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Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at New York City's historic Stonewall Inn on Monday to mark LGBTQ Pride month.Harris' appearance marked the first time a sitting vice president had visited the space, the site of the June 1969 uprising that is widely seen as a turning point in the modern gay rights movement. “This place represents a real turning point in this movement, which is a movement that is about equality, that is about freedom, a movement that is about safety,” Harris told reporters just outside the entrance to the Stonewall. Inn. “I am here because I…

pittsburgh steelers Quarterback Kenny Pickett married his fiancée Amy Paternoster over the weekend in an extravagant New Jersey wedding that included a stylish nod to the organization that selected Pickett in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Pickett, 25, paused in his offseason training with the Steelers on Saturday to exchange vows with Paternoster, but the organization was still represented at the celebration, which was held at Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. Kenny Pickett and Amy Paternoster attend the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl Party at Talking Stick Resort on February 11, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Pickett's…

SAN DIEGO — An experimental drug from Eli Lilly has the potential to provide greater weight-loss benefits than any drug currently on the market.The experimental drug, retatrutide, helped people lose, on average, about 24% of their body weight, the equivalent of about 58 pounds, in a mid-stage clinical trial, the company said Monday from the American Association of Diabetes. annual meeting in San Diego. The findings were simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.If the results are confirmed in a largest phase 3 clinical trial - expected to be in operation until the end of 2025 - retatrutide…

A ramp worker at the San Antonio International Airport who was "swallowed" into an airplane engine has committed suicide, authorities said Monday. The airport employee died Friday night after becoming trapped in the engine of a Delta Air Lines plane that arrived from Los Angeles and was heading to the gate, the National Transportation Safety Board previously said in a release.The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the cause of death as suicide on Monday. An investigation into the incident by the NTSB has been canceled in light of the medical examiner's findings, the agency said in a statement. "There…