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By HALELUYA HADERO, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk. “President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case,” said Trump’s amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case. The filings come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for Jan. 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. Earlier this month, a panel of three federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the statute , leading TikTok to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The brief from Trump said he opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office.”Wike Slams Odili, Calls For Integrity Among Elder Statesmen

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police arrested thousands of Imran Khan supporters ahead of a rally in the capital to demand the ex-premier’s release from prison, a security officer said Sunday. Khan has been behind bars for more than a year and has over 150 criminal cases against him. But he remains popular and his political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI, says the cases are politically motivated. Shahid Nawaz, a security officer in eastern Punjab province, said police have arrested more than 4,000 Khan supporters. They include five parliamentarians. Pakistan has sealed off Islamabad with shipping containers and shut down major roads and highways connecting the city with PTI strongholds in Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Tit-for-tat teargas shelling between the police and the PTI was reported on the highway bordering Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan suspended mobile and internet services “in areas with security concerns.” The government and Interior Ministry posted the announcement on the social media platform X, which is banned in Pakistan. They did not specify the areas, nor did they say how long the suspension would be in place. “Internet and mobile services will continue to operate as usual in the rest of the country,” the posts said. Meanwhile, telecom company Nayatel sent out emails offering customers “a reliable landline service” as a workaround in the areas suffering suspended cellphone service. Khan's supporters rely heavily on social media to demand his release and use messaging platforms like WhatsApp to share information, including details of events. PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram said Khan's wife Bushra Bibi was traveling to Islamabad in a convoy led by the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur. “She cannot leave the party workers on their own,” said Akram. There was a festive mood in Peshawar, with PTI members dancing, drumming and holding up pictures of Khan as cars set off for Islamabad. The government is imposing social media platform bans and targeting VPN services , according to internet advocacy group Netblocks. On Sunday, the group said live metrics showed problems with WhatsApp that were affecting media sharing on the app. The U.S. Embassy issued a security alert for Americans in the capital, encouraging them to avoid large gatherings and warning that even “peaceful gatherings can turn violent.” Last month, authorities suspended the cellphone service in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to thwart a pro-Khan rally. The shutdown disrupted communications and affected everyday services such as banking, ride-hailing and food delivery. The latest crackdown comes on the eve of a visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko . Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said authorities have sealed off Islamabad's Red Zone, which houses key government buildings and is the destination for Khan's supporters. “Anyone reaching it will be arrested,” Naqvi told a press conference. He said the security measures were in place to protect residents and property, blaming the PTI for inconveniencing people and businesses. He added that protesters were planning to take the same route as the Belarusian delegation, but that the government had headed off this scenario. Naqvi denied cellphone services were suspended and said only mobile data was affected. Associated Press writers Riaz Khan in Peshawar and Asim Tanveer in Multan contributed to this report.The 2024 Snowball Derby is set to go live this Sunday. As drivers prepare for the 57th edition of the prestigious 300-lap Late Model race, one particular story from 1977 pops up in distinction. The field for that year’s event was stacked with iconic names like Dale Earnhardt and Mark Martin. But it was two, Ronnie Sanders and Darrell Waltrip, that made the day memorable. Waltrip was declared as the winner at the end of the race and given the trophy. But a deeper analysis of the race found the scoring tower spotting him an extra lap and that the real winner was Sanders. By the time officials realized their mistake, Waltrip had exited the track and gone back to his hotel. He later refused to return the trophy and asked for the prize money that he was due according to the earlier decision. The track management informed him that he would get his money if he gave the trophy back, but Waltrip decided to keep the silverware and forsake the money. And so, he still has the trophy safely secure in his possession. He told Racing America in 2022, “I won this trophy but it’s not mine. If you run into Ronnie Sanders, you can tell him that I still have my trophy. Or he may think it’s his.” Sanders was given a duplicate trophy the following March along with the winner’s check. It was the only Snowball Derby that he won over his racing career. Sanders is known for his legacy in the short-track racing scene. Remarkably, he was handcuffed and taken away from the Five Flags Speedway in 1975 for trying to demolish Bobby Allison’s windshield with an axle. Why Sanders was angry at Bobby Allison in 1975 Bobby Allison and Donnie Allison were among the biggest names in the field during the 1975 Snowball Derby. They put all their stock car racing skills to the test in the finale and led 200 laps between them. The rest of the drivers had no choice but to be a victim of this bullying from the Alabama Gang and race for third place. Sanders was running seventh in the final laps of the race and feeling great about obtaining a good result. This was when Bobby Allison drove up to him and shoved him instead of passing by him. Even worse, Sanders claimed that the driver stayed on the gas after crashing into him. He narrated to the Five Flags Speedway media, “ I had an axle in the back of the truck and I picked it up and I was going out on the track to bust his windshield out. Security got to me before I could pull it off.” He was handcuffed and taken off the property, but the moment became derby history. Donnie Allison went on to become the eventual race winner.

