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Veteran New York news anchor Bill Ritter revealed Friday that he has been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, bringing an end to his more than two-decade run behind the WABC-TV anchor desk.Ritter, 76, who has anchored the station's 6 p.m. newscast in New York City since 2001, revealed during Friday's Eyewitness News broadcast that it would be his final night anchoring the program."After a series of tests, my doctors have told me I have Alzheimer's," Ritter said during the broadcast.WOMAN WITH ADVANCED ALZHEIMER'S REGAINED SPEECH AND MEMORIES AFTER TAKING MAGIC MUSHROOMS"It's early-stage Alzheimer's, and they say the treatments I'm getting are keeping it at bay, for now," he continued. "But there is no guarantee, because there's no cure yet for Alzheimer's.""So, unless someone finds an amazing cure, and soon, tonight will be the last newscast I anchor," he added.According to ABC7, Ritter joined WABC-TV in 1998 after an extensive journalism career that included work at the Los Angeles Times, local television stations in California and positions with ABC News.'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR PHIL ROBERTSON DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASEHe began anchoring the station's 11 p.m. Eyewitness News broadcast in 1999 and was added to the flagship 6 p.m. newscast in 2001. He also anchored the station's 5 p.m. broadcast for several years.ABC7 reported that Ritter will remain with the station in a new role focused in part on reporting about Alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions, as well as their impact on patients and families."For decades, Bill Ritter has covered and led New Yorkers through the stories that matter most," WABC-TV General Manager Marilu Galvez said in a statement.EXPERIMENTAL ALZHEIMER’S DRUG COULD REDUCE ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DAMAGE, RESEARCHERS SAY"A defining presence at ABC7, he has done so with exceptional insight, integrity and, most of all, heart, earning the love and respect of viewers and colleagues alike," she continued."While he is stepping away from daily anchoring, he will continue to be an integral part of our ABC7 family, including sharing personal updates and providing resources to help others impacted by Alzheimer's better understand the disease and the resources available to them.""Bill is strong, brilliant, and resourceful, and we look forward to his continued reporting on Eyewitness News," Galvez added.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded to Ritter's announcement by wishing the veteran broadcaster and his family "strength in the days ahead.""For decades, Bill Ritter has been a trusted presence in New Yorkers' homes, helping… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giulia...
[TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Import Cargo Volume Expected to Rise in June Before Slowing Through Fall
Import cargo volumes at major U.S. container ports are projected to experience another year-over-year increase in June, but industry experts caution that the growth is likely temporary. According to the latest Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates, imports are expected to remain below 2025 levels throughout much of the fall as economic uncertainty, inflation concerns, and geopolitical tensions continue to weigh on global trade activity. The anticipated increase in June cargo volume is largely being driven by retailers moving merchandise earlier than usual to avoid potential cost increases associated with tariffs and rising fuel prices. Companies are adjusting their supply chain strategies by accelerating imports ahead of possible policy changes and higher transportation expenses that could emerge later in the year. This early movement of goods is creating what analysts describe as an early peak season rather than the traditional late-summer surge. Industry analysts note that the year-over-year growth figures may appear stronger than they actually are because they are being compared to unusually weak import volumes recorded during the same period in 2025. Last year’s cargo activity declined sharply following the implementation of the so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs, creating a lower comparison base for current forecasts. As a result, the projected gains for June reflect both stronger short-term demand and the effects of comparing against depressed volumes from a year earlier. The Global Port Tracker report forecasts June import volumes to reach approximately 2.25 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), representing a significant year-over-year increase. However, the outlook becomes less optimistic after July. Forecasts indicate cargo volumes will decline below 2025 levels during August and September before stabilizing later in the year. Analysts expect July imports to decrease by more than 8% year over year, followed by similar declines in August. Several economic factors are contributing to the weaker outlook. Rising inflation, elevated fuel costs, and uncertainty surrounding future trade policies continue to impact retailer purchasing decisions. In addition, ongoing geopolitical tensions, including the conflict involving Iran, have increased concerns about global economic stability and consumer spending. These conditions are making many businesses cautious about inventory expansion and long-term purchasing commitments. Port activity data illustrates the changing trade environment. U.S. ports covered by the Global Port Tracker handled approximately 2.05 million TEUs in April, marking declines compared to both the previous month and the same period last year. While May and June… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - How to watch the World Cup without a cable TV subscription
