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Paul Alexander, the man who lived the majority of his life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio at the age of six, was lauded by his brother as a 'flirt' and a "pain in the a**." Alexander died on March 11 at the age of 78. Alexander's brother, Philip, pictured with his beloved brother, led the tributes, writing on a sad Facebook post that Alexander 'loved wine, delectable food, and women.'

During his one-off tenure as president from 2008-2012, the close Putin ally, now the Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, presented himself as a liberal reformer. Medvedev, who took a liberal stand when Russian troops marched across the Ukrainian border two years ago, has since stepped backward and became one of the Kremlin's most hawkish and aggressive mouthpieces. The former president's overt rage and support for the war, according to commentators in Russia and beyond, may have been a tactic to ensure his continued prosperity and safety as a member of Putin's inner circle, or perhaps to win over hardliners as Putin's older. However, it appears that the explanation could be much simpler. He's probably inebriated.

In a venomous tirade launched at the US President today, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) described Joe Biden (R) as "mad and mentally ill." Biden opened his address with a reference to 1941's address to Congress by 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who declared that the union was at a turning point in history. Biden also accused Republican President Donald Trump of kowtowing to Russia, and he had a message for Vladimir Putin on Ukraine: 'We will not walk away.' His remarks enraged Medvedev, who accused Biden of attempting to launch World War III and chastised him for comparing himself to Roosevelt. Medvedev, who was portrayed as a liberal modernizer when he served as Russia's president from 2008-2012, now appears as an anti-Western Kremlin hawk.

On CNN's morning show Tuesday, Jean-Pierre, who appeared in many interviews to attempt to highlight the president's record in the event of what seems to be a difficult election year, denied the allegations. 'You know, this president has done more in three years than any other president has done in two terms,' she said, implying that Biden is the most successful American president ever,' she said. Biden's policy accomplishments were used to demonstrate her boss's success in the past three years, according to her.

Have you ever visited an attraction that quite didn't live up to expectation? Well, after being shown up close, many sightseers appear to have been left stunned by some of America's most revered monuments. The disgruntled travelers have left a series of scathing reviews, ranging from the Hollywood Sign to The White House's 'terrible' ratings, taking to Tripadvisor to air their rage. Take a trip down to see how some of the county's top sights failed to impress, with lines, a lack of sanitation, and high prices among the complaints...

Roosevelt's famous 'day of infamy' description of Pearl Harbor, describing the tragic nuptials on a Aspen mountain wedding for his daughter. Craig Spencer, 62, and his partner Barbara, 63, are suing Alchemy Concert Systems for their suspected participation in the 'horrible wedding odysis' suffered by his daughter Arielle Spencer, 33, and her husband Caleb Lodge. The couple, who live in a $14 million Philadelphia mansion, branded March 2022 nuptials as "a day that will go down in infamy." According to TMZ, the Arielle and Caleb have already split. The Spencers' incandescent words echo President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous remark after the 1941 Japanese assault on a Hawaiian naval base, which killed 68 people.

The finding of cocaine in the White House library isn't the first time drugs have made it into the executive mansion. At least two well-known musicians have claimed that they smoked pot on premises and there were rumors that at least one president was a heroin user, while another might have been given cocaine by his doctor to treat persistent sinus infections.

OCAR CAINER: The coming days are less hectic following the royal pomp and ceremony. It's a quieter time astrologically speaking between last Friday's Eclipse and Jupiter's big leap into Taurus next week. There is a difference between enjoying a break and resting on our laurels.

Abrar Omeish, 28, a Fairfax County board member, made the remarks on Thursday in reference to the Day of Remembrance, a day of observance for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The holiday takes place on the same calendar day as the first US landings on the island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. The Battle for the island of Iwo Jima, which lasted more than a month, is one of the most famous in the Marine Corps history. Nearly 7,000 Marines from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions died fighting for wrest control of the island from Japan's Imperial Army of Japan. Omeish also slammed a silence held to honor the victims of 9/11.

The remarks came after Chu defended President Biden's choice to lead US trade interests in Asia, Dominic Ng against allegations that he is working for Beijing. On Wednesday, Gooden said, "I doubt her loyalty or capability." 'If she doesn't know what's going on, she's completely out of touch with one of her core constituencies.' Gooden's words were described as "racist" by Chu, a California Democrat, and he's requested an apology. The allegations, according to Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are both "unconscionable and xenophobic."