SINGAPORE: Meeting Afif Yusli for the first time, it's not immediately obvious that he's sick, let alone battling a terminal disease. The lean 27-year-old moves around nimbly, with no obvious signs of pain or discomfort. And unlike what some might expect of a cancer patient, he has a full head of hair and is unencumbered by medical devices. Initially soft-spoken and reserved, he warmed up after a while, revealing a boyish charm and a penchant for wry dashes of humour. But as the conversation started to flow, it became noticeable how he would often stop mid-sentence and struggle to find the right expression. “What is that word again? That thing they put you on when they take you out of the ambulance?” “These days, I’m feeling quite ... what’s that word? Not 'happy', it’s more 'okay-ish'.” The film student was diagnosed with glioblastoma in April. It is a grade four brain tumour - the most aggressive and serious type - and has a poor prognosis. According to the Glioblastoma Research Organisation, the average length of survival for patients is estimated to be 12 to 18 months after diagnosis. Mr Afif's doctor gave him 18 to 24 months. For someone looking death in the face, Mr Afif seemed remarkably accepting of his situation. In interviews, he spoke steadily, with emotion showing only when he spoke of his late grandmother and of leaving behind his aging parents. “Sometimes, in the middle of the night, when it's quiet, it does come to me that I’m going to die,” he admitted. “It’s super annoying and I wish I could stop that way of thinking, but I cannot and I feel sad about dying." He smiled, dolefully, and shrugged. “The scariest part is how fast and random this disease is ... I don’t know when I’m going to have another seizure. It’s like a waiting game. “I could just drop dead like that and I’m gone. It’s scary.” "IT JUST FELT SO HEAVY" Apart from difficulty finding words and occasional seizures, Mr Afif also suffers from vision problems, among other symptoms. And some of these indications appeared as early as seven years ago, while he was doing National Service. “I would get head pains and started to experience forgetfulness about a lot of things,” he said. “It felt like someone was stabbing me in the head with a knife, and my room was always dark because I couldn’t even bear to see any light. His symptoms worsened to a near-unbearable point, right before he started on a diploma at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in 2021. Yet Mr Afif still dismissed them as part of a fever or the result of stress. It was only after suffering his first seizure in December 2023 – around four to five years after his headaches started occurring – that he decided to seek medical attention. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed a growth inside his brain. He went through surgery to remove the tumour but when he woke up, he had lost the ability to speak and walk. A few days later, he underwent another operation to remove a blood clot in his brain, which was suspected to have caused the speech impediment. With the help of a speech therapist as well as regular physiotherapy, Mr Afif slowly regained his abilities. But there was bad news: Tests results confirmed he had glioblastoma. “I couldn’t believe it because I was very active and fit at that point and when I read up about glioblastoma, it seemed like it was mostly old people who would get it,” he said. Worse was to come when his doctor estimated that he had about 18 to 24 months to live. “I didn't know how to react so I just said ‘damn’,” said Mr Afif. “I didn’t even look up to see the doctor or my dad, because he was probably crying ... It just felt so heavy.” It was a trying period: His father had to go for a bypass surgery around the same time – and his grandmother, whom he was very close to, died shortly after. Here, he wore a look of grief and had to pause to collect himself. "She knew that I was sick and she was really sad," he said quietly. "But she didn't really show it, she would just ask me if I was okay and how was I doing. "I think she just didn't want to pile on to my fear and feelings." "After she died, there was a day that I cried a lot over her, and that was the first time I got a seizure and the doctors told me it could be because of a build-up of emotions and sadness," said Mr Afif. "Whenever I'm sad or depressed, I can feel my body starting to tense up, so I try not to cry. But sometimes, the pain of losing her still hits me at night.” "So I just try to control how much I think about her so that I don't get too overwhelmed. It's hard ... but if I let myself