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Damar Hamlin has made ‘substantial improvement’ following in-game cardiac arrest, medical team says, but his road to recovery could be long | CNN

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January 6, 2023

Damar Hamlin has made ‘substantial improvement’ following in-game cardiac arrest, medical team says, but his road to recovery could be long | CNN

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Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin has made “substantial enchancment” within the hospital following his mid-game cardiac arrest on Monday, medical doctors stated, and is now awake and transferring his fingers and ft.

Hamlin is ready to talk by shaking his head, nodding or writing transient notes, stated Dr. Timothy Pritts, a part of the participant’s medical crew. Upon awakening, Pritts stated, Hamlin’s thoughts was nonetheless on the sport as he scribbled his first query on a clipboard: “Did we win?”

“So, we all know that it’s not solely that the lights are on, we all know that he’s dwelling. And that it seems all cylinders are firing inside his mind,” stated Pritts, who’s vice chair for medical operations at College of Cincinnati Well being the place Hamlin is being handled.

But the medical crew cautioned that many phases of Hamlin’s restoration lie forward. Hamlin – who needed to be sedated and intubated following his collapse – continues to be critically unwell and stays on a ventilator, Pritts stated. Physicians didn’t say exactly when he began waking up.

The 24-year-old participant collapsed Monday in the course of the first quarter of the Payments sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals and was rushed from the sphere in an ambulance, gorgeous a packed stadium and leaving his teammates visibly emotional, crying and embracing each other.

The NFL introduced Thursday that the sport – which was initially postponed Monday night time – has been canceled. The league is engaged on plans to honor Hamlin forward of each matchup scheduled for this upcoming weekend, two folks aware of the matter instructed CNN’s Oliver Darcy.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell knowledgeable all golf equipment of his determination Thursday after contacting the Payments, Bengals and NFL Gamers Affiliation management, in response to a launch from the league.

“This has been a really tough week,” Goodell stated. “We proceed to deal with the restoration of Damar Hamlin and are inspired by the enhancements in his situation in addition to the super outpouring of help and take care of Damar and his household from throughout the nation. We’re additionally extremely appreciative of the superb work of the medical personnel and commend each considered one of them.”

Listed here are the most recent developments:

Hamlin has made “a reasonably exceptional restoration,” medical crew says: Although Hamlin stays in intensive care, he’s demonstrating “good neurologic restoration” and is awake and holding fingers with household within the hospital, Pritts stated Thursday.
Exams to find out trigger are ongoing: “This marks a very good turning level in his ongoing care,” Pritts stated, however “there are various, many steps nonetheless forward of him.” Hamlin’s subsequent massive milestone can be respiration on his personal with no ventilator, stated Dr. William Knight, director of emergency medication. Exams are nonetheless underway to find out the reason for his cardiac arrest, Knight stated.
Hamlin misplaced pulse on the sphere: Whereas surrounded by medical groups on the sphere, Hamlin misplaced his pulse and needed to be administered CPR and defibrillation as followers and teammates regarded on, Knight stated. He was then intubated within the ambulance and arrived on the hospital about 30 to 45 minutes after he collapsed, the physician added.
Payments are again to work: The crew met Wednesday and held their first full follow of the week Thursday in preparation for internet hosting the New England Patriots on Sunday. The crew has been receiving “incremental updates” from medical employees in addition to from Payments normal supervisor Brandon Beane and head athletic coach Nate Breske who stayed behind in Cincinnati, head coach Sean McDermott stated. “I believe the truth that we simply hold listening to excellent news about Damar, it simply retains pushing us ahead,” quarterback Josh Allen instructed reporters Thursday.
“Individuals are going to be modified eternally”: Allen stated the gamers have had “some very open and trustworthy and deep talks” since their teammate was hospitalized Monday. “I believe placing that helmet again on was a very good factor for our crew,” he stated of returning to follow, including, “However I might be mendacity to you if I didn’t say, some persons are going to be modified eternally after being on the sphere and witnessing that and feeling these feelings.”

Information of Hamlin awakening was met with a rush of messages of help and aid from gamers throughout the NFL. Since his collapse, supporters have honored the participant, donating greater than $7 million to his charity fundraiser and making his jersey probably the most bought athletes’ jersey on the sports activities attire retailer Fanatics, an organization spokesperson stated.

Hamlin’s household and Allen have additionally dismissed on-line criticisms of Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins, who had collided with Hamlin simply moments earlier than his collapse. The household’s spokesperson has stated Higgins has reached out and “has been supportive.”

“I hope that he bought some aid right this moment,” Allen stated of Higgins whereas talking to reporters Thursday. He added, “That’s a soccer play, and I hope that he doesn’t maintain that upon himself, as a result of there may be nothing else that he might have executed in that scenario.”

