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Covid-19: First Sitting Member Of Congress Dies From Virus
The first sitting member of Congress has died from COVID-19.
Rep. Ron Wright, a Republican representing the sixth district in Texas, had been hospitalized for two weeks before his death on Sunday, Feb. 6. He was 67 years old.
He had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer, which was diagnosed in 2018, the same year he was elected to Congress.
Wright is survived by his wife, Susan, who has also been hospitalized with COVID-19 for the last two weeks.
“As friends, family, and many of his constituents will know, Ron maintained his quick wit and optimism until the very end,” Wright’s of…
$1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Hudson Valley
There was no winner in the $640 million Powerball jackpot for the drawing held on Saturday, Jan. 16, but 16 players won at least $1 million by matching all the white numbers, with one of the winning tickets sold in New York, in the Hudson Valley.
It was purchased in Rockland County at Gulf Mart in Pearl River on East Central Avenue, the New York Lottery announced Sunday morning, Jan. 17.
The other winning tickets were sold in Texas (three), California (two), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
The Powerbal…
Clowns, The Dark, People: Map Shows Top Fears In Each State
The top fears in each state have been discovered through a new survey.
In the annual Your State’s Most-Searched Phobia survey, YouLocalSecurity.com found people fear all kinds of things: holes, spiders, snakes, blood, other people, needles.
In New York, it's intimacy.
In Massachusetts, the most common fear is “acrophobia” or fear of failure.
In Connecticut, the top fear is flying.
Rhode Island is afraid of holes.
New Hampshire is freaked out by clowns.
In New Jersey, people are afraid of the dark.
Other fears expressed across the country include Texans being afraid of “the outside” a…
