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Former President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he had been “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear” at his rally in Butler, Pa., describing his experience in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.Mr. Trump was just minutes into his speech when shots were fired. In his post, he said he “knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin.”The former president, who was rushed off the stage with blood on his right ear and his face, added that “much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”In his post, Mr. Trump extended his condolences to the family of the person attending his rally who was killed, and to the family of “another person that was badly injured.”He added that he did not know anything about the shooter, who officials said had been killed.“I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania,” Mr. Trump wrote.The Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies have not yet publicly confirmed that Mr. Trump was shot in the ear, saying only that shots were fired, that the former president was “safe” and that the shooter was now dead. More

Unsubstantiated claims about what took place at Saturday’s rally in Butler, Pa., immediately flooded social media after former President Donald J. Trump was carried off the stage after shots were fired.Without providing proof, the social media posts blamed shadowy figures on the left for targeting Mr. Trump, and built on ideas circulated by Mr. Trump that the “deep state,” or a cabal within the government, was seeking to stop him from returning to office. The unverified claims surfaced on platforms including Gab, Truth Social and Parler, which are favored by the far-right, as well as on X, Telegram, Facebook and Instagram.Disinformation experts immediately urged caution, warning people not to jump to conclusions.“We are about to see a lot of disinformation spreading about who is behind the shooting, who executed it, and the events that led up to this moment,” Roberta Braga, the founder of the think tank Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, wrote on X. “Watch for emotional language.”Law enforcement officials will require time to investigate what happened at the rally. Video from the event appears to show Mr. Trump falling to the stage and bleeding from his ear before being escorted away by Secret Service agents.Some social media accounts said that a gunman with ties to the “deep state” had opened fire and shot Mr. Trump. Without citing evidence, the accounts also blamed government agencies such as the F.B.I. and the Centers for Disease Control for targeting Mr. Trump.Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia, quickly accused President Biden of ordering an apparent shooting at Mr. Trump’s rally, but provided no proof. “Joe Biden sent the orders,” he wrote on X. Mr. Collins didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.Others claimed on social media that any shooter was a member of the far-left Antifa group, or was acting on behalf of transgender individuals. None of the posts provided evidence for their theories. More

Un espectador también murió después de que una persona disparara contra el expresidente durante un mitin en Pensilvania, según personas informadas sobre el asunto. El candidato parecía tener sangre en la cara cuando lo sacaron del escenario.[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora]Una persona armada disparó un arma contra el expresidente Donald Trump el sábado en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania, según un funcionario de EE. UU. y dos personas informadas sobre el asunto, el cual está siendo investigado como un intento de asesinato.Un asistente al mitin falleció y el presunto tirador fue neutralizado por el Servicio Secreto, mientras Trump fue escoltado fuera del escenario con la cara y la oreja ensangrentadas, según tres personas informadas sobre el asunto.El presidente Joe Biden se dirigió a la nación poco después del incidente y condenó la violencia como “enfermiza”. Trump se encontraba “bien”, según Steven Cheung, portavoz de su campaña, y un portavoz del Servicio Secreto dijo que Trump estaba “a salvo”. Cheung no proporcionó más información sobre si Trump había resultado herido ni cómo, y los funcionarios no proporcionaron más información sobre si otros asistentes al mitin resultaron heridos.Esto es lo que hay que saber:We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

