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President Joe Biden said it was up to individual passengers to decide whether or not they wanted to wear a mask on a plane, despite his administration’s failed effort to extend the mask mandate. During a trip to New Hampshire, Biden was asked by a reporter whether he believed that people should still wear masks on planes, even after a federal judge ruled against the mandate extension.

Earlier today Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to the Biden administration’s political effort to stop Floridians from receiving COVID-19 treatment. [Press Release Here] …”the appointments for more than 2,000 Floridians to receive this treatment were canceled on January 25, 2022, alone”… Late yesterday evening, without notice, the Biden FDA blocked monoclonal antibody treatments by revoking the emergency use authorization for the therapeutic. Today thousands of Floridians wake up to hear they are no longer eligible for treatment. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is furious. WATCH: FLORIDA – Governor Ron DeSantis is demanding the Biden Administration reverse its sudden and reckless decision...

Facing threats of impeachment and further legal action, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein handed over key material to the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday regarding FBI documents surrounding the Russia investigation. Rep. Nunes confirmed that his Committee had finally received the information after months of heated exchanges between the House and the Department of Justice; adding he’d like to “thank Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for his cooperation.” “Although the subpoenas issued by this Committee in August 2017 remain in effect, I’d like to thank Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein for his cooperation today,” said Nunes. “With this production, in conjunction with...

JEDDAH: Alleged Al-Qaeda operative Khaled Hadal Al-Qahtani, who figured high on a list of 47 most-wanted terrorists, has surrendered to Saudi security authorities, Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki announced on Wednesday “Al-Qahtani contacted security agencies expressing his desire to return to the Kingdom and surrender himself to authorities,” Al-Turki told the Saudi Press Agency. “Consequently, we made arrangements for his return and reunite him with his family.” Al-Qahtani would be dealt with according to the procedures followed in similar cases, Turki said, adding that his initiative to surrender would be taken into consideration while looking into his case....

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, having squandered a unique opportunity to restore effective governance to a fast-growing, fast-changing state desperately in need of engaged and responsive policymaking, surrendered to the status quo Thursday. Emerging from a meeting with legislative leaders, Schwarzenegger ate humble pie for this week's special election in which all four of his "year of reform" ballot measures were rejected by voters. "If I would do another 'Terminator' movie, I would have Terminator travel back in time to tell Arnold not to have a special election," Schwarzenegger told reporters. The Republican governor has every reason to be contrite - not because...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. - A city councilwoman's chief of staff has surrendered to authorities after police issued a warrant for her arrest for the disappearance of a briefcase at City Hall. Christine Silva Burnett, 54, turned herself in to San Jose police on Friday. Prosecutors charged her with a misdemeanor, misappropriation of found property. The case stems from an incident Sept. 19 when a community activist visited a floor in the City Hall where council members and staffers have offices. The activist said his black briefcase containing a wallet and personal digital assistant was stolen. Burnett worked for Councilwoman Nora...

The Iraqi government has announced that it has arrested two senior members of Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaeda in Iraq operating in the northern city of Mosul. The government said the two men were arrested on June 19 and were candidates to replace al-Qaeda's leader in Mosul who had been captured on June 14. They two men were identified as Salim Mohammed Ahmed, also known as Abu Nabhan, and Mohammed Thaer Ibrahim, also known as Abu Sarhan. "The two terrorists surrendered without resistance," the announcement said. It offered no other details about the arrests other than to say they were the result...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian atomic scientist surrendered eight containers filled with arms-grade nuclear material to police Tuesday after keeping it in his garage for eight years, Russian media reported. Leonid Grigorov found the 14 ounces of plutonium-238 in a heap of rubbish at his laboratory near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, Itar-Tass news agency said. Interfax news agency said the lab, looted after the Soviet collapse in 1991, was eventually closed and deserted. Grigorov decided to hide the material, which could theoretically be used to make a "dirty bomb," in a box and only handed it in to local police...

