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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Aaron Rodgers reignites conspiracy storm, accuses Fauci and U.S. government of engineering HIV
Aaron Rodgers has sparked controversy by sharing conspiracy theories about HIV's origins (Getty Images) NFL star Aaron Rodgers is once again making headlines — but not for a game-winning throw or a surprise team signing. The former New York Jets quarterback, who remains a free agent, ignited widespread backlash this week after floating controversial conspiracy theories about HIV and government involvement during a provocative interview on Joe Rogan's podcast. Aaron Rodgers suggests HIV was engineered for profit by U.S. authorities Aaron Rodgers, no stranger to controversy over public health topics, took things to an entirely new level by claiming that the U.S. government intentionally created HIV in the 1980s to profit from drug development. 'The blueprint, the game plan, was made in the 80s,' he said. 'Create a pandemic with a virus that's going wild. Fauci was given over $350 million to research this, to come up with drugs, new or repurposed to handle the AIDS pandemic and all they come up with was AZT. ' He went on to say, 'If you do any research — and I know that I'm not an epidemiologist, I'm not a doctor... I can read, though. I can learn and look things up just like any normal person. I can do my own research, which is so vilified... Question authority. That was the game plan back then.' Joe Rogan Experience #2325 - Aaron Rodgers Linking HIV theories to COVID-19 and vaccine skepticism Aaron Rodgers didn't stop with HIV claims. He drew parallels between the AIDS crisis and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting pharmaceutical companies and health officials repeated the same 'playbook.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 40대 이상이고 PC가 있으세요? 그럼 이 게임을 정말 좋아하실 거예요! Sea of Conquest 플레이하기 Undo 'Back then [it was] AZT, now [it's] Remdesivir, until we get a vaccine. Which, by the way, Anthony Fauci had a stake in the Moderna vaccine, and we know Pfizer is one of the most criminally corrupt organizations ever. ' The comments echo long-discredited conspiracy theories that allege HIV was man-made and that public officials had ulterior financial motives. These theories have been thoroughly debunked by health experts and medical historians. The podcast appearance has ignited a storm of criticism, with medical professionals, journalists, and fans slamming Rodgers for spreading misinformation on a platform with global reach. AZT, the drug he referenced, was a major breakthrough in HIV treatment and laid the foundation for today's life-saving antiretroviral therapies. Also Read: Aaron Rodgers sparks outrage by linking Ellen's show set to Epstein Island temple Rodgers' latest remarks have once again blurred the line between football celebrity and conspiracy rhetoric — adding a controversial chapter to his already polarizing public persona. Whether or not he returns to the NFL, the backlash from his comments is likely to follow him far beyond the field. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
The Guardian
25-04-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
Costa Gazidis obituary
My father, Costa Gazidis, was a doctor who left apartheid South Africa for the UK in the late 1960s after being imprisoned for his politics – but was able to return in the early 90s to carry out public health work, especially in relation to HIV and Aids. Costa was born in the mining town of Krugersdorp, the son of Greek immigrant parents, Efthimios Gazidis and Maria Tsolakidis, who ran a tea room. He was an outstanding student at Krugersdorp high school before going to Wits University to study medicine in 1953. Once qualified he worked at the McCord Zulu hospital in Durban, Baragwaneth hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, and then at a hospital attached to the mine for black workers in Krugersdorp. By then he had been blacklisted for his political activities and the Krugersdorp job, considered the lowest and worst-paid position a white doctor could take, was the only option open to him. In 1964 Costa was convicted of being a member of the Communist party – he had attended only two of its meetings before being arrested at the behest of an informant – and spent two and a half years in Pretoria central prison, much of it in solitary confinement. After being released in 1966 he was subjected to a banning order that severely restricted his freedom of movement and association. By 1968 his life in South Africa had become so untenable that he decided to relocate with his young family to the UK. In his new home he studied for a diploma in public health before working as an assistant senior medical officer in Portsmouth, as a senior medical officer in Nottingham and then as a senior epidemiologist for the Public Health Laboratory Service in London. In 1976 he became principal physician (environmental health) at City and Hackney health authority in London before moving in 1982 to take up a post as a specialist in community medicine at Bury health authority. Afterwards he was a consultant in public health medicine for South Birmingham health authority (1986-90) and a sessional medical officer for the West Midlands regional health authority (1990-92) until he returned to South Africa after the fall of apartheid. Back home he became a public health specialist in Umtata in the Eastern Cape and a senior lecturer at the University of Transkei medical