There are no shortage of ways to watch the globe's biggest sporting event this summer. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Engineering the Perfect Psychedelic
Nature is always performing chemistry experiments, and in the dark and sticky corners of its forests and jungles, it creates compounds that have hyper-specific effects on the human mind. In China’s Yunnan province, a yellow mushroom with a droopy cap sprouts up in the mountains, usually in the shade of long-needled pines. Many people of different ages and cultural backgrounds have eaten this mushroom and experienced the same hallucination. They report seeing elf-like figures that parkour around on clothes, on furniture, and on walls. These little people seem to like dancing and performing acrobatics. Large groups of them will march in formation. This “lilliputian hallucination” can last for a day, and closing your eyes is no escape. The tiny humans sometimes linger in the blank space of your mind, staring back at you in a teasing way.For thousands of years, humans have searched nature for mind-altering substances through a process of trial and (sometimes fatal) error. People have choked down foul roots, boiled woody vines, and scraped bitter bark off of tree trunks. They’ve milked toad glands and chugged the urine of reindeer that were themselves tripping on fungi. These experiments have revealed hundreds of plants and fungi that contain psychedelic compounds.Now that psychedelic research has been legitimized, scientists at university labs and biotech start-ups are wondering whether they can create a better one. It’s a seductive idea, that some new and perfect drug might be hiding in the near-limitless parameter space of synthetic chemistry. Who wouldn’t want to take a little pill that could help you slough off your old self and see the world anew, a half-day therapy that would leave you with a feeling of enlightenment, if not in the exalted state itself?“Nature’s compounds aren’t always optimal,” Manoj Doss, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas at Austin, told me. Take ibogaine, a naturally occurring psychedelic derived from an African shrub. A single dose of it seems to help people liberate themselves from opioids, quelling their cravings and mellowing their withdrawal symptoms. But ibogaine is a dirty drug, a blunt biochemical instrument that travels all across the body and puts particular stress on the heart. “If we could remove ibogaine’s cardio risks and preserve its therapeutic benefit, that’s something we should do,” Doss said. And indeed, a gentler analog has already been developed in the lab, although it hasn’t yet reached clinical trials.Doss has noticed… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent
I. The BoneyardThrough the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, its wings sheared off, its passenger doors open to the dust and wind, a rickety set of airstairs inviting no one aboard. The plane was a memory, a ruin, but its swooping, humped nose was still striking—a visage that signaled the freedom of movement in the Jet Age.I was arriving at this desolate site north of Tucson, where airplanes go to die, to mourn the 747, the original jumbo jet—a.k.a. the Whale, the Longreach, the Sky Cruiser, the Mother of All Airliners, the Queen of the Skies. For 50 years, the aircraft was the principal host of Important Journeys: a young student’s trip to study abroad in Paris, a first-generation American’s pilgrimage to their ancestral home in Hungary, an Iranian family fleeing the 1979 revolution. Combining the immensity of an ocean liner and the elegance of a swan, the 747 is the only commercial jet that deserves to be called beautiful. Over the past two decades, airlines have stopped using it as a passenger plane and replaced it with smaller aircraft that are more efficient, but far less majestic and memorable. The 747 was once a symbol of American might, invention, progress, and populism. Now it embodies the decline of all of those values.Jim Petty, the airpark’s manager, led me out the back door of his small office to his truck, and we peeled out toward the long rows of forsaken aircraft. I had been calling Pinal a boneyard, but Petty told me that he doesn’t like the term. Some planes get brought here for a checkup, others for intensive care or storage. Some ailing vessels are delivered here with every intention of flying again, like an elderly relative sent to a short-term-care facility. But if rehabilitation proves impossible, Pinal becomes their final destination.Petty parked us under a TWA 747 that had been sitting there for almost 30 years. Its enormity eclipsed the hot desert sun. The tires alone were more than four feet tall, a memorial to outsize ambitions. From 1970, when the first 747 entered service, to 2023, when Boeing stopped building the plane, the company manufactured 1,574 of them, including the two that still serve as Air Force One.… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago
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