Tulsa, oklahoma, firefighters pulled a big gem out of a drain. Thats a 90pound great pyrenees puppy named ruby. She disappeared new years morning and was found 50 feet underground in a drain. Firefighters managed to open the pipe and ruby crawled out apparently okay. Major League Baseball has handed down its longestever suspensions for domestic violence. Yankees pitcher Domingo German will miss a total of 81 games. The incident stems from an incident with his girlfriend last year. Hes been on administrative leave since september and missed an extra 63 games meaning he wont be eligible to return until june. The man once known as the socalled affluenza teen is back in a texas jail. 22yearold ethan couch is accused of violating his probation. He allegedly tested positive for thc, which is found in cannabis. Hes being held without bail. Couch was dubbed the affluenza teen after a psychologist blamed his familys wealth for his inability to make good decisions. He claimed that led to couch k
Today the 29yearold is training to fill an important and growing physician shortage in america which could be as many as 122,000 doctors short by 2032 in primary and Specialty Care according to the association of american medical colleges. Americas aging population coupled with doctor retirements and a lack of available residency slots for those graduating medical school are pressuring the system. Experts say team based care, smarter Technology Deployment and increase in federal funding for residency programs would help to ease the shortage. The challenge of having enough residency positions really comes down to having enough resources to support training and Teaching Hospitals across the country in communities big and small. He is a first year resident at the Health Hospital system in phoenix that added two new residency programs to attract physicians to train in the state. Arizona currently has a shortage of 600 primary care physicians so the hope is that doctors will stay in the sta
Randy roberts has written so many, hes written more than half of our total number, i think. So, we have a lot of experience in the genre and weve been drawn to it and we have an affinity for it in some way or another. Let me introduce the panelists, i will introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about this genre. We have larry who is a professor of the graduate acting program at school of the arts in new york in the musical writing program. Hes particularly interested in the music of broadway and has written biographies of Richard Rogers and playwrights and in addition to several other books. His most recent biographical work is the documentary film, sammy davis junior, i gotta be me. So, larry, tell us what drew you to this. Hi. I may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So, obviously, in entertainment you are dealing with a public person
i m raymond arroyo in for laura ingraham. this is a special of the ingraham angle from new york city tonight. efforts underway in severali states to remove formerdo president donald trump fromght, the ballot. we ll get to that in a moment. tonight, the vacuu vivekm swamy is here with his reaction. plus, gary sinise with a heartwarming, inspiring story that you have to hear. but first, william faulkner famously said the past isn t dead. we it isn t even pase sat. as we say farewell to 2023, there are important lessonsr. that we may have missed. lessons we need in the new yea g . you know, we tend to focus so intently on the crisis or the outrage heee of the momentie that we miss the larger trends. this hour, wpo e will reportthey breaking news. look at the big stories shape ho the year and how they will shape our 2024. it will be an important and fuin hour. i want to start with the narrative that has sounded all year long and it slond g mae a major theme in the new
extremism of the republican party. the turning point for biden was the speech he gave a few weeks ago. really need a referendum on the republicans, some of these semifascist it s starting to pay off. seeing progress, perhaps rewards for some of the legislation passed. look at whether biden administration is accomplished. bipartisan infrastructure deal, inflation reduction act, the chips and science act. it s all about the economy. laura: they are spinning so fast their heads are going to fly right off. the economy is in dire straits. here is the truth. we have the diode dropping below 30,000. below its june lows. the dow and s&p are now both below their june lows. nasdaq certainly already there. down 22%. about 30% year-to-date. that we are slipping into something pretty bad. the dowel very close just about at their market bear market territory. pretty bleak picture. there is good news. tell me about domino s pizza. they got an upgrade. one of the top pe