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Bell’s palsy can be alarming because it often begins with a sudden, one‑sided facial droop that looks very much like a stroke. It is, however, typically caused by facial nerve inflammation rather than brain damage, making it a stroke mimic that is usually a temporary paralysis rather than a permanent loss of function.What Is Bell’s Palsy?Bell’s palsy is an acute weakness or paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face. It develops when the seventh cranial nerve (the facial nerve) becomes swollen or compressed as it passes through a narrow bony canal in the skull.Because this nerve controls…

Reporting Highlights Internet Gold Rush: Alaskan companies are getting billions of dollars in public telecom subsidies, yet the state ranks last in internet speed. Subsidizing a Ghost Town: The federal government pays one company more than $350,000 a year to provide internet to 300 buildings on an island of 80 people.  Operating From Prison: The owner of another company operated his telecom business from behind bars and today gets more than $1 million a year despite faster options for consumers. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. At the beginning of his three-year…

Dave Collins and Julie WalkerMay 20, 2026 — 8:44amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAANew York: A 56-year-old grandmother fell into an open manhole on a busy New York City street and died, police and utility officials said as they investigated how it happened.Donike Gocaj parked her Mercedes-Benz SUV right next to the maintenance hole near the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan and then fell in after leaving the vehicle shortly before 11.30pm on Monday (US time), police said.Donike Gocaj died after she fell…

The Millennium Supporters Union of Ghana (MISUGHA) has officially inaugurated its Ketu South Branch in a colorful ceremony held on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at the Ketu South Municipal hall, marking another significant step in the union’s expansion across the Volta Region. The event brought together football supporters, traditional authorities, dignitaries, invited guests, and members of the supporters’ union in a celebration characterized by unity, passion, and commitment to the growth of Ghana football. Activities for the day began with a health walk through parts of Ketu South before the main inauguration ceremony. The inauguration forms part of MISUGHA’s broader…

NEW YORK — Call him the Trader in Chief. Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profits have been directly impacted by his decisions as head of the government. Among the Trump trades in a recent report filed with a federal ethics agency was as much as $6 million in Nvidia, whose advanced chips Trump approved for…

Hazmat bourbon is pretty rare, and 31-year-old bourbon is even rarer, but this new bottle from Stitzel-Weller Distillery is both of those things. Aged for more than three decades and bottled at a massive 163.2 proof, Stitzel Reserve 31-Year Bourbon is unlike anything else we’ve ever seen on the market. Focusing on just the age, this expression is surprisingly the third time we’ve seen a blend of 30+ year-old bourbon from the Stitzel-Weller Distillery, with last year’s I.W. Harper 34-Year Bourbon and Blade and Bow 30-Year Bourbon paving the way. I.W. Harper 34-Year Bourbon made headlines despite producing only 11…

From illegal war on Iran to an inhumane fuel blockade of Cuba, from AI weapons to crypto corruption, this is a time of staggering chaos, cruelty, and violence.  Unlike other publications that parrot the views of authoritarians, billionaires, and corporations, The Nation publishes stories that hold the powerful to account and center the communities too often denied a voice in the national media—stories like the one you’ve just read. Each day, our journalism cuts through lies and distortions, contextualizes the developments reshaping politics around the globe, and advances progressive ideas that oxygenate our movements and instigate change in the halls…

Between May 16 and 17 of this year, Ukraine launched approximately 1,500 long-range drones into Russia, demonstrating a growing capability to strike sensitive targets. This evolution of drone usage from tactical battlefield weapon to strategic strike capability has important implications for the course of the Ukraine war and for future military conflicts. Long-range drone warfare is transforming escalation from a sequence of discrete and legible steps into a process of continuous adjustment. Because drone strikes can be expanded incrementally in range, frequency, payload, and target selection, escalation increasingly resembles movement along a smooth ramp rather than climbing a traditional escalation…

From 137 to 166, Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) batter, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, and Dhruv Jurel needed only one over to rocket the run rate. The fast bowler of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Mayank Yadav, conceded 29 runs in the 12th over of the second innings of the 64th match of IPL 2026. The batter duo of RR simply vandalized the LSG pacer. For the first three balls of the over, Mayank was up against Dhruv Jurel, who welcomed the pacer with a boundary followed by two consecutive sixes.The pair of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel got 29 runs from one over…

Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Katherine Legge has been around long enough in racing that folks in motorsports know how to pronounce her last name.It’s “Leg.” Not “Leg-EEE.”  They know how to pronounce her name because she has built a resume over the last 20 years, racing primarily in sports cars, along with 47 career INDYCAR starts. She also has dabbled in NASCAR, with 19 national series starts. She has been an Acura factory driver in sports cars (including four victories) and has run nearly three full INDYCAR seasons. She has a couple of Formula E starts as well.The…