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The US was hit by a series of major disasters in 2022. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said 18 extreme weather events caused at least $1 billion in damage each. Climate experts have warned for years that more intense weather disasters are expected as global temperatures rise.The Census Bureau estimate, nearly 1.4 percent of the US adult population, is higher than other estimates. Data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, part of the Norwegian Refugee Council humanitarian organization, previously estimated that disasters displaced an average of 800,000 US residents a year from 2008 to 2021."The United States is not…

Foot chases have long been a routine and accepted part of what police officers do: when someone runs from an officer, the officer goes after them.These persecutions can end catastrophically, with confrontations in which suspects are more likely than police officers be hurt or killed, investigation finds In Memphis last month, police officers chased Tire Nichols on foot after a traffic stop, then beat him to death when they caught him. Five officers were charged with second degree murder.However, the Memphis Police Department does not have a policy specifying how officers should handle foot pursuits, and neither do most American…

Patrick Mahomes won his second NFL MVP award on Thursday night and with that added another story to an already packed Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles.While Mahomes and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will become the first black quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl simultaneously, Mahomes will look to break a losing streak among NFL MVPs.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes leads the pregame group against the Los Angeles Rams at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on November 27, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)Pro Football Talk noted Friday that the…

WASHINGTON — For several high-profile House committees, their early hearings were dominated by partisan food fights over the Pledge of Allegiance, guns at rallies and a celebrity's expletive-filled tweet about Donald Trump.That is unlikely to be the case with the new select committee on China. Republicans and Democrats on the panel say it could be the only bright spot of bipartisan cooperation in a Congress brimming with partisan bickering.“If you were looking at a word cloud on this, the biggest one would be 'serious.' I hear that from everyone. This is a serious committee, and I believe it,” said one…