The cases, which have yet to be confirmed, were identified in farmworkers culling infected birds. The risk to the public remains low, health officials said.Three workers at a poultry farm in northeast Colorado have preliminarily tested positive for bird flu, according to state health officials.The workers had been culling birds from an infected population at the farm, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said on Friday. All three workers had direct contact with infected birds and were experiencing mild symptoms, including conjunctivitis and “common respiratory infection symptoms,” the department said.The results are preliminary, and the tests have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation, the C.D.C. said.So far, four farmworkers in the United States have been infected with the virus, called H5N1, which is tied to a continuing outbreak among dairy cattle in several states.One case has been reported in Colorado, another in Texas and two more in Michigan, according to the C.D.C. All of those cases involved direct exposure to dairy cows, according to the state and federal health authorities, and officials have said that there is no evidence that the H5N1 virus spreads easily among humans.The risk to the public remains low, the C.D.C. said, but the agency added that it had sent a team to Colorado at the state’s request to help investigate.The C.D.C. said that it would look into whether workers were wearing personal protective equipment. Farmworkers are advised but not required to wear such equipment, including masks, safety goggles and gloves.“These preliminary results again underscore the risk of exposure to infected animals,” the C.D.C. said of the three new cases in Colorado. “There are no signs of unexpected increases in flu activity otherwise in Colorado, or in other states affected by H5 bird flu outbreaks in cows and poultry.”Avian influenza refers to a group of flu viruses primarily adapted to birds. The virus infecting farmworkers, H5N1, was first identified in 1996 in China and reported in people in 1997 in Hong Kong. A new form of H5N1, which surfaced in Europe in 2020, has rapidly spread around the world, and an outbreak in the United States has affected more than 99 million birds.The outbreak has been spreading among dairy farms since at least March, and 152 dairy herds in 12 states have tested positive for the virus. Scientists are researching how the virus is being transmitted through cows.The virus has also spread to a wide array of animals, including marine mammals like seals and bottlenose dolphins, skunks, squirrels and even domestic cats. More

After months of lavish prewedding festivities that have captured the attention of onlookers worldwide, Anant Ambani, the youngest son of India’s richest man, married Radhika Merchant in Mumbai.After months of anticipation, Anant Ambani, the youngest son of India’s richest man, married Radhika Merchant, a daughter of a fellow business tycoon. Celebrities from Hollywood and Bollywood joined their extravagant multiday celebration on the red carpet.Sadiba Hasan for The New York TimesOn Friday afternoon, Sneh Zala, 24, waited for celebrities to arrive on the red carpet for the wedding of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of India’s richest man, and Radhika Merchant, a daughter of a fellow business tycoon.The red carpet was set up in a room adorned with lanterns and red and orange garlands and floral arrangements. Mr. Zala, a photographer working for Manav Manglani, one of Bollywood’s top paparazzi, had already shot several of the couple’s prewedding functions, which began in March. It’s not every day that Kim and Khloé Kardashian, John Cena and Boris Johnson gather for an Indian wedding. All four were in attendance on Friday at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai, India, in traditional Indian garb.Mr. Zala was one of about 100 media members clamoring next to the red carpet, not a common addition at most weddings. But given the sheer amount of celebrities present, including Bollywood superstars, several members of the Indian cricket team, former prime ministers and billionaire businessmen, and the fabulous Indian clothes on display, a runway seemed in order.Clockwise from top left: the Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and his wife, the producer and designer Gauri Khan; Tony Blair, the former U.K. prime minister, and his wife, Cherie Blair; the actor Sanjay Dutt; the actress Madhuri Dixit Nene.Atul Loke for The New York TimesJohn Cena stopping for paparazzi on the red carpet.Atul Loke for The New York TimesWhen Mr. Cena came out wearing a baby-blue sherwani, one photographer shouted, “Welcome to India.”As Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, a Thai businesswoman, and her husband, Somsak, posed on the red carpet, a young stylist interrupted to adjust Ms. Leeswadtrakul’s scarf. The stylist, who seemed to have been hired just to help guests be camera-ready, stood at the side of the room for the duration of the eight-hour red carpet.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

When my mom got into her 80s, we had to deal with periodic medical issues. Fainting. Falls. Broken bones.Luckily, she was in good stead with the local rescue squad because she faithfully attended their crab feast fund-raisers.Each time, my siblings and I would move heaven and earth to get her home from whatever hospital she had landed in.In 2003, I tried to talk one emergency room doctor into releasing her after 11 hours.“I’ll let her out if she can tell me who the president is,” the doctor said.We both looked at my mom, expectantly.“George,” she said.I was thrilled; W., it was.“George Washington,” she finished.After each episode, I’d proudly tell her internist, Dr. Simon, how we had nursed her back to health.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More