Tag: left
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Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released
Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when a Biden administration official told him WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was being released from Russian detention after nine months and he was not. In his first interview with NBC News since returning to the U.S., Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia for more than…
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Why NFL coach Jim Harbaugh briefly left Sunday’s game
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh left the sidelines in the middle of the team’s game on Sunday due to what he said afterward was an “atrial flutter,” in which his heartbeat went out of rhythm. Harbaugh, 60, went to the medical tent on the team’s sidelines during the first quarter of the Chargers’…
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Kremlin confirms Trump sent Putin Covid tests, denies Putin phone calls since he left office
Former President Donald Trump did send coronavirus testing devices to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the height of the pandemic, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Bloomberg News in a written statement that “we also sent equipment at the beginning of the pandemic.” The story was initially reported in “War,” a new…
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After the storm, North Carolina faces daunting task of housing survivors left homeless
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The deluge came furiously — and shockingly fast. Speaking from a makeshift shelter at a local technical college here, James Yulon Ferguson recalled this week how he escaped with a friend on Sept. 27 shortly before the rising floodwaters reached the roof of his trailer along the Swannanoa River. After the storm,…