiffarm told Congress. "We are left alone to fight this battle against them."

Stiffarm told "NewsNation Prime" that up to hundreds of thousands of cartel operatives have infiltrated reservations across the American West, using the isolated lands as havens to traffic fentanyl pills and other drugs into the United States without scrutiny from federal authorities.

"They know we're short-staffed, underfunded, under-trained and outnumbered," said Stiffarm, a former law enforcement officer for two decades. "They're preying on our people, our children, our women. They get a foothold in and they're here."

The Fort Belknap leader described cartel tactics like staging fake emergencies to divert the limited police presence, then quickly shuttling narcotics across other parts of the reservation undercover.

But the devastation transcends drug running, as cartel operatives deeply embed themselves in tribal communities grappling with 70% unemployment rates and that are hours from urban centers. Stiffarm said rapes and murders committed by cartels have become tragically commonplace.

Montana's health department data shows Native American overdose death rates over twice that of other state residents. The Blackfeet Nation declared an emergency last year after 17 overdoses in just one week.

Stiffarm said federal agencies including the FBI, Border Patrol and Bureau of Indian Affairs have failed to intervene, paralyzed by jurisdictional gaps that cartel operatives expertly exploit. The Belknap law enforcement budget has only grown from $1.2 million to $1.3 million since 1997, according to Stiffarm.

"We're the first people of this country, and we're always overlooked, pushed aside," Stiffarm said referring to the foreign aid bill Congress passed Saturday. "They send $95 billion to kill people overseas but can't spare pennies to save their own on reservations being ravaged by cartels."

Stiffarm, who said he feared retaliation from cartels, made the appeal in hopes of finally receiving backup to combat forces he warned are overtaking tribal lands across the northern plains.

"If it's at the risk of my own life, then so be it," he said. "That's my job - to protect our people."

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After Iran attack, Israel ponders its options https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/after-iran-attack-israel-ponders-options/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:56:38 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2746332 (NewsNation) —  Israel has a wide range of options for responding to Sunday’s drone and missile attack by Iran. But the big question for the moment is: how large should the response be?

Should it be “proportional” to the largely failed drone and missile attack of Sunday? Should Israel try to assassinate some of Iran’s leaders? Or should it go big and attack Iran’s nuclear facilities?

Israel has long demonstrated its ability to carry out precision strategic strikes, such as the killing of two Iranian generals inside a building that Iran claims was part of its embassy in Damascus, Syria. Israel says it was a military venue masquerading as a diplomatic post.

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton says, after Sunday, Iran looks weak, “and a way to pin that down is for Israel to go after Iran’s nuclear weapons program – which I think it can destroy or disable.”

Iran has seven facilities dedicated to its nuclear program, ranging from research, production and nuclear fuel enrichment.

There is another important question for Israel to ponder, according to retired U.S. Air Force Major Glenn Ignazio.

“How do you strike back without inflaming other nations? That’s going to be a big, key point,” he said while adding he doesn't expect a quick retaliation.

After meeting Sunday, Israel’s war cabinet has reportedly not decided on how to respond. Israeli officials said the war cabinet favors a retaliation against Iran, but is divided over the timing and scale.

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'Don't give up': Boston marathon attack survivor reflects on 11 years since bombing https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/boston-marathon-attack-survivor-11-years/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:33:25 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2746278 (NewsNation) — The Boston Marathon approaches its 11th anniversary since the 2013 bombing attack and one survivor is reflecting on the resilience and recovery that has marked his journey.

Marc Fucarile was just feet away from the second bomb when it exploded, instantly amputating his right leg. In a Sunday interview on "NewsNation Prime," Fucarile recounted the harrowing experience and the long road to recovery that followed.

"I remember a lot. A lot of pictures and video remind me of everything that kind of happened that day," Fucarile said. "The first bomb went off. And then the second bomb went off 12-13 seconds later right next to us."

Fucarile, who was there to support a friend running the marathon, said he initially thought he wouldn't survive. But his determination to see his young son again kept him fighting.

"I just kept saying I wanted to see my boy," Fucarile recalled. "I really didn't think I was gonna die because I didn't feel anything. You know, I felt no pain."