school, before working as a community health specialist in East London from 1996 until retirement in 2004. Soon after his return to South Africa he had begun prescribing AZT to pregnant mothers with Aids/HIV – until he was threatened with imprisonment by the ANC's minister of health if he continued to do so on hospital premises. Afterwards he funded the provision of antiretroviral drugs out of his own pocket and formed a charity, the ABBA Trust, to dispense them off hospital premises. Ultimately his efforts, in conjunction with many others, changed the policy of the government to accept and fund antiretrovirals. Despite his rebellious streak, my father was a happy and optimistic man, a larger-than-life character with a huge sense of humour and charisma. He is survived by his third wife, Janet (nee Page), whom he married in 2005, and by seven children: Amanda, me and his stepson Peter from his first marriage to Dorothea Constantinides, Robert and Shona from his second marriage to Janet Moir, and Rita and Djamilla from two relationships before his marriages – with Ena Arnold and Laura Hitchens respectively.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Aztec Geochemistry Data Compilation Strengthens Vectoring of High Priority Targets at Tombstone Project, Arizona
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - March 25, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF) ("Aztec" or the "Company") announces the results of recent data compilation and analysis of RC drilling, surface channel sampling, and 3D data modelling at the Tombstone Property in Southeastern Arizona, USA. The data analysis has enhanced the understanding of the Multi-Element ("ME") geochemical relationships with the quartz-rich intrusive dikes and gold-silver mineralization in the main exploration areas, with implications for potential CRD mineralization below the near-surface gold-silver oxide mineralization. Aztec has now integrated the combined 2020-2024 drilling and surface ME and 3D modelling exploration data producing several distinct geochemical relationships and has provided vectors for high priority, shallow, oxide gold-silver mineralization and CRD targeting at the property. The compilation of the data for the shallow, <250m depths of the project positions the Quartz-feldspar porphyry (QFP) dikes in relation with the Gold, Silver and ME mineralization in distinct patterns. For gold, the relationship is strongest in the Contention Pit and its QFP dike swarm whereas silver is strong throughout the property where drilled, suggesting two separate phases of mineralization (Figure 1). Figure 1: Gold vs Silver Average Drillhole Grades Copper and molybdenum distributions are interpreted to be related to two stages of metallization, with the Contention QFP dike swarm remobilizing an older base metal copper-molybdenum stage (potential CRD) within its area of influence, strongly depleting molybdenum (Figure 2). Figure 2: Copper vs Molybdenum Average Drillhole Grades Lead and zinc are frequently in close proximity, and zinc appears to be partly remobilized by the Contention QFP dike swarm; however, lead appears to be steady or even enriched by the later metallization stage (Figure 3). Figure 3: Lead vs Zinc Average Drillhole Grades Manganese is a very strong distal indicator and vector for CRD mineralization, while antimony is a strong indicator for gold mineralization in various environments from epithermal down to orogenic/catothermal. There is again evidence of duality of stages for the mineralization values at the Contention QFP dike swarm, with manganese depleted/remobilized relative to the rest of the property with antimony appearing to be enriched, potentially pairing it with gold and possibly lead (Figure 4).Figure 4: Manganese and Antimony Average Drillhole Grades There is strong evidence of two stages of metallization which is supported by field and logging observations of a later stage of dark, chalcedonic quartz cutting the white, subhedral to euhedral, crystalline quartz veining that predominates in the property. The Westside Area appears to have a different tenor in its silver and base metals then the Contention Main Area, and the discovery drillhole TR24-13 demonstrates the Westside Area carries significant exploration potential. Future exploration is expected to incorporate a thorough structural study of the dikes, fissures and anticlines present at the property. Noting it has been demonstrated by Aztec that the QFP dikes and their often adjoining hydrothermal breccias (HBX) do have pinches and swellings with plunges. It is planned to develop a model for the plunge of the main body of the QFP dike swarm with the HBX for exploring to depth, >300 m. The 2024 exploration program developed a stronger understanding of the district's shallow gold-silver mineralization and has substantiated the 3D modeling generated to date. The program also helped substantiate the 2020 geophysical AMT survey identification of anomalous conductivity as possible mineralization at depth in the southern and central portion of the project. Geologic modeling for the Westside zone was successful with blind targeting and confirmed the historic reporting of underground mine workings in addition to Aztec's modeling. The Westside zone's first pass exploration drilling program encountered oxide silver-gold mineralization in every drillhole to date, nearly doubling the area of drill demonstrated exploration potential from the Contention zone alone. Figure 5: Tombstone Project map view of Aztec completed drillholes