get too sad, I might get another seizure." LETTING "ALL THE BAD FEELINGS GO" The first two months following his diagnosis were the hardest, and darkest. Mr Afif fell into depression and lost any hope he might have had of defeating the cancer. “At first, I was counting down the days I had left,” he said. “(I) would keep thinking about my cancer and about dying ... I would get scared because thinking about death can be very traumatising." He also picked up smoking again. "Because I thought ‘I’m going to die already anyway’,” said Mr Afif. The continued support of family and friends, along with a renewed embrace of religion, pulled him out of the depths. “I became more pious, started praying more and just tried to live a normal life even though I don't even know what's normal anymore,” he said. “Having the support and good vibes from family and friends was like having a light at the end of the tunnel, so I started accepting my diagnosis and just let all the bad feelings go.” “Instead of worrying about what happens next, I learnt to become more contented about things. "For example, God gave me a second chance because I didn’t think I would be able to walk after my surgeries, but I can walk now,” he said. “I'm also more positive about life now.” "I'M ACTUALLY QUITE CONTENTED" The fear of death, and how the odds are seemingly stacked against him, still creeps in every now and then for Mr Afif. It's prompted him to start thinking about end-of-life practicalities. “I did tell my mother that if my cancer worsens, and the doctor says there’s no way surgery can happen, I wanted to go to hospice because it’ll be easier on everyone,” he said. “That way, the family can do their own things too. I just don’t want to disturb their peace. “But to be honest ... you don’t know when you’re going to die, it could take months or just a few days.” With his mother quitting her job to care for him and his younger brother still studying, his father and younger sister are the breadwinners of the family, earning a total of around S$3,000 (US$2,200) a month. To raise money for future hospital bills, medical treatment - including chemotherapy and radiotherapy - as well as general living expenses, Mr Afif set up a crowdfunding page in August. As of Nov 21, he has raised about S$4,000 out of a S$35,000 goal. Mr Afif meanwhile has busied himself by setting out to finish his film diploma course, which was put on a year-long hold so that he could focus on his cancer treatment. He will resume studies in January and is due to graduate in April. On the side, he's also working on a film loosely based on his life, with the aim of raising awareness of the challenges faced by young cancer patients - and to give them hope. But the priority remains family, and to spend as much time as he can with them. They recently holidayed together in Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. “We’ve definitely grown closer,” said Mr Afif. “Last time, before I got sick, we all used to be so busy and I would come home late so I wouldn’t really spend much time with them. "But now we all talk more, and we sit down to have meals together. It’s nice.” What clearly pains him most is the prospect of leaving his aging parents behind. “I am quite worried about them, especially my dad, who is also sick,” said the eldest of three children, citing his father's heart condition. He went quiet for a few seconds, deep in thought. “I told my younger brother and sister that if I were to go, they have to take care of Mama and Papa," he said. “My parents did so much for us, they worked hard, gave us food every day and a bed for us to sleep in. "I want them to be looked after, even if I die first.” His mother, who had been sitting nearby and using her phone, reached for a tissue. Visibly overcome, she silently wiped the tears welling in her eyes and took a breath. With his back to her, Mr Afif never saw any of that. Sitting on the sofa at his family home, he’s relaxed and smiles when asked if he was angry about the card he's been dealt. “No, I’m not. I’m actually quite contented with what I have, looking around in the world, what's going on, and me being able to do the things I want to do, and having my family," said Mr Afif. “Whatever happens, happens. If God wants me earlier, he’ll take me. If he wants to give me more tests, I’ll take the tests. “Even if I go off fast and early, I don’t think I’ve been robbed of time. I think I have been given time." In the next part of the series, which will be published on Dec 2, Mr Afif's mother tells CNA what it's like to take care of someone with a terminal illness.

