Blood Donation Typically, blood is donated by volunteers who are screened and “accepted” to give blood. The screening process includes questions about overall health and about any risk factors for disease. Blood is only taken from donors who are designated as healthy enough to do so. The donated blood is tested to determine the type (A, B, AB, or O). It is also screened for the presence of: Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV HTLV (human T-lymphotropic viruses) West Nile virus Treponema pallidum (syphilis) Zika virus Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease)...

While appearing on CNN’s New Day, Blumenthal spoke about the recent testimony by Frances Haugen, a former employee of the social media giant, who accused Facebook of failing to stop misinformation and creating products that “harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy.” “The company’s leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people,” Haugen said during the testimony....

The massive venue closed in 2006, but it remains standing, although it is more abandoned warehouse than sports venue now. MORE: Must-see photos of the week | NFL stadiums that should be blown up What better place to film a BMX video than in one of America’s largest abandoned warehouses? Red Bull traveled to Pontiac, Mich., along with pro BMX rider Tyler Fernengel to turn the Silverdome into the ultimate extreme sports playground....

The Badgers defeated North Dakota 103-85, marking the first time they’d ever reached the 100-point mark under coach Bo Ryan—indeed, the first since Dec. 28, 1995. They scored 55 points in the first half. There were 11 times last season when UW didn’t score 55 points for the entire game—and the Badgers won two of them. Kaminsky’s 43 is somewhat easily explained by the fact he made all six of his 3-point shot attempts....

The Full House actor took to the social media platform on Monday morning to address the bizarre situation, telling his 2.2 million followers that he only let the “positive stuff in” and blocked any negative mention of his name. “Apologies to all the people I’ve blocked over the years. Just can only let positive stuff in. If I could block myself I would. And sending @carseatheadrest my very best,” the 65-year-old tweeted....

East, 37, known for his time competing in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series and truck division, had been filling up a vehicle at a station in Westminster, California, when the incident began. East got into a verbal spat with a man, later identified as 27-year-old Trent William Millsap, which escalated until Millsap stabbed the NASCAR star in the chest. In its report, Deadline referred to the suspect as a “drifter” and a “transient....

“It kind of hit me then,” Wood told Goal USA ahead of the USMNT’s Friday night friendly vs. Peru at RFK Stadium. “I just enjoyed that moment. It’s always fun to see those goals and just kind of get that feeling back. It’s motivation to want to have that same feeling again.” MORE: Remembering Klinsmann’s worst moments | Klinsmann out to ‘prove a point’ vs. Peru The 22-year-old Wood was just about the last player U....

Dictators like Saddam survive by making sure that nobody knows much, and that’s particularly true for diplomats: The very nature of their jobs, living and working among foreigners, makes them suspect. So it’s not surprising that the news last week that two Iraqi diplomats at the United Nations had sought asylum in the United States was greeted without fanfare-and with none of the usual cliches about “an intelligence bonanza.” What could two mid-level diplomats in New York reveal about the ultra-secretive inner workings of Baghdad?...

Today’s bombing in Kabul is only the most recent in a string of attacks against the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police since the Taliban brought their quarrels with the government to the nation’s capital. An attack on an army bus in June killed at least 35, another one in September at least 30, and there have been three suicide attacks here in the last week. The Taliban, always shrewd, maintain that collateral damage is the fault of NATO warplanes, and to back it up they take pains to avoid civilian targets....

Daniel Craig retired from the role after No Time to Die, and bookmakers have named Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page as the front-runner for the next Bond. He would certainly fit the bill, based on criteria recently given by film producer Michael G. Wilson. “We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work,” Wilson said, speaking to Deadline from London’s British Film Institute. The longtime producer of Bond movies went on to list the qualifications an actor needs to play 007....

The Italy international was given a hero’s welcome as he pulled up at the club’s Casa Milan training base, where he will undergo a medical and finalise his transfer from the Serie A champions. Milan’s Bonucci deal is steal of the century And Bonucci, who was joined by his agent Alessandro Lucci, is set to put pen to paper on a €10m contract at San Siro in a deal that is expected to run until 2022....