Medical doctors and Payments crew members have repeatedly applauded the rapid motion of medical personnel who rushed to Hamlin simply seconds after his collapse.

Payments offensive lineman Dion Dawkins tweeted Thursday that assistant athletic coach Denny Kellington carried out CPR on Hamlin as he lay on the sphere. Coach McDermott additionally praised the coach Thursday, saying he saved Hamlin’s life.

“As they are saying, follow pays off and it did on this case,” McDermott stated at a post-practice information convention dedicated to Hamlin. “However once more, the context of it, for an assistant to seek out himself at that place and needing to take the motion that he did and step up and take cost like he did – and there have been others on the sphere as effectively – is nothing in need of superb and (the) braveness that took, you discuss an actual chief, an actual hero, in saving Damar’s life.”

In audio obtained by CNN of medical personnel that have been engaged on the sidelines when Hamlin collapsed, personnel will be heard calling for all fingers to help, saying, “I don’t like how he went down” and “We’re going to wish all people.”

NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills attributed the speedy medical response to a “60-minute assembly” that’s held amongst medical groups and NFL officers earlier than each sport to determine the situation of medical tools and close by medical facilities, and set up a sequence of command in case of an emergency, amongst different issues.

In its announcement of the official cancellation of the Payments-Bengals sport that was suspended after Hamlin’s collapse, the NFL detailed elements of its decision-making, together with that the end result of the sport would don’t have any influence on groups qualifying for the playoffs.

The Payments and Bengals have already clinched playoff spots however are jockeying for greater seeds within the American Soccer Convention postseason.

Deciding to play the sport would even have pressured the league to postpone the beginning of the playoffs by one week, the NFL launch defined, a transfer that will have an effect on all 14 golf equipment that qualify.

Lastly, the league stated making the choice earlier than Week 18 nonetheless permits all golf equipment to know the playoff potentialities earlier than their remaining sport of the common season.

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Biden to Spend a Last Day as President in Charleston

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January 19, 2025

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Biden to Spend a Last Day as President in Charleston

President Biden will spend his final full day as president in Charleston, S.C., where five years ago he revived his flailing campaign and secured South Carolina’s crucial primary that was widely credited with putting him on the path to the White House.

Mr. Biden will start his day worshiping at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church, a historically Black congregation that he visited on the campaign trail in 2020 before clenching the endorsement of James E. Clyburn, the powerful South Carolina Democratic representative.

During Mr. Biden’s visit, he will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to a White House official, which will be observed nationally on Monday when Mr. Biden hands the reins of the country over to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has often shown contempt for contemporary civil rights efforts. Following the service, Mr. Biden will deliver remarks at the International African American Museum.

Mr. Biden’s remarks will focus on Dr. King’s legacy and continued efforts to make his dream of a just society a reality, the White House official said.

It is Mr. Biden’s last official trip as president of the United States, an ode to a state — and its Black electorate — that he has repeatedly credited for enabling him to cap off a half-century career in politics with four years in the White House.

“The truth is I wouldn’t be here without the people of South Carolina,” Mr. Biden said during a January 2024 visit to the state, speaking to Black voters. “You are the reason that I’m president.”

In an interview with The Post & Courier, the South Carolina publication, the Rev. Isaac Holt, pastor of the Royal Missionary Baptist Church, said that Mr. Biden requested to start a final day in office in the pews of the church. The sermon’s message will focus on Mr. King’s legacy, the pastor said, and his sermon will center on the word “struggle.”

“He’s coming back to where he started,” Mr. Holt told the paper.

It was in Charleston that Mr. Biden, seeking the coveted endorsement of Mr. Clyburn, declared during the Democratic primary debate that he would appoint the first Black, female to the Supreme Court — a standout moment in a crowded field of candidates that garnered a groundswell of support from Black Americans that carried him through the primaries. The White House official called the South Carolina primary a pivotal moment in his campaign to secure the Democratic nomination.

In 2015, when he was vice president, Mr. Biden attended the funeral service of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was murdered along with eight other people in the massacre carried out by a white supremacist at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church. Less than a month after the death of one of his sons, Mr. Biden surprised the congregation when he chose to attend and speak at the ceremony at the church, which he said helped him draw strength to endure through his own grief.

Mr. Biden and his family held hands of congregants and sang “We Shall Overcome.”

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Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect

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January 19, 2025

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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Sunday, halting 15 months of brutal war in Gaza and paving the way for the release of hostages still being held by the Palestinian militant group in the shattered enclave.

The deal for an initial six-week truce offers hope of a pause — and potentially an end — to the bloodiest war in the decades-long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has left Gaza in ruins, consumed Israeli society and brought the Middle East to the brink of a full-blown war.