After multiple surgeries and a year-long stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Fucarile has since run the Boston Marathon three times. He has also founded his own nonprofit, the ReMARCable Foundation, to help others dealing with mobility challenges.

As the city prepares to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the bombing, Fucarile offered a message of hope and resilience to those facing hardship.

"The only ones that don't complete the race are the ones that stop," Fucarile said. "And that's the same with life. Right? You're facing challenges, focus on what you can control, not what you can't control."

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Police recover bodies in search for remains of missing Kansas moms https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/police-remains-missing-kansas-moms/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:36:31 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2745962 (NewsNation) — Two bodies were found in rural Texas County, Oklahoma, after police began searching for the remains of two Kansas moms who went missing more than two weeks ago, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said Sunday night.

The deceased individuals will be transported to a medical examiner’s office to determine identification, as well as cause and manner of death, police said.

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, from Hugoton, Kansas, disappeared March 30 without a trace except for an abandoned car found on the side of a road. Their car was found 1,000 feet off of Oklahoma State Highway 95 along a dirt path.

Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, were arrested in Texas and Cimarron Counties, OSBI said Saturday.

All four were booked into the Texas County Jail on two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, according to police.

The OSBI, the FBI and the Texas County Sheriff's Department found the bodies. Police have scheduled a news conference at 10 a.m. CT Monday to provide more details about the investigation.

Congregants of Hugoton First Christian Church are grieving, gathering for prayer and hymns outside the family home of Kelley following Sunday service. After two weeks of hope, two local families now know to mourn Kelley, a mother of four, and Butler, a mother of two.

"We read in the Bible that evil is in the world and some people that don't know Jesus Christ are full of evil," said Phil Thompson, treasurer of the Hugoton First Christian Church. "As a Christian, we should forgive, but we also have to have the laws of the government take over, too."

NewsNation spotted an extraordinary show of law enforcement as they served the four arrest warrants.

NewsNation crew, the only network on the ground, captured exclusive footage following more than 20 SWAT and police vehicles to various locations.

Outside one compound, NewsNation heard an officer on a loudspeaker announcing, “We have a warrant for your arrest!” All officers appeared heavily armed and wary of all who approached, drawing guns to turn people back, including NewsNation crew.

NewsNation learned Adams is the paternal grandmother of Butler’s children and Cullum is Adams’ boyfriend.

NewsNation previously reported Butler and the father of her children were embroiled in a bitter custody battle, and that just 10 days before the women went missing, Butler had filed a petition in court for more visitation with her children and was seeking full custody.

A court hearing was set for Wednesday when Butler was expected to seek full custody.

OSBI is not revealing details about what happened or the actions of each suspect, but a custody dispute may be linked to a motive.

Kelley was among four court-approved supervisors for Butler's visitations. They never made it to the usual pickup point at an abandoned gas station in Texas County.

Butler’s family says the two were traveling together to Eva, Oklahoma, to pick up Butler’s two children. NewsNation has learned Butler’s children may have been living with Adams.

No word yet on the arraignments of the four suspects. Their alleged actions have left six children without their mothers.

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Exclusive reaction from inside Iran to attacks on Israel https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/exclusive-reaction-inside-iran-attacks-israel/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 02:00:58 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2745266 2024-04-14T02:02:26+00:00 Hamas attack survivor tries ‘to fix the things broken inside’ https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/hamas-attack-survivor-tries-to-recover/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:25:48 +0000 https://www.newsnationnow.com/?p=2734376 (NewsNation) —  It was supposed to be a concert to celebrate peace and goodwill. But that festival in an Israeli desert on October 7, 2023, turned into a nightmare when Hamas militants attacked.

Dor Kapah was among those who escaped – at least escape the violence of that day. The days since then are something else.

“Every day is like you’re born again. You’re trying to manage yourself … your temper and also your emotions about it after you lost so many friends.”

He tells “NewsNation Prime” it was akin to an apocalypse, but he managed to avoid the panicked traffic jams and escape via the open field where so many others were killed.

Not only the roads, but the mobile phone channels were jammed, he says, making it impossible to reach help. He says there was no time to think in the moment, just try to escape.

Kapah says some of his friends remain hostages, but “a lot of my friends didn’t come back that day.”

As for dealing with what he felt and saw: “We just want to run … find a quiet place to fix the things broken inside me.”

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