and pre collared drillholes with AMT anomalies (800 m depth, Zonge, 2020(1) The construction of the Tombstone 3D model of the mine workings and geology of the principal portion of the Tombstone district consists of the digitization of the historic maps and sections of the underground workings, stopes, drill holes and geology, geolocating them to the current surface and geology and geochemistry, and then interpreting/analyzing the results and developing both shallow and deep targeting. It was a successful tool in the targeting of the 2024 RC drilling program, such as the discovery hole TR24-13 on the Westside Anticline where an old mine working was intercepted within less than a meter of projected intercept. Tombstone Project Overview Aztec holds a 77.7% interest in the Tombstone Property Joint Venture, which includes most of the original patented mining claims in the main district as well as some recently acquired properties. The main target of the 2024 drill program was to continue testing the shallow, bulk tonnage, potentially heap leachable, mesothermal gold-silver oxide mineralization adjacent and below the previously mined Contention pit by step-out drilling. Future drilling is expected to focus on strike and dip extensions of the shallow oxide mineralization, and move deeper to test for larger, deeper "Taylor-type" lead-zinc-silver CRD targets along and adjacent to the Contention structure. The Tombstone project is located 100 kilometers (km) southeast of Tucson, Arizona and covers much of the historic Tombstone silver district. Tombstone is renowned for its high grade, oxidized, silver-gold mesothermal stringer lode veins, hydrothermal breccias and manto CRD orebodies that were mined in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The historic silver production in the Tombstone district from 1878 to 1939 was estimated at 32 million ounces and 250,000 ounces of gold(2). The district geology consists of a mix of shallow-level, oxidized Au-Ag and base metal deposits related to CRD and skarns hosted in folded and thrusted sediments, intrusive dikes, and lode veins, and as well the under explored, sulfide versions located below the water table. Host rocks to the mineralization are primarily the clastic sediments of the lowest portion of the Cretaceous Bisbee Formation. Between 50 and 300 meters (m) in depth, the Bisbee is underlain by approximately two kms thick of the same Paleozoic carbonate formations that host the 110 MT Hermosa-Taylor zinc-lead-silver deposit of South32 located 60 km southwest of Tombstone(3).** Aztec believes that the historic silver mines at Tombstone could be related to a much larger mesothermal system with CRD mineralization below the old mines. Since 2017, Aztec has completed geological mapping, geochemical sampling and geophysical surveying to identify the most prospective areas for Au-Ag mineralization around and below the Contention open pit, and CRD zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold mineralization below the entire district. Aztec management views the district as highly prospective for the discovery of mesothermal and CRD mineralization. Note: Gold equivalents are calculated using a 80:1 silver:gold ratio in 2020, 2023 and 2024, and a 70:1 silver:gold ratio in 2021. Reported lengths are apparent widths, not true widths. The Contention Au-Ag mineralization zones are generally west dipping at around 60-80 degrees, associated with the quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes and hydrothermal breccias. However, these dikes also extend as sills in shallow angles out from the Contention fault along fold noses in the Bisbee clastic sediments so the full range of mineralization dips vary from 20 to 80 degrees. True widths for the apparent mineralization intersection widths of the drill holes approximately range from 50 to 100% of the apparent widths, with the norm for the mineralized true widths being 60 to 90% of the apparent widths. Please see summary news releases dated: July 5, 2023, December 7, 2021, and January 12, 2021. Assumed economic cutoffs for reporting of 0.1 gpt Au and 8 gpt Silver. Summary Tombstone Project Highlights Well located property on patented (33) and unpatented (42) claims (452.02 hectares/1,116.94 acres), covers much of the historic Tombstone silver mining district, great infrastructure, local town, road access, full services, water, power Historic silver district produced 32 million ounces of silver and 250,000 ounces of gold from 1878-1939, in high grade, oxidized, silver-gold-lead-zinc-copper vein, breccia and CRD deposits, and small open pit heap leach production in late 1980's Drilling by Aztec in 2020-24 has demonstrated that the Contention Pit target has significant, shallow oxidized Au-Ag bulk tonnage mineralization which is open in all directions Multiple other prospective targets in Cretaceous and Paleozoic rocks related to major NW and NNE trending structures hosting porphyritic intrusions crosscutting a possible caldera ring structure The following are highlights of recent drilling intersections supporting the conceptual exploration model for mineralized footprint growth. TR21-22: 2.44 gpt Au and 66.56 gpt Ag (3.39 gpt AuEq) over 65.5m (including 16.80 gpt Au and 374.36 gpt Ag over 7.6m) TR21-03 - 5.71 gpt Au and 40.54 gpt Ag (6.28 gpt AuEq) over 32.0m TC 23-01: 3,477 gpt Ag over 1.52m from a zone of 733.9 gpt Ag over 7.6 m within 125 m of 1.63 gpt AuEq TR21-10: 1.39 gpt Au and 56.40 gpt Ag (2.20 gpt AuEq) over 96.0m TR21-13: 1.8 gpt Au and 36.9 gpt Ag (2.33 gpt