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PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in ITT Inc. ( NYSE:ITT – Free Report ) by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 33,439 shares of the conglomerate’s stock after buying an additional 178 shares during the quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s holdings in ITT were worth $4,999,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Algert Global LLC purchased a new position in ITT during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,158,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of ITT by 242.6% in the second quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 22,407 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $2,895,000 after purchasing an additional 15,866 shares in the last quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI bought a new stake in ITT in the first quarter worth $1,388,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in ITT by 115.6% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 245,676 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $31,717,000 after purchasing an additional 131,708 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in ITT by 46.6% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 95,398 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $14,263,000 after purchasing an additional 30,320 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.59% of the company’s stock. Analysts Set New Price Targets ITT has been the topic of a number of research reports. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of ITT from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on ITT from $165.00 to $163.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on ITT from $157.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on ITT from $150.00 to $166.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their target price on shares of ITT from $155.00 to $164.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $161.88. ITT Price Performance ITT stock opened at $158.38 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $12.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.41. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $148.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $138.71. ITT Inc. has a 1 year low of $107.01 and a 1 year high of $158.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 1.09. ITT ( NYSE:ITT – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The conglomerate reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.03. ITT had a return on equity of 17.98% and a net margin of 13.67%. The company had revenue of $885.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $884.50 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.37 EPS. ITT’s quarterly revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that ITT Inc. will post 5.84 earnings per share for the current year. ITT Dividend Announcement The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be issued a dividend of $0.319 per share. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. ITT’s payout ratio is 21.84%. ITT Company Profile ( Free Report ) ITT Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for the transportation, industrial, and energy markets in the United States and internationally. The Motion Technologies segment manufactures brake pads, shims, shock absorbers, and energy absorption components; and sealing technologies primarily for the transportation industry, including passenger cars, trucks, light- and heavy-duty commercial and military vehicles, buses, and trains. Featured Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding ITT? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for ITT Inc. ( NYSE:ITT – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for ITT Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for ITT and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Does Darrell Waltrip Still Have Ronnie Sanders’ Snowball Derby Trophy Despite Eventual Disqualification?

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The DailyWire+ satirical documentary Am I Racist? broke records by making more than $12 million at the box office. It also landed a session in Deadline’s awards-season showcase Contenders Documentary . In the movie, director Justin Folk films Matt Walsh infiltrating leaders in diversity movements and causing a scene in disguise. Walsh interrupted a Saira Rao dinner lecture decrying white women by dropping stacks of plates. While Walsh and Folk disagree with the sentiments expressed by activists like Rao, they also spoke with regular Americans in Black and white communities. Walsh said the message is that Americans want to move on from discussing race. “I think for a lot of people, they feel like, ‘Let’s move on. Let’s not dwell on these things,’” Walsh said. “By the way, that was the message we heard in the film, not just from white people. We went down south to Louisiana — a Black community in Louisiana, New Orleans — and we heard the same thing. They said, ‘Look, I’m not focused on this racism thing. Let’s just live our lives.’” Folk agreed that people want to move on, adding that many they spoke with entertained discussions of race out of politeness. “I think people in general, whether it be white men or white women or anybody in between, even minorities, they’re polite,” Folk said. “They don’t want to be called haters. They don’t want to be called bigots. They don’t want to be called racist, and I think they’ve taken advantage of that and pushed an agenda and overstepped with that.” Asked whether they acknowledged that there has been structural racism in the past, they concurred there has been. Walsh said credit is also due for correcting those systems. RELATED: Contenders Documentary — Deadline’s Complete Coverage “We are a country that had slavery at one point,” Walsh said. “That’s a pretty good example. Now, although slavery existed as an institution all across the world for thousands of years, in this country it certainly was a racist institution. Nobody denies that. But, in modern America as it stands today, there are no laws or policies on the books that have the intention of disadvantaging Black people, people that we call, quote unquote, people of color. That doesn’t exist today, and I think you have to allow society to progress.” Walsh also pushed back on the notion that the legacies of racist policies, such as Black soldiers being excluded from the GI Bill, still have impacts on minorities. He suggested that one wouldn’t have to go back far to find oppression in anyone’s lineage. RELATED: The 2025 Oscars: Everything We Know So Far About The Nominations, Ceremony, Date & Host “If my Irish ancestors, for example, were not horrifically discriminated against in the early part of the 20th century, where would my life be today?” Walsh said. “At a certain point you have to decide either we are going to stay dwelling on the past and trying to cash in on things that didn’t even happen to us but happened to people 100 years ago. Or we’re going to just move on and say, ‘Now is today. It’s the present moment, and we now live in a situation in a country where we can take charge of our own lives.’” Folk agreed with the goal to move forward “and not repeat the same mistakes of the past, which were mistakes made because of race.” Check back Monday for the panel video.AP poll: Longhorns stay No. 3, Aggies tumble with Lone Star Showdown coming upThe request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by January 19 while the government emphasised its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk. “President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19 2025, while it considers the merits of this case,” said Mr Trump’s amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case. The filings come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for January 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. Earlier this month, a panel of three federal judges on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the statute, leading TikTok to appeal to the Supreme Court. The brief from Mr Trump said he opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office”.