WASHINGTON - U.S. troops have found a suspected chemical factory in Iraq and officials were trying to determine late Sunday whether it was involved in making chemical weapons, U.S. officials said. The plant is near the city of An Najaf, which U.S. troops reached Sunday on a push to Baghdad, the officials said. President Bush and other U.S. officials say ridding Saddam Hussein's regime of chemical and biological weapons is the main objective of the war. Saddam's government denies it has any chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or programs to produce them. Asked at a news conference in Qatar Sunday...

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. -- Authorities in Tuolumne County say the 22-year-old son of the so-called "vigilante mother" has turned himself in to authorities. He was wanted in connection with the death of a man on July 25. Investigators say that on July 25, about an hour after William Nesler III finished completing a 30-day sentence for beating a man, he attacked the same man again. David Davis, 45, later died from his injuries suffered in the attack. Nesler is the son of Ellie Nesler. She was convicted of manslaughter in the courtroom shooting of Daniel Driver in 1993. Driver had...

BREAKING NEWS Close associate of Osama bin Laden, Khaled al-Harbi, surrenders to Saudi security officials in Tehran, Saudi official says. Details soon.

US seeks 40,000 troops as Saddam aide surrenders By Jack Fairweather in Baghdad and Robin Gedye (Filed: 20/09/2003) Saddam Hussein's former defence minister surrendered to American forces yesterday, as it emerged that Washington has increased its demand for extra foreign troops in Iraq from 10,000 to at least 40,000. Sultan Hashim Ahmed was number 27 on Washington's list of top-ranking officials and the eight of hearts in the pack of playing cards used by American troops to identify those at the heart of Saddam's circle. He turned himself in after long negotiations in the northern city of Mosul, culminating in...

<p>HOUSTON - A former Enron Corp. executive who once embarked on expanding capability of messaging software to run the company's nationwide telecommunications network surrendered to the FBI Wednesday on charges of fraud, money laundering, insider trading and conspiracy.</p> <p>Rex T. Shelby, 51, was among five former Enron Broadband executives indicted last week for allegedly scheming to promote the network as having capabilities it didn't have and selling millions of dollars in stock.</p>

<p>American forces in Iraq have captured a former spymaster believed to know about Iraqi espionage in the United States. In Baghdad, U.S. officials warned the self-proclaimed "mayor" not to arm his followers and conferred Thursday with civic leaders on how to restore order.</p>

A key member of Saddam Hussein's routed government has reportedly given himself up to United States forces. Lt Gen Amir al-Saadi, a special adviser who oversaw Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programmes, turned himself in peacefully to US forces in Baghdad, according to the ZDF broadcaster in Germany. It said al-Saadi had asked it to send a television crew to witness his surrender for his own safety.

Sat April 12, 2003 10:11 AM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's top scientific adviser, one of 55 people on America's most wanted list of Iraqi leaders, has surrendered to U.S. forces, German public TV station ZDF reported on Saturday. General Amer Hammoudi al-Saadi, who liaised with U.N. weapons inspectors before war broke out, gave himself up to U.S. forces in Baghdad on Saturday, ZDF said. The station said one of its camera crews had accompanied al-Saadi at his request. His surrender would be the first from the group of 55 the United States wants pursued, killed or captured, ZDF...

Iraqis Cheer Arriving U.S. Troops Baghdad By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and HAMZA HENDAWI .c The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Joyous Iraqis cheered arriving U.S. troops and went on looting rampages in Baghdad on Wednesday as vestiges of President Saddam Hussein's authority collapsed. As U.S. troops moved through one neighborhood after another, crowds of Baghdad residents bitterly denounced Saddam and seized the chance to plunder military installations and government buildings, making off with computers, bookshelves, tables, even Iraqi jeeps. Among the buildings plundered were Iraq's Olympic headquarters, the state-owned Oil Marketing Co. and traffic police headquarters. Some looters arrived with...

British troops have discovered protective chemical suits in southern Iraq that had been issued to infantry, indicating that Baghdad was ready to use weapons of mass destruction, UK officials said today. "British forces have made significant discoveries in recent days that show categorically that the Iraqi troops are prepared for the use of such horrific weapons," Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told reporters. Yesterday, U.S. Marines seized more than 3,000 chemical suits with masks at an Iraqi hospital that was being used as a "military staging area," according to U.S. officials. Also, American troops south of Baghdad believe they have captured...