AuEq) over 70.1 m TR21-17: 1.73 gpt Au and 56.20 gpt Ag (2.53 gpt AuEq) over 64.0m TR21-08: 2.09 gpt Au and 47.1 gpt Ag (2.76 gpt AuEq) over 39.6m Hole TC2302 1.69 gpt gold and 29.07 gpt silver (2.03 gpt gold AuEq) over 45.3 m, including 10.1 m grading 6.63 gpt gold and 72.81 gpt silver (7.49 AuEq) TC23-05 2.816 gpt gold and 176.64 gpt silver (5.02 gpt AuEq) over 36.0 m, including 6.45 gpt gold and 408.47 gpt silver (11.554 gpt AuEq) over 15.5 m TR24-10 0.672 gpt gold and 27.64 gpt silver (81.36 gpt AgEq) over 88.2 m, including 4.23 gpt Au and 136.17 gpt Ag (5.93 gpt AuEq) over 9.1m TR24-16 - 0.896 gpt gold and 76.23 gpt silver (147.9 gpt AgEq) over 106.4m, including a bonanza 1.5m intercept of 3,669 gpt Ag and 44.7 gpt Au (7,269 gpt AgEq) within a zone of 3.483 gpt Au and 290.51 gpt Ag (569 gpt AgEq = 18.3 opt AgEq) over 25.8 m, then 22.9m of 0.029 gpt Au and 6.29 gpt Ag (8.61 gpt AgEq), and then 12.2m of 0.029 gpt Au and 6.29 gpt Ag (8.38 gpt AgEq) The company uses quality assurance-quality control as part of its sampling-assaying-assessments in conjunction with its exploration sampling programs. Samples and their collection are controlled by an industry standard conforming QAQC program including insertions of certified standards, blanks and sample duplicates. The samples are being regularly shipped to and received by the Bureau Veritas Minerals laboratory in Hermosillo, Mexico for geochemical analysis. Core and RC drilling samples are continuously collected over 5-foot (1.52m) sample intervals from all drill holes. For core the samples are cut with one half submitted for assay. The samples were analyzed for gold with a 30-gram sample size using the fire assay method FA430 followed by multi-element MA300, including silver. Over limits, when present, are analyzed by MA370 or FA530. All holes contain certified blanks, standards, and duplicates as part of the quality control program. *Aztec has not verified these historic drill results and is not relying on them. Aztec has in its possession the historic drill logs, maps and reports but does not have any information on the quality assurance or quality control measures taken in connection with these historical exploration results. **Aztec does not represent that the neighboring deposits signifies there are present such deposits on the Tombstone Project in size or scale. Noted References: 1 "Zonge International, AMT Survey, Tombstone Project, Cochise County, AZ, Data Acquisition and Processing Report, Prepared for Aztec Minerals, 18 May 2020, Zonge Job #20013" 2 Greeley, Michael N., A Brief History and Review of Ore Grades and Production in the Tombstone Mining District with Emphasis on the Contention Mine Area, June 1984 3 - M3 Engineering and Technology Corp., Hermosa Project N.I. 43-101F1 Pre-Feasibility Study, January 2014 Allen David Heyl, CPG., VP Exploration of Aztec, is the Qualified Person under NI43-101, supervised the Tombstone exploration programs. Mr. Heyl has reviewed and approved the technical disclosures in this news release. "Simon Dyakowski"Simon Dyakowski, Chief Executive OfficerAztec Minerals Corp. About Aztec Minerals Aztec is a mineral exploration company focused on two emerging discoveries in North America. The Cervantes project is an emerging porphyry gold-copper discovery in Sonora, Mexico. The Tombstone project is an emerging gold-silver discovery with high grade CRD silver-lead-zinc potential in southern Arizona. Aztec's shares trade on the TSX-V stock exchange (symbol AZT) and on the OTCQB (symbol AZZTF). Contact Information - For more information, please contact:Simon Dyakowski, President & CEO, DirectorTel: (604) 685-9770Fax: (604) 685-9744Email: info@ Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains "forwardlooking information or statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which may include, without limitation, completing ongoing and planned work, statements relating to advancing the Tombstone Project, drill and sampling results including additional potential work and results therefrom, the Company's plans for its Tombstone Project, potential for further expansion of the mineralization at the Tombstone Project, expected results and outcomes, the technical, financial and business prospects of the Company, its project and other matters. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, including the price of metals, the ability to achieve its goals, that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner, that financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms. Such forward-looking information reflects the Company's views with respect to future events and is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of exploration results, risks related to the inherent uncertainty of exploration and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, and those filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions, adverse weather or climate conditions, failure to maintain or obtain all necessary government permits, approvals and authorizations, failure to obtain or maintain community acceptance (including First Nations), decrease in the price of gold, silver and other metals, increase in costs, litigation, and failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations. The Company does not undertake to update forwardlooking statements or forwardlooking information, except as required by law. View the original release on Sign in to access your portfolio
Chicago Tribune
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Harriet Beecher Stowe's ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin' published