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Each holiday season, the Winnipeg Jets hosts its Challenge Cup — a grassroots minor tournament held at the Hockey For All Centre. 180 teams from all over Canada, with some coming from as far away as Ranken Inlet, Nunavut, have come to face off on the ice and see how far their team can go. “It’s exciting,” said Maxwell Paseska, who captains Winnipeg’s St. James Canucks U11 team. “I want to go score a goal. I want to go get a goal with the team.” Teamwork is what the young players have been focusing on all season, so when they were able to meet Jets players Mark Scheifele, Dylan Demelo and Morgan Barron before their game, it was the push they needed to get onto the ice and do their best to play together to win. “They’re always being a team player, they’re not like, hogging the puck. They’re not trying to do it themselves. They’re always passing, they’re always talking,” said Paseska. The team also delighted in getting autographs from the Jets. “I got them to sign my water bottle and then my old Canucks jersey,” said Brody Ferenc, who plays left and right wing for the team, as he showed off his items to CityNews. Jason Paseska, who coaches the young players, said it was exciting but also important for them to meet Winnipeg’s NHL players. “They’re looking ahead in life and saying like, maybe I want to do that later in life. So it’s really good for them to see them in here and see what kind of they do to get ready for a game and practice and stuff,” he said. Dean Court, the director of amateur development and programming at the centre, said the tournament serves as inspiration for youth to ese how far they can go in the sport. “It gives kids an opportunity to see that, if I work hard maybe there might be an opportunity for me to be like them someday,” said Court. There’s a real chance these dreams can become a reality, as the Challenge Cup has seen its players eventually move into the NHL, like St. Adolphe’s Owen Pickering and Winnipeg’s Denton Mateychuk. “Everyone who normally wouldn’t get a chance to play in a tournament have a tournament right here locally,” said Court. The tournament runs through to January 2.Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers

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VCA Animal Hospitals and Antech Advocate for More Comprehensive Pet Data in Public Health Reporting, Recommend Six-Step Framework for One Health CollaborationGal Gadot/instagram is opening up about a life-threatening health crisis she experienced while pregnant with her fourth child. The actress, 39, detailed the “terrifying” event in an on Sunday, Dec. 29, revealing that she was diagnosed with a “massive blood clot” in her brain during her eighth month of pregnancy. “For weeks, I had endured excruciating headaches that confined me to bed, until I finally underwent an MRI that revealed the terrifying truth,” the star wrote. “In one moment, my family and I were faced with how fragile life can be. It was a stark reminder of how quickly everything can change, and in the midst of a difficult year, all I wanted was to hold on and live.” Related: Gadot shared that she was rushed to the hospital where she underwent emergency surgery and also gave birth to her daughter Ori, now 9 months old, during the procedure in March. “Her name, meaning ‘my light,’ wasn’t chosen by chance," Gadot wrote of Ori. "Before the surgery, I told [my husband] Jaron that when our daughter arrived, she would be the light waiting for me at the end of this tunnel." Gadot then went on to thank the “extraordinary team of doctors” at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Related: The actress — who wrote in the post that she is now “fully healed” — urged people to listen to their bodies. “Pain, discomfort or even subtle changes often carry a deeper meaning, and being attuned to your body can be life saving,” she continued, adding that “awareness matters.” “I had no idea that 3 in 100,000 pregnant women in the 30s+ age group are diagnosed with CVT (develop a blood clot in the brain). It’s so important to identify early because it’s treatable. While rare, it’s a possibility, and knowing it exists is the first step to addressing it," Gadot wrote. The mother of four reassured her fans that she did not intend to “frighten anyone" with her post, but rather hopes to “empower" them. “If even one person feels compelled to take action for their health because of this story, it will have been worth sharing,” she concluded, while noting that she hopes sharing her personal experience will pull “back the curtain on the fragile reality behind the curated moments we share on social media.” The actress also shared the post on her Instagram Stories and included a link to an about strokes from the American Heart Association. Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Related: Gadot initially announced the birth of her fourth child on in March, though she made no mention of the harrowing medical situation at the time. “My sweet girl, welcome,” Gadot captioned a photo of herself cradling Ori in a hospital bed at the time. “The pregnancy was not easy and we made it through," she continued, adding, "You have brought so much light into our lives, living up to your name, Ori, which means ‘my light’ in Hebrew. Our hearts are full of gratitude. Welcome to the house of girls.. 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️ daddy is pretty cool too 😉❤️." Gadot, who is married to film producer , is also mom to Alma, 13, Maya, 7, and Daniella, 3. Read the original article on