Emilie Ikeda, a television reporter, burstled in tears in front of the cameras as she paid her respects to her grandfather who was forcibly relocated and sent to a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Bunji Albert Ikeda's name was discovered in a 25lb, 1,000-page book referred to as the Ireicho by the 28-year-old woman from Philadelphia this week. The weighty tome was assembled by University of Southern California professor Duncan Ryuken Williams over a three-year period, including Emilie's grandparents, who were affected by Executive Order 9066 in 1942.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and climate campaigners defending the Green New Deal flopped in it first weekend, grossing just $9,667. According to ticket receipt reports published by Box Office Mojo, it came out at an average of $80 per theater for the movie 'To the End'. In the film's trailer, Ocasio-Cortez says combating climate change is "the moonshot of our generation."

Thanks to Ruth O'Brien, a writer based in the United States, clothing sizes often change between stores. In the 1930s, Ruth, the head of the Textiles and Clothing Division of the US Department of Agriculture, attempted to produce a'standard size of clothing.' She surveyed women from around America but decided against using white people during the investigation, which mainly skewed the results. Then, Robert Latou Dickinson and artist Abram Belskie created life-size plaster casts of a man and woman (left). They made the mannequins in the hopes that stores would use them to standardize clothing sizes, and several brands have used them for years. However, clothing manufacturers understood that the female statue was not a true representation and trimmed their sizes based on their own customers.

America's economy was booming in the years after World War I, also known as the Roaring 20s, and many people invested their new found wealth into the stock market, which soon began to rise. In August 1929, however, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York boosted the interest rate from five to six percent, causing panic among investors. This led to hordes of people screaming for banks to withdraw their money,' according to History.com, but 'investors were unable to withdraw their funds because bank officials had invested it in the market,' but 'investors were unable to withdraw their funds.' On October 28, 1929, the stock market dropped by 33% and the next day, it fell another 12 percent - the worst economic crash in history. New photographs from the day the stock market crashed have surfaced, displaying terrified men coming to terms with the fact that their money was missing. Some of the photos depict terrified crowds outside of several banks around the country on the day of the disaster, while others depict the aftermath.

Many viewers and observers were left perplexed by the film's plot, which is believed to be loosely based on a real-life conspiracy, after the long-awaited Hollywood film Amsterdam (starring Margot Robbie, Rami Malek, Christian Bale, and Chris Rock) opened in theaters around the United States this weekend. As post-war US President Franklin D Roosevelt sat in office as the world was still reeling from the Wall Street Crash and the First World War, a suspected plot to overthrowrown his reign was reportedly bolstered by Wall Street fatcats who were said to have amassed a private army. Left: Franklin D. Roosevelt; top right: Gerald P. MacGuire; Bottom right: Inset: Smedley Butler; Inset: Amsterdam movie poster.

Queen Elizabeth II hosted President John F. Kennedy and his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, at Buckingham Palace in June 1961. Jackie had a more formal one-on-one lunch meeting with the monarch in March 1962. Queen Elizabeth mourned the death of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963, when she had a bell ring in Westminster Abbey. In 1965, she dedicated a memorial to JFK at Runnymede on an acre of land that had been donated to the US Queen Elizabeth's JFK and Jackie, one of many links between their two families. In the years after President Kennedy's assassination, the royals have continued to pay their respects to him.

A stunning NYC townhouse located on the Upper East Side of the Upper East Side, which was once the scene of a spectacular murder-suicide, is up for auction at $29.5 million. It was originally intended for renowned novelist Paul Ford (inset) who was killed in the library by his brother in 1902 due to a money dispute. Ford was born with a spinal abnormality that left him with a hunchback and dwarfism. Despite his physical limitations, he continued to be a best-selling novelist before being shot in cold blood by his wayward brother, who had been disinherited from the family fortune for wanting to pursue a career in sports. Esther Kerrigan, a socialite who augmented the home with a priceless art priceless art collection that contained paintings and drawings by John Singer Sargent, Gainsborough, and Daumier, was taken over. In 1987, the staircase alone was worth $400,000 (roughly $1 million in today's money).

A new analysis released Thursday by President Joe Biden's secret meetings with historians, policy experts, and even former President Bill Clinton as he tackles a variety of challenges facing the country. Last week, Biden spoke with a group of scholars on August 4, the same day a strong lightning storm raged across Washington, D.C., where they told him it was a dangerous moment in modern day political history. The historians compared Biden's time in history to the 1860 election, when Abraham Lincoln warned that a 'house divided against itself cannot survive,' and the 1940 election, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt combatted increasing domestic sympathy for European fascism and resistance to the United States' participation in World War II.