Today is Thursday, March 20, the 79th day of 2025. There are 286 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 20, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel about slavery, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' was first published in book form after being serialized in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era; it would become the best-selling novel of the 19th century. Also on this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris after escaping his exile on Elba, beginning his 'Hundred Days' rule. In 1854, the Republican Party of the United States was founded by opponents of slavery at a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. In 1976, kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was convicted of armed robbery for her part in a San Francisco bank holdup carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison; she was released after serving 22 months and was pardoned in 2001 by President Bill Clinton.) In 1987, azidothymidine (AZT) became the first medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat HIV/AIDS. In 1995, in Tokyo, packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were opened on five separate subway trains in a domestic terror attack by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, causing 14 deaths and injuring more than 1,000. In 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents. (They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.) In 2014, President Barack Obama ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and a major bank that provided them support, raising the stakes in an East-West showdown over Ukraine. In 2018, in a phone call to Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump offered congratulations on Putin's re-election victory; a senior official said Trump had been warned in briefing materials that he should not congratulate Putin. Today's Birthdays: Actor Hal Linden is 94. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley is 80. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr is 77. Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan is 74. Film director Spike Lee is 68. Actor Holly Hunter is 67. Model-entrepreneur Kathy Ireland is 62. Actor David Thewlis is 62. Actor Michael Rapaport is 55. MMA commentator and former champion Daniel Cormier is 46. Actor-singer Christy Carlson Romano is 41. Tennis player Sloane Stephens is 32.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On This Day, March 20: Sarin attack on Tokyo subway kills 14
March 20 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. In 1854, in what is considered the founding meeting of the Republican Party, former members of the Whig Party met in Ripon, Wis., to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. In 1963, a volcano on the East Indies island of Bali began erupting. The death toll exceeded 1,500. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the Alabama National Guard to provide security at a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery the next day. Earlier marches turned violent and deadly, but the third march was considered more of a success both in terms of safety and in spreading the message of the right to vote for black Americans. In 1976, San Francisco newspaper heiress and kidnapping victim Patty Hearst was convicted of bank robbery. Hearst served 22 months in prison and eventually was granted a full pardon. In 1987, the U.S. government approved the sale of AZT, a treatment, but not a cure, for AIDS. In 1995, 12 people were killed, and more than 5,000 made ill in a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. A 13th victim died a day later and a 14th in 2008. The perpetrators, members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, were executed in 2018. In 1996, the world learned of "mad cow" disease from a British government report questioning the safety of beef in Britain. In 1997, the Liggett Group, fifth-largest U.S. tobacco company, agreed to admit that smoking was addictive and caused health problems and that the tobacco industry had sought for years to sell its products to children as young as 14. In 2001, five days after explosions destroyed one of its support beams and killed 11 people, the largest oil rig in the world collapsed and sank off the coast of Brazil. In 2003, U.S.-led coalition forces begin military operations in Iraq. The Iraq War officially ended In 2004, after narrowly escaping assassination the day before, Chen Shui-bian was re-elected president of Taiwan with about 50 percent of the vote. In 2007, former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged in Baghdad for his part in the 1982 deaths of 148 Shiites. In 2010, the first eruption of a volcano in southern Iceland since the 1820s forced the evacuation of 450 people, but there were no reports of injuries or major property damage. In 2016, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928 after normalizing relations between the two countries. In 2019, the Walt Disney Co. officially completed its $71.3 billion purchase of a large chunk of 21st Century Fox. In 2024, the Biden administration released a finalized new Environmental Protection Agency rule regulating vehicles that leans heavily on significant increase in electric and hybrid vehicles on the market in eight years. Less than a year later, the Trump administration announced a rollback of dozens of EPA regulations, including those seeking to reduce vehicle emissions.