The truce, which is the first stage of a three-phase agreement thrashed out by US-led mediators last week after months of failed attempts, had been due to take effect at 8.30am local time (06.30 GMT).

But in an indication of the fragility of the arrangements, it began nearly three hours late, with Israel continuing to bomb Gaza after a delay in Hamas providing the names of the hostages set for release on Sunday.

The chances of the agreement being implemented in full remain uncertain, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under intense pressure from far-right allies to resume fighting once the first phase of the deal is over.

Israel’s government said the first three hostages — who will be freed in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners — were expected to be released after 16.00 local time on Sunday. The next exchange will take place in seven days’ time, when four more hostages will be freed.

The fighting in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’s shock October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, during which militants killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials, and took a further 250 hostage in the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.

Israel responded with a devastating assault on Gaza, which has killed more than 46,000 people, according to Palestinian officials. It has displaced most of the coastal enclave’s 2.3mn people, reduced much of the strip to rubble and fuelled a humanitarian catastrophe.

Even before the ceasefire belatedly came into force on Sunday, celebrations had begun to spread across Gaza, where many displaced people were preparing to return to the ruins of their homes.

Mohamed Bassal, spokesperson for Gaza’s civil defence agency, said some had begun returning to Jabalia — a devastated area in the north of the enclave — as early as 8.30am local time. “They were targeted by Israeli strikes, but some people still got there and our teams are there,” he said.

Bassal added that civil defence teams were starting to retrieve bodies from areas vacated by the Israeli forces in Rafah and in the north, and that police had started to deploy in cities.

Under the terms of the deal struck by mediators last week, the first phase will involve a six-week truce, during which Hamas will release 33 of the 98 hostages still in Gaza — including children, women, the sick and elderly — in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.

During this time, displaced Palestinians will be allowed to return to their homes, including in northern Gaza. There will also be a partial withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, and the ceasefire agreement also sets out plans for a massive influx of humanitarian aid into the enclave.

By day 16 of the first phase, Israel and Hamas are meant to start negotiating details of the second phase of the deal, during which the remaining living hostages will be freed in exchange for hundreds more Palestinian prisoners, the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and a permanent end to the war.

The final phase is due to involve the return of the remaining bodies of hostages who have died, as well as the beginning of the reconstruction of Gaza, under the supervision of Egypt, Qatar and the UN.

Shortly before the deal went into force, far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir pulled his Jewish Power party out of the government in protest against the deal, reducing Netanyahu’s majority in Israel’s 120-seat parliament to just two seats.

Ben-Gvir’s ultranationalist ally, finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, has also threatened to pull his Religious Zionism party out of the government if the war does not resume after the first stage of the deal. If he did so, it would deprive Netanyahu of his parliamentary majority.

In a statement on Saturday evening, Netanyahu said the administrations of outgoing US President Joe Biden and his successor Donald Trump supported Israel’s right to resume the war if talks over the details of the second phase failed. He also insisted that Israeli forces would keep “full control” of the Philadelphi corridor, which separates Gaza from Egypt.

“If we have to return to combat, we will do so in new ways, and we will do so with great force,” Netanyahu said.

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Arctic blast surges across US as snowstorm targets Mid-Atlantic, Northeast

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January 19, 2025

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Arctic blast surges across US as snowstorm targets Mid-Atlantic, Northeast

Winter is making its ugly presence felt Sunday coast-to-coast, as a potent arctic blast roars across almost the entire nation, one that promises the coldest temperatures so far this season for millions.

“The level and extensiveness of the frigid air may be tough to match the rest of the winter,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Brandon Buckingham in an online forecast.

Weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce said, “although it’s not forecast to set many record lows, the temperatures during this cold snap will be anywhere from 15 to 30 degrees below average for a large area. Some people may experience record cold afternoons.”

Along with the cold comes a Mid-Atlantic and Northeast snowstorm Sunday, just in time for a frigid Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C.

‘Dangerously cold wind chills’

Subzero wind chills are forecast to reach the southern Plains tonight, which will last until Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. Hazardous cold weather will likely linger along the Gulf Coast and the Southeast U.S. through much of the week.

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh warned that “periods of dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures.”

In Cleveland, the weather service warned that “the long duration of this cold will lead to greater impacts to infrastructure, including increased risk of frozen pipes, dead car batteries, and structure fires. There is an increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from improper use of secondary heat indoors.”

Winter storm targets Mid-Atlantic, Northeast

Folks along the East Coast will have to deal with snow in addition to the cold: According to the weather service, snow is expected to begin this morning across Virginia and into the DelMarVa peninsula, progress north along the I-95 corridor throughout the day Sunday, then reach southern New England this evening.

“The swath of heaviest snow from this event is expected between the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and Boston, with 3-6 inches of snowfall possible,” the weather service said.