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#10 IV Fluid Shortage: Hospital Group Asks Federal Government To Declare National Emergency - Tyler Durden ZeroHedge, Amy Klobuchar, and Shawn Hendrix on X
Baxter International, the largest manufacturer of certain intravenous (IV) solutions in the United States, shut down its North Cove manufacturing plant in North Carolina recently after being impacted by Hurricane Helene. This has disrupted the supply of IV fluids to hospitals. “As a result, our members are already reporting substantial shortages of these lifesaving and life-supporting products,” the AHA said in an Oct. 7 to President Joe Biden. The group represents almost 5,000 member hospitals, 43,000 individual members, and other healthcare organizations.“Patients across America are already feeling this impact, which will only deepen in the coming days and weeks unless much more is done to alleviate the situation and minimize the impact on patient care,” the letter reads...#9 North Carolina Elections Board Makes Emergency Voting Changes In Counties Hardest Hit By Helene - Breccan F. Thies for The Federalist, Kyle Becker, Persistant Nagatha, and Badlands Media on X
Despite heavy criticism of the disaster response after Helene, election integrity leaders in the state appear pleased with the board’s efforts. As part of its response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) made more emergency changes to how elections will be administered in the 13 hardest-hit counties in the western part of the state. The NCSBE passed a resolution in a meeting Monday expanding the capabilities of voters affected by the storm to cast their ballot in this year’s election, as well as the ability for county boards of elections to process ballots...
#8 NC National Guard Black Hawk Crew Grounded in ‘Rotor Wash’ Incident Over Helene Aid - Rodney Overton for CBS 17, Connecticut National Guard/NC National Guard, AJ Huber, and Stephen Horn on X
The North Carolina National Guard said a Black Hawk helicopter crew was grounded after an incident in which they flew low over a Hurricane Helene donation and supply area, blowing over three tents and scattering items in the air. Video of the incident surfaced after the copter hovered over the supply area in Burnsville on Sunday. One person who recorded the video said that the incident “seemed deliberate.” Guard officials said Tuesday that the aircraft was a North Carolina National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter making a delivery of generators...
#7 Turkish Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing at JFK After Pilot Dies - Chris Pandolfo for Fox Business, Breaking Aviation News and Videos, Inside Paper, and John Solomon on Twitter
A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing at JFK International Airport in New York after the pilot fainted mid-flight, the airline said Wednesday. The plane had taken off from Seattle on Tuesday and was intended to land in Istanbul, according to Turkish Airlines spokesman Yahya Üstün. However, the pilot collapsed during the flight, and he died after attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. "The pilot of our Airbus 350… flight TK204 from Seattle to Istanbul collapsed during the flight," Üstün wrote on X...#6 Afghan National Arrested for Allegedly Plotting Isis-Inspired Election Day Terrorist Attack - Robert Legare and Caitlin Yilek for CBS News, Tony Seruga, and Charlie Kirk on X
The FBI arrested a man from Afghanistan who was allegedly planning an Election Day terrorist attack in the U.S. Federal prosecutors charged Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi with planning the attack in support of ISIS. He was arrested Monday in Oklahoma City. According to court records, he made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday but did not enter a plea. He remains in custody. According to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday, Tawhedi and unnamed co-conspirators — including a juvenile who is Tawhedi's brother-in-law — were followers of ISIS and took steps to carry out their attack in the U.S., including by trying to sell their family home, relocate their families abroad and purchase firearms and ammunition...
#5 Josh Hawley: Whistleblower Claims Secret Service Is Blocking Auditors from ‘Accessing’ Trump Events - Daily Truth Report, Josh Hawley, and Amuse on X
A whistleblower claims that officials within “Secret Service headquarters” are preventing government auditors from “accessing” some of former President Donald Trump’s events. In a letter addressed to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) revealed that a “Secret Service whistleblower” claimed auditors in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) had been “blocked” from having access to “recent Trump campaign events.”
#4 U.S. Hospitals Earned Nearly $120 Million in Four Years for Sex-Change Treatments on Minors - Paul Bois for Breitbart, Isabel Brown, Tom Fitton, and The National Pulse on X
A report from the medical watchdog group Do No Harm shows that hospitals in the U.S. earned nearly $120 million in four years performing gender transition treatments on nearly 14,000 children under the age of 18. The new watchdog group showed that between 2019 and 2023, as many as 5,747 minors underwent sex-change surgeries, while another 8,579 used puberty blockers or sex hormones. From the release...
#3 ‘Buy Votes’: Michigan Republicans Blast State Dems for Trying to Keep Residents on Dole as Election Looms - Robert Schmad for The Daily Caller and on X
Michigan Democrats recently moved to expand welfare in a pair of moves state Republicans believe were motivated by November’s election. Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Wednesday that expanded the state’s Family Independence Program (FIP), a cash assistance program aimed at families with dependent children, by increasing its maximum duration from four years to five years after state Democrats previously allocated an additional $20 million to increase monthly payments disbursed through FIP. Michigan is one of roughly seven swing states will likely determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, with former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris neck and neck in The New York Times’ polling average to win its 15 electoral votes...
#2 iPhone Update Allows Users to Text for Help When There’s No Cell Service. How It Works - Kaycee Sloan and Alix Martichoux for The Hill, Trix, Florida Senate Majority, and Jessica for Justice on X
With Hurricane Milton barreling toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, many Tampa Bay area residents are fearing widespread and potentially weeks-long power outages, which could affect cellphone service, as many saw during Hurricane Helene. However, the iPhone’s newest update, iOS18, introduced a new feature that could potentially be life-saving and help those who are stuck without service contact family members and first responders. Here’s how it works The new update allows users to connect their phones to satellite, as long it’s an iPhone 14 or later model running iOS18. From there, users have two ways to access the feature...
