Author: Justin M. Larson

Hibiscus water, also known as agua de Jamaica (traditionally served in Mexico and Central America), is a refreshing drink similar to hibiscus tea. “The key difference is that hibiscus water is served chilled and sweetened,” said Stacey Woodson, MS, RDN, LDN, registered dietitian, told Health.  Hibiscus water has the same deep red, pink color as hibiscus tea and is nearly as easy to make. It starts by boiling the plant’s calyxes (or leaves), then sweetening them with either sugar or honey. It is then allowed to steep off the heat for about two hours, strained, chilled, and mixed with more…

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Andrew Bailey, who serves as the Missouri attorney general, has been appointed as co-deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.”Thrilled to welcome Andrew Bailey as our new FBI Co-Deputy Director,” according to Blanche’s post. “As Missouri’s Attorney General, he took on the swamp, fought weaponized government, and defended the Constitution. Now he is bringing that fight to DOJ.”Andrew Bailey during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference the Gaylord National Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via…

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TikTok and Instagram have been accused of targeting teenagers with suicide and self-harm content – at a higher rate than two years ago.The Molly Rose Foundation – set up by Ian Russell after his 14-year-old daughter took her own life after viewing harmful content on social media – commissioned analysis of hundreds of posts on the platforms, using accounts of a 15-year-old girl based in the UK.Politics Hub: Follow latest updatesThe charity claimed videos recommended by algorithms on the For You pages continued to feature a “tsunami” of clips containing “suicide, self-harm and intense depression” to under-16s who have previously…

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Ulsan city skyline from the Hamwolru Pavilion. People can enjoy beautiful cityscape for free. Ulsan, South Korea.Insung Jeon | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were poised to open mostly higher Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of the talks led by U.S. President Donald Trump with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House.Japan’s Nikkei 225 was set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 43,875 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 43,780, against the index’s Monday record high close of 43,714.31.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was set to start the day lower, with futures tied to the benchmark…

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Camp East Montana, the latest and largest of the new migrant detention centers opening across the country, has been met with criticism from immigration advocates after officially opening Sunday.Protesters greeted the opening of the facility over the weekend.The detention center, on the grounds of Texas’ Fort Bliss, can currently house 1,000 migrants, with officials saying it can eventually expand to hold 5,000.”We are demanding that this administration do what they say they’re going to do if they’re not going to close the camps,” Marisa Limon Garza, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, told El Paso ABC affiliate KVIA.…

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When investigators were working to solve the University of Idaho quadruple murders, what at first appeared to be an early lead to help gauge the killer’s familiarity with the victims quickly evaporated as the only surviving witness started to remember more details from that night.Dylan Mortensen, one of two roommates who survived, first told detectives arriving at the scene that “sometime in the early morning hours” of Nov. 13, 2022 she “was awoken and opened her room door” and “heard a male say ‘it’s ok Kaylee, I’m here for you,'” referring to one of the victims, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, according…

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A second airman in a month at a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming stands accused of involuntary manslaughter for a shooting death.F.E. Warren Air Force Base Airman First Class Jadan Orr, 20, remained jailed on Monday after he allegedly shot a man in a Cheyenne apartment early Saturday, according to police and sheriff’s officials.Orr and several friends had been drinking at the apartment for most of the night when Orr and two others went into another room and Orr began handling an AK-47 rifle, according to a Cheyenne Police Department statement.Orr allegedly fired the weapon through…

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Preeti Sarkar is a content creator and owner of the clothing brand, Peetizen.Courtesy of Preeti SarkarPreeti Sarkar started posting on YouTube at the age of 18. Today, the 24-year-old has amassed a following of about 1.6 million on both Instagram and YouTube, and has launched her own clothing brand.She’s part of the growing wave of influencers in India who have started their own businesses since establishing a social media presence.Many top creators in India are leveraging their existing fan bases to build direct-to-consumer businesses —from Nitibha Kaul’s beauty brand and Kusha Kapila’s shapewear brand to Gaurav Taneja’s sports nutrition brand.”It’s…

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