Bony underwent a medical earlier on Thursday ahead of a reported £12million move, with Fernando Llorente leaving to join Tottenham. Swans 23/10 to draw with Newcastle The 28-year-old Ivory Coast international left Swansea for Manchester City in 2015 but failed to establish himself at the Etihad Stadium and spent an underwhelming season on loan at Stoke City last campaign. A statement from the Swans on the club’s official website read: “Bony has signed a two-year deal, with the option of a third, at the Liberty Stadium after the Swans paid an undisclosed fee for the Ivory Coast international....

Boogaard claimed Glory’s two goals were “gifts” from Newcastle, while Perth striker Adam Taggart, who scored the opener, argued the visitors are back on track after a rocky festive period. The Jets overcame a shaky start to lead 2-1 at the break at McDonald Jones Stadium thanks to a penalty from Mateo Poljak and another goal to in-form Andrew Nabbout. But a lapse in concentration early in the second half allowed Glory to equalise through Andy Keogh, with the two sides forced to share the spoils after a see-sawing 90 minutes....

Musk is poised to step down as Twitter head after users on the social media site voted overwhelmingly in favor of him resigning in a poll he created on Sunday, following a turbulent period running the network mired in controversy. Some 57.5 percent of the 17.5 million votes said that he should resign, while 42.5 percent said he should not, in what was described as the final results. Sacks, a close confidant of Musk’s and a part of the so-called “PayPal Mafia” has 5-2 odds of replacing Musk, according to numbers sent to Newsweek by BetOnline....

In Franzen’s defense, this is not an accident. He never says “Come meet the Lamberts, elderly Alfred and Enid and their grown kids, Gary, Chip and Denise, and we’ll have fun.” Fun is not part of the Franzen program. He is a Serious Novelist with Big Themes in his sights. This is a novel about Family, about Baby Boomers and Materialism, about Dying and Becoming Your Parents’ Parents. Oh, and about looking for pharmacological solutions in all the wrong places....

The centre-back missed the 3-0 first-leg win and the 5-0 La Liga thrashing of Granada due to a muscle complaint he aggravated during the Club World Cup campaign in December. Zidane: We are winning in style Coach Zinedine Zidane had hoped to have the 30-year-old available for the second leg of the last-16 tie and the league game at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Sunday. And Ramos’ recovery appears to be on schedule, with the Spain international having taken part in the full team session in Valdebebas on Monday....

Video and images posted to social media on Sunday appeared to show at least one Border Patrol agent waiting outside a room at the Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura, Florida, with later footage appearing to show officers escorting the patient, a woman, into the back of a Border Patrol vehicle. Sharing video of the incident on Twitter, Thomas Kennedy, the political director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition said: “Immigration enforcement just took the woman under custody after grossly violating her privacy while in emergency treatment....

Republicans are expected to take back at least one chamber of Congress during Tuesday’s elections, if not both, which could make it tougher for asylum-seekers to arrive in the U.S. Although it’s unclear exactly how the GOP could change the immigration landscape, Republican lawmakers have promised to push for stricter border security. “The information that these migrant caravans have is that after that date, policies will be hardened,” Guatemalan Interior Minister Napoleon Barrientos told the Daily Caller, adding that Guatemala is conducting “operations in our borders to stop the flow migration....

At the moment, the U.K. has a testing capacity of around 300,000-a-day but many have reported being unable to be tested, with some turning to private clinics. Johnson said he understood people’s frustrations with the testing system, which has seen some have to travel miles away from home for a COVID-19 test but went onto claim that 89 percent of people could get a result within 24 hours. He made the comments while appearing before the House of Commons’ Liaison Committee where he answered questions about the government’s response to the pandemic as case numbers rise, leading to fears of a second wave of the infection in the country....